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alliance
English
Alternative forms
- alliaunce
Etymology
From Middle English alliaunce, from Old French aliance (French: alliance). Equivalent to ally +? -ance. Compare with Doric Greek ???? (halía, "assembly").
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /??la?.?ns/
- Rhymes: -a??ns
Noun
alliance (countable and uncountable, plural alliances)
- (uncountable) The state of being allied.
- (countable) The act of allying or uniting.
- (countable) A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league.
- (countable) Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.
- 1871, Charles John Smith, Synonyms Discriminated
- the alliance of the principles of the world with those of the gospel
- 1860, Henry Longueville Mansel, Prolegomena Logica: An Inquiry Into the Psychological Character of Logical Processes
- the alliance […] between logic and metaphysics
- 1871, Charles John Smith, Synonyms Discriminated
- (with the definite article) The persons or parties allied.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Nicholas Udall to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (union by relationship in qualities): connection, affinity, union, allyship
- (act of allying): union
- (persons or parties allied): coalition, league, confederation, team (informal)
Related terms
- ally
Translations
Verb
alliance (third-person singular simple present alliances, present participle alliancing, simple past and past participle allianced)
- (obsolete) To connect or unite by alliance; to ally.
Further reading
- alliance at OneLook Dictionary Search
- alliance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- ancillae, canaille
French
Etymology
allier +? -ance
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.lj??s/
- Rhymes: -??s
Noun
alliance f (plural alliances)
- alliance, union
- wedding ring
Descendants
- ? Polish: alians
- ? Portuguese: aliança
- ? Russian: ??????? (al?jáns), ???????? (al?jáns)
- ? Armenian: ?????? (alyans)
- ? Kazakh: ?????? (al?yans)
- ? Turkish: alyans
Further reading
- “alliance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- canaille
Middle English
Noun
alliance
- Alternative form of alliaunce
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friendship
English
Wikiquote
Etymology
From Middle English frendshipe, from Old English fr?onds?ipe, from Proto-West Germanic *friundskapi. Equivalent to friend +? -ship.
Pronunciation
- enPR: fr?nd'sh?p, IPA(key): /?f??nd??p/
Noun
friendship (countable and uncountable, plural friendships)
- (uncountable) The condition of being friends.
- (countable) A friendly relationship, or a relationship as friends.
- (uncountable) Good will.
Synonyms
- (friendly relationship): entente cordiale
Antonyms
- enemyship
- foeship
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- friending
- mateship
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