different between aloe vs sloe

English

Etymology

From Old English alwe (“fragrant resin of an East Indian tree”), from Latin alo?, from Ancient Greek ???? (aló?); reinforced in Middle English by Old French aloes.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æ.lo?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??l??.i/, /?æ.l??/
• Rhymes: -æl??

Noun

aloe (plural aloes)

1. (in the plural) The resins of the tree Aquilaria malaccensis (syn. Aquilaria agallocha), known for their fragrant aroma, produced after infection by the fungus Phialophora parasitica.
2. A plant of the genus Aloe.
3. A strong, bitter drink made from the juice of such plants, used as a purgative.

Usage notes

• Often used in plural (originally under influence of Old French aloes).

Derived terms

• aloe vera

Descendants

• ? Irish: aló
• ? Samoan: aloe

Translations

See also

• agave
• maguey

Further reading

• aloe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Aloe on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Aloe on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• aole

Italian

Etymology

From Latin aloe

Noun

aloe m or f (invariable)

1. aloe (plant)

Anagrams

• Aleo

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (aló?, “aloes”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a.lo.e?/, [?ä??oe?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?a.lo.e/, [???l??]

Noun

alo? f (genitive alo?s); first declension

1. The aloe.
2. The bitter juice produced by the aloe used as a perfume, in medicine and in embalming.
3. (figuratively) Bitterness (in general).

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

Descendants

• ? Dutch: aloë
  • Afrikaans: aalwyn
  • ? Japanese: ??? (aroe)
• ? Estonian: aaloe
• ? Finnish: aaloe
• ? German: Aloe
• ? Hungarian: aloé
• ? Italian: aloe
• ? Japanese: ?? (rokai)
  • ? Okinawan: ?? (rugwai, dugwai)
• ? Old English: alwe
  • English: aloe
    • ? Irish: aló
    • ? Samoan: aloe
• Old French: aloes
  • French: aloès
    • ? Polish: aloes
    • ? Romanian: aloe
  • Norman: aloé
• ? Old Irish: aloe
• ? Portuguese: aloe
• ? Russian: ????? n (alóe)
• ? Scottish Gaelic: àloe
• ? Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: ?????

Latin: aloja

• ? Swedish: aloe
• ? Ukrainian: ???? (aloe)
• ? Translingual: Aloe
• ? Translingual: Aloë

References

• aloe in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aloe in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aloe in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Middle French

Etymology

Old French aloe.

Noun

aloe f (plural aloes)

1. lark (bird)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (aloe)

Old French

Etymology

From Latin alauda (“lark”)

Noun

aloe f (oblique plural aloes, nominative singular aloe, nominative plural aloes)

1. lark (bird)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (aloe)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin aloe

Alternative forms

• áloe, aloé

Noun

aloe f (plural aloes)

1. aloe (plant of the genus Aloe)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French aloès and Latin alo?.

Noun

aloe f (plural aloe)

1. aloe
2. a substance extracted from the aloe plant

Declension

Samoan

Etymology

From English aloe.

Noun

aloe

1. aloe

Spanish

Noun

aloe m (plural aloes)

1. Alternative form of áloe

Further reading

• “aloe” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Middle English slo, sla, slagh, from Old English sl?h, from Proto-Germanic *slaih?, *slaihw?, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh?y- (“bluish”). Doublet of Sliwa.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sl??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?slo?/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophone: slow

Noun

sloe (plural sloes)

1. The small, bitter, wild fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa).
   • 1796, Zoonomia, or, the Laws of Organic Life, by Erasmus Darwin, part II.I.I.III

     There is also a dryness in the mouth from the increased action of the absorbent vessels, when a sloe or a crab-apple are masticated...

   • 1872, The Snow Queen by H. C. Andersen, translation by Paull:

     The dew-drops fell like water, leaf after leaf dropped from the trees, the sloe-thorn alone still bore fruit, but the sloes were sour, and set the teeth on edge. Oh, how dark and weary the whole world appeared!
2. The tree Prunus spinosa.
3. Any of various other plants of the genus Prunus, as a shrub or small tree, Prunus alleghaniensis, bearing dark-purple fruit.

Derived terms

• sloe gin
• sloe-eyed

Translations

Anagrams

• EOLs, ESOL, Elos, LEOs, Leos, Lose, OELs, Sole, elos, leos, lose, selo, sole

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• (verb): sloa (a-infinitive)

Etymology

From Old Norse slóði m.

Noun

sloe m (definite singular sloen, indefinite plural sloar, definite plural sloane)

1. a bunch of branches or small trees that one drags after one self (to haul hey, sweep away snow, or used as a break)
2. a lazy person, a good-for-nothing, a n'er-do-well

Verb

sloe (present tense sloar, past tense sloa, past participle sloa, passive infinitive sloast, present participle sloande, imperative slo)

1. (transitive) to drag
2. (intransitive) to be lazy

References

• “sloe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• lose, sole