different between axis vs ales

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?æks?s/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?æks?s/
• Hyphenation: ax?is

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin axis (“axle, axis”) in the 16th century.

Noun

axis (plural axes)

1. (geometry) An imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry).

2. (mathematics) A fixed one-dimensional figure, such as a line or arc, with an origin and orientation and such that its points are in one-to-one correspondence with a set of numbers; an axis forms part of the basis of a space or is used to position and locate data in a graph (a coordinate axis)
3. (anatomy) The second cervical vertebra of the spine

   Synonym: epistropheus

4. (psychiatry) A form of classification and descriptions of mental disorders or disabilities used in manuals such as the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
5. (botany) The main stem or central part about which organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged

Coordinate terms

• (cervical vertebra): atlas

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Latin, name of an Indian animal mentioned by the Roman senator Pliny.

Noun

axis (plural axises)

1. Axis axis, a deer native to Asia.

   Synonyms: chital, cheetal, chital deer, spotted deer, axis deer

Translations

See also

• Chital on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Axis axis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *aksis, from Proto-Indo-European *h?e?s-i-s, from *h?e?s- (“axis, axle”); see also Lithuanian ašis (“axle”), Sanskrit ???? (ák?a, “axis, axle, balance beam”), Ancient Greek ???? (áx?n, “axle”), Old High German ahsa (“axle”), Icelandic eax, öxull, öksull, Old English eaxl (whence English axle).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ak.sis/, [?äks??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ak.sis/, [??ksis]

Noun

axis m (genitive axis); third declension

1. An axletree of wagon, car, chariot.
2. The North Pole.
3. The heavens or a region or clime of these.
4. A board, plank.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• axis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• axis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• axis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• axis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
• axis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• axis in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• Langenscheidt Pocket Latin Dictionary

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e?lz/
• Homophone: ails

Noun

ales

1. plural of ale

Anagrams

• ASLE, ELAS, Elsa, LAEs, LEAs, SEAL, Sale, Salé, Seal, Sela, aels, lase, leas, sale, seal, sela

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?a.l?s/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?a.les/

Noun

ales

1. plural of ala

Estonian

Noun

ales

1. inessive singular of ale

Ladin

Etymology

a +? les

Contraction

ales

1. at the; to the (feminine plural)

Latin

Pronunciation

• ?les: (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a?.les/, [?ä????s?]
• ?les: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?a.les/, [???l?s]
• al?s: (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a.le?s/, [?ä??e?s?]
• al?s: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?a.les/, [???l?s]

Etymology 1

From ?la (“wing”) + e? (“go”).

Adjective

?les (genitive ?litis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. Winged

   Synonym: ?l?tus

2. aerial
3. quick, fleet, rapid, swift

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Related terms

Noun

?les m or f (genitive ?litis); third declension

1. (usually only of large birds, masculine or feminine) A fowl, bird.
2. (related to birds that give omens, feminine) An augury, omen, sign.
3. (masculine) A winged deity or monster.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

al?s

1. second-person singular future active indicative of al?

References

• ales in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ales in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ales in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• ales in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• ales in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[2]

Portuguese

Verb

ales

1. second-person singular (tu) present subjunctive of alar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) negative imperative of alar

Romanian

Etymology

Past participle of alege.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a?les]

Adjective

ales m or n (feminine singular ales?, masculine plural ale?i, feminine and neuter plural alese)

1. chosen

Declension

Verb

ales

1. past participle of alege chosen, selected

Declension

See also

• mai ales