different between floe vs aloe

English

Etymology

Early 19th century. Probably from Norwegian flo (“layer, slab”), from Old Norse fló (“layer”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fl??/
• Homophones: flow, Flo
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

floe (plural floes)

1. A low, flat mass of floating ice.

   Synonym: ice floe

Translations

References

• American Heritage Dictionary

Anagrams

• lofe

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.