aise

See also: aisé, Áise, Äise, and -aise

Basque

Adverb

aise

  1. easily

French

FWOTD – 3 October 2013

Etymology

From Old French aise, eise, from Vulgar Latin *adjace(m), from Latin adjacēns, present participle of adjaceō (compare Medieval Latin in aiace). Cognate with Old Occitan aize; compare also Catalan eina, Italian agio. Doublet of adjacent, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛz/
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Noun

aise f (plural aises)

  1. satisfaction
  2. joy
  3. ease, facility, absence of effort

Derived terms

Adjective

aise (plural aises)

  1. joyous, glad

Quotations

  • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:aise.

Further reading

Anagrams

Irish

Noun

aise f sg

  1. genitive singular of ais (“axis”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aise n-aise haise not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Old French

Noun

aise f (oblique plural aises, nominative singular aise, nominative plural aises)

  1. Alternative form of eise
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