ale

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English ealu, ealo, from Proto-Germanic *alu (compare Dutch aal, Swedish öl), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut- (“beer”), or from *h₂elu- (“bitter”). Compare Russian ол (ol), Lithuanian alùs, Armenian օղի (ōłi); compare also Latin alum (“comfrey”), alūta (“tawed leather”), and Ancient Greek ἀλύδοιμος (alúdoimos, “bitter”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /eɪl/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪl

Noun

ale (countable and uncountable, plural ales)

1. (dated) A beer made without hops.
2. A beer produced by so-called warm fermentation and not pressurized.
3. A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk.

Anagrams

• E-la, ELA, Ela, LAE, LEA, Lea, ael, lea

Noun

ale

1. grain

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alɛ/

• audio

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• Rhymes: -alɛ

Conjunction

ale

1. but

Etymology

Borrowed from English ale.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

ale m, n (uncountable)

1. ale

Etymology 1

< alennusmyynti (“sale”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑle/
• Hyphenation: a‧le
• Rhymes: -ɑle

Etymology 2

English ale

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈei̯l/
• Hyphenation: ale

Anagrams

• Lea

Etymology

From English ale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛl/

Noun

ale f (plural ales)

1. ale
   • 1884, Joris-Karl Huysmans, À rebours, XI:

     il mangea un rosbif aux pommes et s'enfourna deux pintes d’ale, excité par ce petit goût de vacherie musquée que dégage cette fine et pâle bière.

     He ate roast beef with apples and put away two pints of ale, excited by the little taste of musky trickery given off by this fine, pale beer.

Further reading

• “ale” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

From Latin āla.

Noun

ale f (plural alis)

1. wing

Etymology

From French aller (“go”).

Verb

ale

1. go

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.le/
• Hyphenation: à‧le

Noun

ale f

1. (poetic) plural of ala; wings.

See also

• ali

Verb

ale

1. second-person singular present active imperative of alō

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalɛ/, [ˈalə]

Conjunction

ale

1. but

Verb

ale

1. second-person singular imperative of ij

Etymology

From French aller.

Verb

ale (medial form al)

1. To go

Etymology

from Old Dutch *alo, from Proto-Germanic *alu, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-.

Noun

āle n

1. ale

Further reading

• “ale”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːl(ə)/

Noun

ale (plural ales)

1. ale (beverage)

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈale/

Verb

ale

1. second-person singular imperative of ii

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *alje, from Proto-Indo-European *ályos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.lɛ/

• audio

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• Homophones: Ale, Alę

Conjunction

ale

1. but

   Grałem dobrze, ale przegrałem.

   I played well, but I lost.

Particle

ale

1. (colloquial) used at the beginning of sentence for emphasis

   Ale masz piękną sukienkę!

   You have such a beautiful dress!

   Ale ta zupa jest dobra!

   This soup is so good!

2. used at the beginning of sentence similar to English "hey, not so fast", especially when used multiple times

   Ale, ale! Jeszcze z tobą nie skończyłem!

   Hey, not so fast! I'm not quite done with you yet!

Further reading

• ale in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Verb

ale

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of alar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of alar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of alar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of alar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.le/

Article

ale

1. of (feminine/neuter plural possessive article)

   sunt ale mele aici? ― are mine here?

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ali, *ale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /âle/
• Hyphenation: a‧le

Conjunction

ȁle (Cyrillic spelling а̏ле)

1. (Kajkavian) but
2. (Kajkavian) however

Noun

ale f (plural ales)

1. ale (intoxicating liquor)

Noun

ale

1. stepmother
2. aunt

References

• The Tagalog Pinoy Dictionary

Noun

ale

1. wing (of a bird etc)

Conjunction

ale

1. but