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See also: Ale, alé, alè, alẽ, åle, āle, Alę, alẹ, Alẹ, and -ale

Translingual

Symbol

ale

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Aleut.

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
a pint of ale (1)

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /eɪl/
  • (file)
  • 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.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • Dutch: ale
  • Finnish: ale
  • French: ale

Translations

Anagrams

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈle/,
  • Hyphenation: a‧le

Interjection

alé

  1. signifies surprise; wow!

References

  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Ambonese Malay

Pronoun

ale

  1. thou

Bambara

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ale

  1. him

Basque

Pronunciation

Noun

ale

  1. grain

Declension

Buol

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qazay.

Pronunciation

Noun

ale

  1. chin

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech ale, from Proto-Slavic *ale.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

ale

  1. but
    Synonym: avšak

See also

Further reading

  • ale in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • ale in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • ale in Internetová jazyková příručka

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English ale.

Pronunciation

Noun

ale m or n (uncountable)

  1. ale

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *halmëh. Cognate to Finnish halme and Livvi halmeh. From either Proto-Germanic *halmaz or a Baltic language, compare Lithuanian salms and Latvian želmuo.

Noun

ale (genitive ale, partitive alet)

  1. slash-and-burn (the technique)
  2. the forest cut down to create new land in slash-and-burn
  3. the land created through slash-and-burn

Declension

Declension of ale (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative ale aled
accusative nom.
gen. ale
genitive alede
partitive alet alesid
illative alle
alesse
aledesse
inessive ales aledes
elative alest aledest
allative alele aledele
adessive alel aledel
ablative alelt aledelt
translative aleks aledeks
terminative aleni aledeni
essive alena aledena
abessive aleta aledeta
comitative alega aledega

Finnish

Etymology 1

Clipping of alennusmyynti (sale). Coined by Aarni Penttilä.

Pronunciation

Noun

ale (informal)

  1. sale (selling of goods at bargain prices)
Declension
Inflection of ale (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative ale alet
genitive alen alejen
partitive alea aleja
illative aleen aleihin
singular plural
nominative ale alet
accusative nom. ale alet
gen. alen
genitive alen alejen
aleinrare
partitive alea aleja
inessive alessa aleissa
elative alesta aleista
illative aleen aleihin
adessive alella aleilla
ablative alelta aleilta
allative alelle aleille
essive alena aleina
translative aleksi aleiksi
abessive aletta aleitta
instructive alein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of ale (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative aleni aleni
accusative nom. aleni aleni
gen. aleni
genitive aleni alejeni
aleinirare
partitive aleani alejani
inessive alessani aleissani
elative alestani aleistani
illative aleeni aleihini
adessive alellani aleillani
ablative aleltani aleiltani
allative alelleni aleilleni
essive alenani aleinani
translative alekseni aleikseni
abessive alettani aleittani
instructive
comitative aleineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative alesi alesi
accusative nom. alesi alesi
gen. alesi
genitive alesi alejesi
aleisirare
partitive aleasi alejasi
inessive alessasi aleissasi
elative alestasi aleistasi
illative aleesi aleihisi
adessive alellasi aleillasi
ablative aleltasi aleiltasi
allative alellesi aleillesi
essive alenasi aleinasi
translative aleksesi aleiksesi
abessive alettasi aleittasi
instructive
comitative aleinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative alemme alemme
accusative nom. alemme alemme
gen. alemme
genitive alemme alejemme
aleimmerare
partitive aleamme alejamme
inessive alessamme aleissamme
elative alestamme aleistamme
illative aleemme aleihimme
adessive alellamme aleillamme
ablative aleltamme aleiltamme
allative alellemme aleillemme
essive alenamme aleinamme
translative aleksemme aleiksemme
abessive alettamme aleittamme
instructive
comitative aleinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative alenne alenne
accusative nom. alenne alenne
gen. alenne
genitive alenne alejenne
aleinnerare
partitive aleanne alejanne
inessive alessanne aleissanne
elative alestanne aleistanne
illative aleenne aleihinne
adessive alellanne aleillanne
ablative aleltanne aleiltanne
allative alellenne aleillenne
essive alenanne aleinanne
translative aleksenne aleiksenne
abessive alettanne aleittanne
instructive
comitative aleinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative alensa alensa
accusative nom. alensa alensa
gen. alensa
genitive alensa alejensa
aleinsarare
partitive aleaan
aleansa
alejaan
alejansa
inessive alessaan
alessansa
aleissaan
aleissansa
elative alestaan
alestansa
aleistaan
aleistansa
illative aleensa aleihinsa
adessive alellaan
alellansa
aleillaan
aleillansa
ablative aleltaan
aleltansa
aleiltaan
aleiltansa
allative alelleen
alellensa
aleilleen
aleillensa
essive alenaan
alenansa
aleinaan
aleinansa
translative alekseen
aleksensa
aleikseen
aleiksensa
abessive alettaan
alettansa
aleittaan
aleittansa
instructive
comitative aleineen
aleinensa
Compounds
Further reading

Etymology 2

From English ale.

Pronunciation

Noun

ale

  1. ale (type of beer)
Declension
Inflection of ale (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative ale alet
genitive alen alejen
partitive alea aleja
illative aleen aleihin
singular plural
nominative ale alet
accusative nom. ale alet
gen. alen
genitive alen alejen
aleinrare
partitive alea aleja
inessive alessa aleissa
elative alesta aleista
illative aleen aleihin
adessive alella aleilla
ablative alelta aleilta
allative alelle aleille
essive alena aleina
translative aleksi aleiksi
abessive aletta aleitta
instructive alein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of ale (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative aleni aleni
accusative nom. aleni aleni
gen. aleni
genitive aleni alejeni
aleinirare
partitive aleani alejani
inessive alessani aleissani
elative alestani aleistani
illative aleeni aleihini
adessive alellani aleillani
ablative aleltani aleiltani
allative alelleni aleilleni
essive alenani aleinani
translative alekseni aleikseni
abessive alettani aleittani
instructive
comitative aleineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative alesi alesi
accusative nom. alesi alesi
gen. alesi
genitive alesi alejesi
aleisirare
partitive aleasi alejasi
inessive alessasi aleissasi
elative alestasi aleistasi
illative aleesi aleihisi
adessive alellasi aleillasi
ablative aleltasi aleiltasi
allative alellesi aleillesi
essive alenasi aleinasi
translative aleksesi aleiksesi
abessive alettasi aleittasi
instructive
comitative aleinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative alemme alemme
accusative nom. alemme alemme
gen. alemme
genitive alemme alejemme
aleimmerare
partitive aleamme alejamme
inessive alessamme aleissamme
elative alestamme aleistamme
illative aleemme aleihimme
adessive alellamme aleillamme
ablative aleltamme aleiltamme
allative alellemme aleillemme
essive alenamme aleinamme
translative aleksemme aleiksemme
abessive alettamme aleittamme
instructive
comitative aleinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative alenne alenne
accusative nom. alenne alenne
gen. alenne
genitive alenne alejenne
aleinnerare
partitive aleanne alejanne
inessive alessanne aleissanne
elative alestanne aleistanne
illative aleenne aleihinne
adessive alellanne aleillanne
ablative aleltanne aleiltanne
allative alellenne aleillenne
essive alenanne aleinanne
translative aleksenne aleiksenne
abessive alettanne aleittanne
instructive
comitative aleinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative alensa alensa
accusative nom. alensa alensa
gen. alensa
genitive alensa alejensa
aleinsarare
partitive aleaan
aleansa
alejaan
alejansa
inessive alessaan
alessansa
aleissaan
aleissansa
elative alestaan
alestansa
aleistaan
aleistansa
illative aleensa aleihinsa
adessive alellaan
alellansa
aleillaan
aleillansa
ablative aleltaan
aleltansa
aleiltaan
aleiltansa
allative alelleen
alellensa
aleilleen
aleillensa
essive alenaan
alenansa
aleinaan
aleinansa
translative alekseen
aleksensa
aleikseen
aleiksensa
abessive alettaan
alettansa
aleittaan
aleittansa
instructive
comitative aleineen
aleinensa

In speech, type 5 (risti) is normally used, giving for instance nominative singular eil, genitive eilin, partitive eiliä, nominative plural eilit and genitive plural eilien.

Further reading

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From English ale.

Pronunciation

Noun

ale f (plural ales)

  1. ale
    • 1884, Joris-Karl Huysmans, chapter XI, in À rebours [Against the Grain]:
      [] 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

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin āla.

Noun

ale f (plural alis)

  1. wing

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French aller (go).

Pronunciation

Verb

ale

  1. to go
    Synonym: al

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.le/
  • Rhymes: -ale
  • Hyphenation: à‧le

Noun

ale f

  1. (poetic) plural of ala; wings.

See also

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ale.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈalʲɛ/
  • Syllabification: a‧le

Conjunction

ale

  1. but

Noun

ale n (indeclinable)

  1. (colloquial) but

Particle

ale

  1. used at the beginning of a sentence; similar in meaning to the English "hey, not so fast", especially when used multiple times

Further reading

  • Stefan Ramułt (1893), “ale”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego, page 2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “ale”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi, volume 1, page 19
  • ale”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Latin

Verb

ale

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of alō

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ale.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

ale

  1. but

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “ale”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999), “ale”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Lule Sami

Verb

ale

  1. second-person singular imperative of ij

Masurian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish ale.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Syllabification: a‧le

Conjunction

ale

  1. (contrastive) but
  2. (surprise) and yet, after all
  3. introduces new information; and, but also

Particle

ale

  1. begins a sentence but
  2. emphatic particle

Interjection

ale

  1. expresses surprise or objection

Further reading

  • Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2021), “ale”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur, volume 1, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 119-120

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French aller.

Verb

ale (medial form al)

  1. To go

Middle Dutch

Etymology

from Old Dutch *alo, from Proto-West Germanic *alu.

Noun

āle n

  1. ale

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English ealu, from Proto-West Germanic *alu, from Proto-Germanic *alu, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-.

Pronunciation

Noun

ale (plural ales)

  1. ale (beverage)

Related terms

Descendants

References

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈale/

Verb

ale

  1. second-person singular imperative of ii

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

ale (present tense el or aler, past tense ol or alte, supine ale or alt, past participle alen or alt, present participle alande, imperative al)

  1. Alternative form of ala

Anagrams

Old Czech

Alternative forms

  • aľe (alternative writing)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ale.

Pronunciation

Particle

ale

  1. Used to express disapproval or wish to change the subject.
  2. Used to introduce a follow-up.
  3. Used to present contradictory content; but
  4. Used when the speaker wishes the listener addresses the previous statement.
  5. Expresses the speaker's disbelief.
  6. of course
  7. namely

Conjunction

ale

  1. but
  2. then, in that case
  3. not until
  4. unless
  5. except
  6. nevertheless
  7. whereas

Interjection

ale

  1. used at the beginning of a sentence; similar in meaning to the English "hey, not so fast", especially when used multiple times
  2. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1. expresses a warning.

Descendants

References

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ale. By surface analysis, univerbation of a +‎ le. First attested in 1398.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /alʲɛ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /alʲɛ/

Conjunction

ale

  1. but
    Synonym: lecz

Derived terms

conjunction
conjunction/particle

Related terms

conjunctions

Particle

ale

  1. at least

Descendants

References

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish ale. By surface analysis, univerbation of a +‎ le. For the particle use, compare Hungarian de.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

ale

  1. but (contrastive conjunction)
    Synonyms: chociaż, jednak, lecz, niemniej, tylko, mimo że
    Grałem dobrze, ale przegrałem.I played well, but I lost.
  2. (with nie tylko) not only … but also
    Synonym: nie tylko … lecz …
    Jesteś nie tylko głupi, ale też naiwny!You're not only stupid, but also naive!

Particle

ale

  1. (colloquial) used at the beginning of a sentence for emphasis
    Synonyms: ależ, ale to
    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 a sentence; similar in meaning to the 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!
  3. (with bo) may very well, but, even though, despite
    Stary, bo stary, ale mocny.He very well may be old, but he's still strong.
    Trudno bo trudno, ale robi się łatwiej.It may very well be hard, but it's getting easier.
Derived terms
particles

Noun

ale n (indeclinable)

  1. (colloquial) but
    żadnych ale!No buts!

Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from English ale. First attested in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

Noun

ale n or m inan (indeclinable)

  1. ale (beer produced by warm fermentation)
    Hypernym: piwo
    angielskie aleEnglish ale

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), ale is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 187 times in scientific texts, 66 times in news, 330 times in essays, 552 times in fiction, and 828 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 1963 times, making it the 20th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

References

  1. ^ Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “ale”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
  2. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990), “ale”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 5

Further reading

  • ale I in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ale II in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ale III in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ale in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “ale”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • ALE”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 08.06.2022
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “ale”, in Słownik języka polskiego
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “ale”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 22

Portuguese

Verb

ale

  1. inflection of alar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Pronunciation

Article

ale

  1. of (feminine/neuter plural possessive article)
    sunt ale mele aici?are mine here?

See also

  • al (masculine/neuter singular)
  • a (feminine singular)
  • ai (masculine plural)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ali, *ale.

Pronunciation

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

Conjunction

ȁle (Cyrillic spelling а̏ле)

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

Synonyms

Silesian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish ale.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈalɛ/
  • Rhymes: -alɛ
  • Syllabification: a‧le

Conjunction

ale

  1. but
    Synonyms: atoli, jednak, lecz, za to

Alternative forms

Particle

ale

  1. used at the beginning of a sentence for emphasis

Interjection

ale

  1. expresses contradiction

Further reading

  • ale in silling.org

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English ale.

Pronunciation

Noun

ale f (plural ales)

  1. ale (intoxicating liquor)

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from Sanskrit आली (ālī, female friend).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧le
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔale/,

Noun

ale (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒ)

  1. (colloquial) term of address for a woman
  2. aunt
    Synonyms: tita, tiya, tiyang, tiyahin, inain, (slang) tsang
  3. stepmother
    Synonyms: inang-panguman, inain, madrastra, tiya, tiyang, tiyahin

Derived terms

See also

References

  • ale”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2024

Tarantino

Noun

ale

  1. wing (of a bird etc)

Ternate

Pronunciation

Verb

ale

  1. (transitive) to coil

Conjugation

Conjugation of ale
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st toale foale miale
2nd noale niale
3rd Masculine oale iale, yoale
Feminine moale
Neuter iale
- archaic

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ale.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈalɛ/
  • Rhymes: -alɛ
  • Hyphenation: ale
  • Syllabification: a‧le

Conjunction

ale

  1. but
    Synonym: tola
  2. (coordinating, with a negative in the preceding clause) rather, but (instead)

Further reading

  • ale” in Soblex

West Makian

Pronunciation

Noun

ale

  1. bait

References

  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary, Pacific linguistics

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

àlè

  1. concubine, side chick
    Synonym: wáhàrì
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

àlè

  1. (Ondo) in-law
    Synonym: àna