ales

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɪlz/
• Rhymes: -eɪlz
• 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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

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

• āles: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.les/,
• āles: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.les/,
• alēs: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.leːs/,
• alēs: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.les/,

Etymology 1

From āla (“wing”) +‎ -es (“-faring”), from eō (“I fare, go”). Compare pedes, eques, caeles.

Adjective

āles (genitive ālitis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. winged

   Synonyms: ālātus, āliger

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

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Related terms

Noun

āles m or f (genitive ālitis); 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 corresponding lemma form.

Verb

alēs

1. second-person singular future active indicative of alō

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• ales in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the omens are favourable to some one: aves (alites, oscines) addīcunt alicui (opp. abdicunt aliquid)
    
• “ales”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎

Portuguese

Verb

ales

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of alar

Romanian

Etymology

Past participle of alege.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

ales m or n (feminine singular alesă, masculine plural aleși, feminine and neuter plural alese)

1. chosen

Declension

Verb

ales

1. past participle of alege (“chosen, selected”)

Declension

See also

• mai ales

Spanish

Noun

ales f pl

1. plural of ale