aller

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Translingual

Etymology

From French allez, from French aller (go).

Noun

aller

  1. (fencing) The command to start; used regardless of language of the participants; in the sequence "en garde, prêt, aller".
    Coordinate terms: en garde, prêt

See also

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑ.lər/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: al‧ler

Determiner

aller

  1. of all; (archaic) genitive plural of al
    Tot op heden is Van Beethoven nog steeds één van de beroemdste en meest invloedrijke musici aller tijden.
    To this day, Beethoven is still one of the most famous and influential musicians of all time.

French

Alternative forms

  • vader (Acadia, Louisiana)

Etymology

A suppletive verb; Latin vadere supplies the present tense, while īre supplies the future and conditional. The all- forms derive from Middle French aller, from Old French aler (with subjunctive aill- and other forms with all-), from Early Medieval Latin alāre (attested in the Reichenau Glosses), further origin is obscure, although it was traditionally explained being derived from Latin ambulāre (see below). Cognates include Franco-Provençal allar and Friulian (to go).

Pronunciation

Verb

aller

  1. to go
    Je vais au magasin.I'm going to the store.
    On y va.Let's go.
  2. to attend (school, church regularly)
    aller à l’écoleto attend school
  3. (when followed by an infinitive verb) to be going (to); will soon; forms a near-future tense
    Il allait visiter sa famille.He was going to visit his family.
    Je vais aller au magasin.I will go to the store.
  4. (when followed by an adverb) to be (feeling)
    J’espère que tu vas bien.I hope you are well.
    Tout ira bienAll will be well.
  5. to go well
  6. to suit
    Cette robe te va bien !That dress suits you well!
  7. to be X-proof (to be suitable for use in an appliance without running the risk of being damaged in the process)
    aller au fourto be ovenproof
    aller au micro-ondesto be microwave safe
    aller au lave-vaisselleto be dishwasher proof

Conjugation

The verb aller has a unique and highly irregular conjugation. The second-person singular imperative va additionally combines with y to form vas-y instead of the expected va-y.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: ale

Noun

aller m (plural allers)

  1. outward trip; journey out; trip away
    aller et retourround trip

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ 1939, D. A. Paton, On the origin of aller, in Studies in French Language and Mediaeval Literature, page 301: The opinion that ambulare is the origin of aller has been and is held by so many eminent etymologists that it is with some diffidence I venture to suggest another source. By these suggestions I am not attempting to prove that aller and ambler are of different origin, but only to show that such a theory is not only possible, but probable. The real and to my mind insuperable objection to ambulare as the source of aller is the phonetic question, and here we find that the supporters of ambulare, in explaining its unique development, arrive at their common conclusion by entirely different routes. Ducange would take aller as coming from ambler. Schuchardt's reasoning is as follows: – ambulare to *ammulare to *amlare to aller. More recently, Meyer-Lübke's view is that ambulare was simply contracted to *allare, the contraction being particularly natural in the imperative mood. Gammillscheg also points out that ambulate, used in the army as a word of command, would easily be shortened to *alate.
  2. ^ 1773, Charles Vallancey, A Grammar of the Iberno-Celtic, Or Irish Language, page 84: aill, go thou from hence aller the French verb, to go
  3. ^ 1873, Louis A. Languellier, H. M. Monsanto, A pratical course with the French language, page 487: "words which belong to the ancient Gallic or Celtic speech aller, to go"
  4. ^ 1939, E. F. Paton, A Defense of the Etymology Allatus, ∗Allare, Aller, in Publications of the Modern Language Association, volume 49, issue 4

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

aller

  1. inflection of all:
    1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
    2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
    3. strong genitive plural

Middle English

Noun

aller

  1. Alternative form of aldre

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French aler.

Verb

aller

  1. to go

Conjugation

  • Like Modern French aller, highly irregular.
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Descendants

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French aler, alier, from Vulgar Latin *alare (see French aller for further etymology).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

aller

  1. (Jersey) to go

Antonyms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse allra.

Adverb

aller

  1. of all, very
    aller førstevery first
    aller sistevery last

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse allra.

Adverb

aller

  1. of all

Derived terms

References

Old French

Verb

aller

  1. Alternative form of aler

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. This verb is highly irregular and it is suppletive. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Saterland Frisian

Adjective

aller

  1. older

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English alor, from Proto-West Germanic *aliʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alusō (compare Swedish al, Saterland Frisian ällerboom), variant of *alizō, *alisō (compare Dutch els, German Erle).

Pronunciation

  • Central Scots
    • (West Central Scots) IPA(key): /ˈɛlər/
  • Southern Scots

Noun

aller (plural allers)

  1. alder.

Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

aller

  1. Soft mutation of galler.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
galler aller ngaller unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.