alose

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French alose, from Latin alausa, from unattested Gaulish *alausa. Cognate with German Alse.

Noun

alose (plural aloses)

  1. Any of certain shad
    1. European shad (Alosa alosa); the allice or allis.
    2. American shad (Alosa sapidissima).

References

  1. ^ “alose”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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French

alose (Alosa fallax)
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Etymology

From Late Latin alosa, alausa, from Gaulish *alausa.

Pronunciation

Noun

alose f (plural aloses)

  1. shad (fishes of the herring family)

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Italian

Noun

alose f

  1. plural of alosa

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