ale

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 Basque 2.1 Noun 3 Czech 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Conjunction 3.2.1 Synonyms 3.2.2 See also 4 Finnish 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Etymology 1 4.2.1 Noun 4.2.1.1 Declension 4.3 Etymology 2 4.3.1 Noun 4.3.1.1 Declension 5 Italian 5.1 Noun 6 Polish 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Conjunction 6.3 Interjection 6.4 Noun 7 Romanian 7.1 Article 7.1.1 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old English ealu, from Proto-Germanic *aluþ, cognate with Old Norse, Icelandic and Swedish öl, Danish, Faroese and Norwegian øl, Lithuanian alus a kind of beer, Finnish olut, Old Church Slavonic олъ (olŭ) ("beer"). Compare Irish ól, drink, drinking.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (WEAE) IPA: /ˈeɪ.l̩/
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  Rhymes: -eɪl

[edit] Noun

ale (countable and uncountable; plural ales)

1. An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.

   Note: The word ale, in England and the United States, usually designates a heavier kind of fermented liquor, and the word beer a lighter kind. The word beer is also in common use as the generic name for all non-distilled malt liquors.

2. A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk.

[edit] Synonyms

• (liquor): beer (loosely), yill

[edit] Derived terms

• alehouse
• alewife
• pale ale
• real ale

[edit] Translations

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: ael
• ELA
• lea, Lea, LEA

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[edit] Basque

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ale

1. grain

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[edit] Czech

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Conjunction

ale

1. but

[edit] Synonyms

• avšak

[edit] See also

• jenže

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɑle/

[edit] Etymology 1

Shortened from alennusmyynti (“‘selling of goods at bargain prices’”).

[edit] Noun

ale

1. (colloquial) sale

[edit] Declension

Declension of ale (type nalle) singular plural nominative ale alet genitive alen alejen alein1 partitive alea aleja accusative ale alen alet inessive alessa aleissa elative alesta aleista illative aleen aleihin adessive alella aleilla ablative alelta aleilta allative alelle aleille essive alena aleina translative aleksi aleiksi instructive – alein abessive aletta aleitta comitative – aleineen 1) Rare.

[edit] Etymology 2

English ale

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ale

1. ale

[edit] Declension

Declension of ale (type nalle) singular plural nominative ale alet genitive alen alejen alein1 partitive alea aleja accusative ale alen alet inessive alessa aleissa elative alesta aleista illative aleen aleihin adessive alella aleilla ablative alelta aleilta allative alelle aleille essive alena aleina translative aleksi aleiksi instructive – alein abessive aletta aleitta comitative – aleineen 1) Rare.

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[edit] Italian

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plural of ala f. (poetic) ale

1. wings

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[edit] Polish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈalɛ/ (conjunction, interjection)
•  ale (conjunction, interjection)^{help, file}

[edit] Conjunction

ale

1. but
   • Grałem dobrze, ale przegrałem – I played well, but I lost.

[edit] Interjection

ale

1. expressing wonder
   • Ale masz piękną sukienkę! – You have so beautiful dress!

[edit] Noun

ale n. (no plural)

1. ale (beer)

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[edit] Romanian

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ale (feminine/neuter plural possessive article)

1. of

   sunt lucririle ale mele aici? - are my things here?

[edit] See also

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