ale

See also Ale, alè, alẽ, and åle

English

a pint of ale (1)

Etymology

Old English ealu, ealo, from Proto-Germanic *aluþ (compare Dutch aal, Swedish öl), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elu- ‘bitter’ (compare Latin alum ‘comfrey’, alūta ‘tawed leather’, Polish (Eastern) jełki, iłki ‘rancid’, Ancient Greek alýdimos ‘bitter’ and Albanian all (“reddish colour”)).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /eɪl/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪl

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.

Synonyms

• (liquor): beer (loosely), yill

Derived terms

alehouse alewife

pale ale real ale

Translations

intoxicating liquor

• Arabic: مزر (ar) (mizr) m
• Belarusian: эль (be) (el’) m
• Bulgarian: ейл (bg) (ejl) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 強麥酒 (cmn), 强麦酒 (cmn) (qiángmàijiǔ), 麥芽啤酒 (cmn), 麦芽啤酒 (cmn) (màiyá píjiǔ)

• Danish: lyst øl (da) c
• Dutch: donker bier n
• Esperanto: elo (eo)
• French: bière anglaise (fr) f, ale (fr) f
• German: Ale (de) n
• Greek: αγγλική μπίρα (el) (anglikí bíra) f, αγγλικός ζύθος (el) (anglikós zíthos) m
• Hindi: daaru (hi) (hindi daru) m
• Icelandic: öl (is) n

• Italian: birra inglese f
• Japanese: エール (ja) (ēru)
• Korean: 에일 (ko) (eil)
• Norwegian: ale (no)
• Old English: ealu (ang), beor (ang)
• Polish: ale (pl) n
• Portuguese: cerveja inglesa (pt) f
• Russian: эль (ru) (el’) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ел (sh) m

  Roman: el (sh) m

• Spanish: cerveza inglesa (es) f, ale (es) f, cerveza ale (es) f
• Swedish: ale (sv)
• Ukrainian: ель (uk) (el’) m

Anagrams

• ELA, LAE, LEA, Lea, lea

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Basque

Noun

ale

1. grain

Declension

"ale" (animate noun) declension indefinite singular plural absolutive ale alea aleak ergative alek aleak aleek dative aleri aleari aleei genitive aleren alearen aleen comitative alerekin alearekin aleekin causative alerengatik alearengatik aleengatik benefactive alerentzat alearentzat aleentzat instrumental alez aleaz aleez inessive alerengan alearengan aleengan allative alerengana alearengana aleengana terminative alerenganaino alearenganaino aleenganaino directive alerenganantz alearenganantz aleenganantz destinative alerenganako alearenganako aleenganako ablative alerengandik alearengandik aleengandik partitive alerik - - prolative aletzat - -

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Czech

Pronunciation

• audio

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Conjunction

ale

1. but

Synonyms

• avšak

See also

• jenže

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑle
• IPA: /ˈɑle/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

ale

1. (colloquial) sale

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.

Etymology 2

English ale

Noun

ale

1. ale

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.

Anagrams

• Lea

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French

Etymology

From English ale.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛl/

Noun

ale f (plural ales)

1. ale
   • 1884, Joris-Karl Huysmans, À rebours, XI:

     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.

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French aller (“go”).

Verb

ale

1. go

Synonyms

•  al

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈa.le/
• Hyphenation: à‧le

Noun

ale f

1. (poetic) Plural form of ala; wings.

See also

• ali

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Latin

Verb

ale

1. second-person singular present active imperative of alō
   1. "nourish thou"
   2. "feed thou, maintain thou, develop thou"
   3. "keep thou, supply thou with necessities, support thou financially"

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈalɛ]

Conjunction

ale

1. but

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French aller.

Verb

ale (medial form al)

1. To go

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Middle English

Noun

ale (plural ales)

1. ale (beverage)

Descendants

• English: ale

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Polish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈalɛ/

• audio

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Conjunction

ale

1. but

   Grałem dobrze, ale przegrałem

   I played well, but I lost.

Particle

ale

1. expressing wonder

   Ale masz piękną sukienkę!

   You have such a beautiful dress!

Etymology 2

Noun

ale n (indeclinable)

1. ale (beer)

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Portuguese

Verb

ale

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of alar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of alar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of alar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of alar

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Romanian

Article

ale (feminine/neuter plural possessive article)

1. of

   sunt ale mele aici? - are mine here?

See also

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

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ali, *ale.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /âle/
• Hyphenation: a‧le

Conjunction

ȁle (Cyrillic spelling а̏лe)

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

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Tarantino

Noun

ale

1. wing (of a bird etc)