alliance

English

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Alternative forms

• alliaunce

Etymology

From Old French aliance (French: alliance).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ʌˈlaɪ.əns/
• Rhymes: -aɪəns

Noun

alliance (countable and uncountable; plural alliances)

1. (uncountable) The state of being allied.
2. (countable) The act of allying or uniting.
3. (countable) A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league.
4. (countable) Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.

   The alliance of the principles of the world with those of the gospel. —C. J. Smith.

   The alliance […] between logic and metaphysics. —Mansel.

5. (with the definite article) The persons or parties allied.

Synonyms

• (union by relationship in qualities): connection, affinity, union
• (act of allying): union
• (persons or parties allied): coalition, league, confederation, team (informal)

Related terms

• ally

Translations

state of being allied

• Armenian: միություն (hy) (miut’yun), դաշնակցություն (hy) (dašnakc’ut’yun)
• Belarusian: саюз (be) (sajúz) m
• Bulgarian: съюз (bg) (sǎjúz) m
• Catalan: aliança (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 同盟 (cmn) (tóngméng)

• Czech: unie (cs) f, svaz (cs) m
• Dutch: alliantie (nl) f
• Finnish: liitto (fi), liittouma (fi), allianssi (fi)
• French: alliance (fr) f
• German: Allianz (de) f
• Hungarian: szövetség (hu)
• Irish: comhghuaillíocht (ga) f
• Japanese: 同盟 (ja) (どうめい, dōmei)
• Korean: 동맹 (ko) (dongmaeng) (同盟 (ko))

• Macedonian: сојуз (mk) (sójuz) m, унија (mk) (únija) f
• Polish: sojusz (pl) m
• Portuguese: aliança (pt)
• Romanian: alianță (ro) f
• Russian: союз (ru) (sojúz) m, альянс (ru) (alʹjáns) m
• Scottish Gaelic: càirdeas (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: alijansa (sh) f, savez (sh) m, алијанса (sh) f, савез (sh) m
• Slovak: únia (sk) f, zväz (sk) m
• Slovene: unija (sl) f
• Spanish: alianza (es)
• Swedish: allians (sv)
• Telugu: అనుబంధము (te)
• Turkish: ittifak (tr)
• Ukrainian: союз (uk) (sojúz) m

union resembling that of families or states

• Armenian: միություն (hy) (miut’yun)
• Bulgarian: съюз (bg) (sǎjúz) m, алианс (bg) (aliáns) m
• Catalan: aliança (ca) f
• Finnish: side (fi), yhteys (fi)
• French: alliance (fr) f
• German: Allianz (de) f

• Hungarian: szövetség (hu)
• Polish: sojusz (pl) m
• Romanian: alianță (ro) f
• Russian: союз (ru) (sojúz) m, альянс (ru) (alʹjáns) m
• Scottish Gaelic: càirdeas (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: alijansa (sh) f, savez (sh) m

persons or parties allied

• Catalan: aliança (ca) f
• Esperanto: alianco (eo)
• Finnish: liittoutuneet (fi)
• French: alliance (fr) f

• Hungarian: szövetség (hu)
• Irish: comhghuaillíocht (ga) f
• Romanian: alianță (ro) f

treaty between nations

• Bulgarian: алианс (bg) (aliáns) m
• Catalan: aliança (ca) f
• Dutch: alliantie (nl) f
• French: alliance (fr) f
• German: Allianz (de) f

• Hungarian: szövetség (hu)
• Romanian: alianță (ro) f
• Russian: союз (ru) (sojúz) m, альянс (ru) (alʹjáns) m
• Serbo-Croatian: alijansa (sh) f
• Swedish: allians (sv) c

Verb

alliance (third-person singular simple present alliances, present participle alliancing, simple past and past participle allianced)

1. (obsolete) To connect or unite by alliance; to ally.

External links

• alliance at OneLook Dictionary Search
• alliance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• ancillae
• canaille

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French

Etymology

Old French aliance, from alier (modern: allier) "to ally" (compare with Late Latin alligantia).

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /aljɑ̃s/

Noun

alliance f (plural alliances)

1. alliance, union
2. (wedding) ring

Anagrams

• canaille