aloe

See also: Aloe, àloe, áloe, aloé, aloè, aloë, and Aloë

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

aloë

Etymology[edit]

From Old English alwe (“fragrant resin of an East Indian tree”), from Latin aloē, from Ancient Greek ἀλόη (alóē), from Hebrew אָהָל (ʾāhāl), ultimately from Tamil அகில் (akil);^[1] reinforced in Middle English by Old French aloes.

Pronunciation[edit]

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.loʊ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈləʊ.i/, /ˈæ.ləʊ/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -æləʊ

Noun[edit]

aloe (plural aloes)

(in the plural) The resins of the tree Aquilaria malaccensis (syn. Aquilaria agallocha), known for their fragrant aroma, produced after infection by the fungus Phialophora parasitica.
Any plant of the large and variable genus Aloe.
- 1885 Ferdinand von Mueller: Select Extra-tropical Plants, Readily Eligible For Industrial Culture Or Naturalization. pub: Melbourne: J. Ferres
  Aloe ferox, Miller. South-Africa. This species yields the best Cape-aloes, as observed by Dr. Pappe. The simply inspissated juice of the leaves of the various species of the genus constitutes the aloe-drug. It is best obtained by using neither heat nor pressure for extracting the sap. By re-dissolving the aqueous part of Aloes in cold water, and reducing the liquid through boiling or other processes of exsiccation to dryness, the extract of aloes is prepared. The bitter sap, used for dressing wounds, keeps off flies very effectually. It deserves introduction particularly in veterinary practice.
Misnomer for any large, vaguely aloe-like plant, such as Agave
- 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London, New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
  In mercy I put a bullet through his skull, and he fell sprawling among the aloes.
A strong, bitter drink made from the juice of such plants, used as a purgative.

Usage notes[edit]

Often used in plural (originally under influence of Old French aloes).

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

→ Irish: aló
→ Samoan: aloe

Translations[edit]

plant of the genus Aloe

Afrikaans: aalwyn (af), aalwee (af)
Arabic: أَلْوَة (ʔalwa), صَبْر (ar) (ṣabr)
Armenian: հալվե (hy) (halve), ալոե (hy) (aloe)
Middle Armenian: սապռ (sapṙ)

Old Armenian: հալուէ (haluē)
Bengali: মুসব্বর (bn) (muśobbor)
Bulgarian: алое n (aloe)
Catalan: àloe m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 蘆薈／芦荟 (lou⁴ wui⁶)

Hokkien: 蘆薈／芦荟 (lôo-huē)

Mandarin: 蘆薈／芦荟 (zh) (lúhuì)
Dutch: aloë (nl)
Esperanto: aloo
Estonian: aaloe (et)
Finnish: aaloe (fi)
French: aloès (fr) m
German: Aloe (de) f
Greek: αλόη (el) f (alói)
Ancient: ἀλόη f (alóē)
Hindi: एलो m (elo), अलो m (alo)
Hungarian: aloé (hu)
Ido: aloo (io)
Irish: aló m, fóifíneach m
Italian: aloe (it) f
Japanese: アロエ (aroe), 蘆薈 (rokai) (less common)
Khmer: យ៉ាដាំ (km) (yaadam)
Kikuyu: kĩĩrũma class 7
Latin: aloē (la) f
Norman: aloé m (Jersey)
Okinawan: 蘆薈 (るぐゎい, rugwai, どぅぐゎい, dugwai)
Persian: الوا (fa) (alvâ), آلوا (âlvâ)
Polish: aloes (pl) m
Portuguese: aloé (pt) m, aloés (pt) m, azebre (pt) m
Romanian: aloe (ro) f
Russian: ало́э (ru) n (alóe)
Rwanda-Rundi: igikakarubamba
Sanskrit: घृतकुमारी (sa) (ghṛtakumārī), घृतकुमारिका (sa) f (ghṛtakumārikā)
Scottish Gaelic: àlas m, àloe m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: алоја f

Roman: aloja (sh) f
Spanish: áloe (es) m, aloe (es) m
Swedish: aloe (sv) c
Tagalog: aksibal
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Tocharian B: akaru
Ukrainian: алое (uk) n (aloe)
Vietnamese: nha đam (vi), lô hội (vi)
Volapük: laoäd (vo), laoädaplan
Xhosa: ikhala, ikhalana

References[edit]

^ Shulman, David (2016) Tamil: A biography, Harvard University Press, pages 19-20:
We have ahalim [in Hebrew], probably derived directly from Tamil akil rather than from Sanskrit aguru, itself a loan from the Tamil (Numbers 24.8; Proverbs 7.17; Song of Songs 4.14; Psalms 45.9--the latter two instances with the feminine plural form ahalot. Akil is, we think, native to South India, and it is thus not surprising that the word was borrowed by cultures that imported this plant.

Anagrams[edit]

aole

Italian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin aloē.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈa.lo.e/
Rhymes: -aloe
Hyphenation: à‧lo‧e

Noun[edit]

aloe m or (sometimes) f (invariable)

aloe (plant)

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek (τὰ) Ἁλῶα ((tà) Halôa), derived from ἅλως (hálōs, “threshing floor”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /aˈlɔ.e/
Rhymes: -ɔe
Hyphenation: a‧lò‧e

Noun[edit]

aloe f pl (plural only)

(historical, Ancient Greece) a festival dedicated to Demeter, celebrated in the time of the harvesting of grapes

Anagrams[edit]

Aleo

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek ἀλόη (alóē, “aloes”). Ultimately from Tamil அகில் (akil);^[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lo.eː/, [ˈäɫ̪oeː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lo.e/, [ˈäːloe]

Noun[edit]

aloē f (genitive aloēs); first declension

The aloe.
The bitter juice produced by the aloe used as a perfume, in medicine and in embalming.
(figuratively) Bitterness (in general).

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aloē	aloae
Genitive	aloēs	aloārum
Dative	aloae	aloīs
Accusative	aloēn	aloās
Ablative	aloē	aloīs
Vocative	aloē	aloae

Descendants[edit]

→ Catalan: àloe
→ Dutch: aloë
- Afrikaans: aalwyn
- → Japanese: アロエ (aroe)
→ German: Aloe
- → Estonian: aaloe
- → Finnish: aaloe
→ Hungarian: aloé
→ Italian: aloe
→ Japanese: 蘆薈 (rokai)
- → Okinawan: 蘆薈 (rugwai, dugwai)
→ Old English: alwe
- English: aloe
  - → Irish: aló
  - → Samoan: aloe
→ Old French: aloes
- French: aloès
  - → Romanian: aloe
- Norman: aloé
→ Old Irish: aloe
→ Portuguese: aloe
→ Russian: алоэ (aloe)
→ Scottish Gaelic: àloe
→ Serbo-Croatian: aloja / алоја
→ Swedish: aloe
- → Finnish: aaloe
→ Ukrainian: алое (aloe)
→ Translingual: Aloe, Aloë

References[edit]

“aloe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“aloe”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
aloe in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

^ Shulman, David (2016) Tamil: A biography, Harvard University Press, pages 19-20:
We have ahalim [in Hebrew], probably derived directly from Tamil akil rather than from Sanskrit aguru, itself a loan from the Tamil (Numbers 24.8; Proverbs 7.17; Song of Songs 4.14; Psalms 45.9--the latter two instances with the feminine plural form ahalot. Akil is, we think, native to South India, and it is thus not surprising that the word was borrowed by cultures that imported this plant.

Middle French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French aloe.

Noun[edit]

aloe f (plural aloes)

lark (bird)

References[edit]

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (aloe)

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin alauda (“lark”).

Noun[edit]

aloe oblique singular, f (oblique plural aloes, nominative singular aloe, nominative plural aloes)

lark (bird)

Descendants[edit]

Middle French: aloe

References[edit]

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (aloe)

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French aloès and Latin aloē, from Ancient Greek ἀλόη (alóē).

Noun[edit]

aloe f (plural aloe)

aloe
a substance extracted from the aloe plant

Declension[edit]

Declension of aloe

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) aloe	aloea	(niște) aloe	aloele
genitive/dative	(unei) aloe	aloei	(unor) aloe	aloelor
vocative	aloe, aloeo		aloelor

Samoan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English aloe.

Noun[edit]

aloe

aloe

Spanish[edit]

Noun[edit]

aloe m (plural aloes)

Alternative form of áloe

Yoruba[edit]

Etymology[edit]

English aloe

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /á.ló.è/

Noun[edit]

álóè

aloe
Synonym: ewé etí erin

[1] Shulman, David (2016) Tamil: A biography, Harvard University Press, pages 19-20:
We have ahalim [in Hebrew], probably derived directly from Tamil akil rather than from Sanskrit aguru, itself a loan from the Tamil (Numbers 24.8; Proverbs 7.17; Song of Songs 4.14; Psalms 45.9--the latter two instances with the feminine plural form ahalot. Akil is, we think, native to South India, and it is thus not surprising that the word was borrowed by cultures that imported this plant.

[2] Shulman, David (2016) Tamil: A biography, Harvard University Press, pages 19-20:
We have ahalim [in Hebrew], probably derived directly from Tamil akil rather than from Sanskrit aguru, itself a loan from the Tamil (Numbers 24.8; Proverbs 7.17; Song of Songs 4.14; Psalms 45.9--the latter two instances with the feminine plural form ahalot. Akil is, we think, native to South India, and it is thus not surprising that the word was borrowed by cultures that imported this plant.

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aloe

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