aloe

See also Aloe, Aloë, and áloe

English

Wikipedia

Aloe striatula (2)

Etymology

From Old English alwe (“fragrant resin of an East Indian tree”), from Latin aloē, from Ancient Greek ἀλόη (aloē, “aloes”), from Hebrew אֲהָלִים, ultimately from a Dravidian language; reinforced in Middle English by Old French aloes.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æləʊ

Noun

aloe (plural aloes)

1. (in the plural) The resins of the trees Aquilaria agallocha and Aquilaria malaccensis, known for their fragrant odour
2. A plant of the genus Aloe.
3. A strong, bitter drink made from the juice of such plants, used as a purgative.

Usage notes

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

Translations

plant of the genus Aloe

• Armenian: հալվե (hy) (halve), ալոէ (hy) (aloē)

  Old Armenian: հալուէ (haluē)

• Finnish: aaloe (fi)
• French: aloès (fr) m
• German: Aloe (de) f
• Greek: αλόη (el) (alói) f
• Hungarian: aloé (hu)
• Italian: aloe (it) f
• Japanese: アロエ (ja) (aroe)
• Jèrriais: aloé m

• Latin: aloē (la) f
• Polish: aloes (pl) m
• Romanian: aloe (ro) f
• Russian: алоэ (ru) (alóe) n
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: алоја (sh) f

  Roman: aloja (sh) f

• Spanish: áloe (es) m, aloe (es) m
• Ukrainian: алое (uk) (aloe) n
• Volapük: laoäd (vo), laoädaplan (vo)

See also

• agave
• maguey

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Italian

Noun

aloe m and f (invariable)

1. aloe (plant)

Anagrams

• Aleo

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀλόη (aloē, “aloes”)

Noun

aloē (genitive aloēs); f, first declension

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

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	aloē	aloae
genitive	aloēs	aloārum
dative	aloae	aloīs
accusative	aloēn	aloās
ablative	aloē	aloīs
vocative	aloē	aloae

Descendants

English: aloe French: aloès

Italian: aloe Romanian: aloe Russian: ало́э (alóe) n

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Romanian

Etymology

From French aloès or a literary loan from Latin aloē.

Noun

aloe f

1. aloe
2. a substance extracted from the aloe plant

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Samoan

Etymology

From English aloe

Noun

aloe

1. aloe