Allies

See also: allies and alliés

English

Etymology 1

Proprialisation of allies, the plural of ally.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈælaɪz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ælaɪz

Proper noun

the Allies pl (plural only)

2. (history) The countries allied against the Central Powers during World War I, including especially the United Kingdom, the Russian Empire, and France.

   Synonyms: Allied Powers, Entente, Entente Allies

   Antonym: Central Powers

4. (history) The countries allied against the Axis Powers during World War II. The major signatories included the United Kingdom, Soviet Union, United States, and China.

   Synonym: Allied Powers

   Antonyms: Axis, Axis Powers

Derived terms

• Allied

Translations

in WWI

• Arabic: الْحُلَفَاء pl (al-ḥulafāʔ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 協約國 / 协约国 (zh) (xiéyuēguó)

• Danish: Ententen c (definite form)
• Finnish: ympärysvallat pl
• Galician: aliados m pl
• Georgian: მოკავშირეები pl (moḳavšireebi), ანტანტა (ka) (anṭanṭa)
• Greek: Σύμμαχοι m pl (Sýmmachoi)
• Japanese: 連合国 (ja) (れんごうこく, rengōkoku)
• Portuguese: aliados m pl
• Russian: Сою́зники (ru) m pl (Sojúzniki)
• Spanish: Aliados m pl
• Thai: ฝ่ายสัมพันธมิตร (fàai-sǎm-pan-tá-mít)

in WWII

• Arabic: الْحُلَفَاء pl (al-ḥulafāʔ)
• Belarusian: Саю́знікі m pl (Sajúzniki)
• Bulgarian: Съю́зници m pl (Sǎjúznici)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 同盟國 / 同盟国 (zh) (tóngméngguó), 盟軍 / 盟军 (zh) (méngjūn)

• Czech: Spojenci (cs) m pl
• Danish: de Allierede c pl
• Finnish: liittoutuneet (fi) pl
• French: Alliés (fr)
• Galician: aliados m pl
• Georgian: მოკავშირეები pl (moḳavšireebi), მოკავშირე ქვეყნები pl (moḳavšire kveq̇nebi), მოკავშირე სახელმწიფოები pl (moḳavšire saxelmc̣ipoebi), ანტიჰიტლერული კოალიცია (anṭihiṭleruli ḳoalicia)
• German: Alliierte (de)
• Greek: Σύμμαχοι m pl (Sýmmachoi)
• Indonesian: Blok Sekutu, Sekutu (id)
• Italian: Alleati
• Japanese: 連合国 (ja) (れんごうこく, rengōkoku)
• Korean: 연합국(聯合國) (yeonhapguk), 련합국(聯合國) (ryeonhapguk) (North Korea)
• Macedonian: Сојузници m pl (Sojuznici)
• Malay: Pihak Berikat, Pihak Bersekutu
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: مُتَّفِقین (fa) pl (mottafeġin)

• Polish: Alianci (pl) m pl
• Portuguese: aliados m pl
• Romanian: Aliați m pl
• Russian: Сою́зники (ru) m pl (Sojúzniki), антиги́тлеровская коали́ция f (antigítlerovskaja koalícija, literally “anti-Hitler coalition”)
• Slovak: Spojenci m pl
• Slovene: Zavezniki (sl) m pl
• Spanish: Aliados m pl
• Thai: ฝ่ายสัมพันธมิตร (fàai-sǎm-pan-tá-mít)
• Turkish: müttefikler, Müttefik Devletler pl
• Ukrainian: Сою́зники m pl (Sojúznyky)
• Vietnamese: Đồng Minh

Further reading

• Allies of World War I on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Allies of World War II on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Allie + -s.

Proper noun

Allies

1. plural of Allie

Anagrams

• Sallie