aisle
English
Etymology
From Middle French aisle (“wing”) (Modern French aile), from Latin āla.
Pronunciation
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- Homophones: I'll, isle
Noun
aisle (plural aisles)
- A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers.
- 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 20, in The Dust of Conflict[1]:
- Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli.
- 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 13, in Crime out of Mind[2]:
- In one of the aisles there was an elaborately carved confessional box and I recognised the village priest in his heavy mountain boots and black cassock as he entered it and drew the dark velvet curtains behind him.
- A clear path through rows of seating.
- A clear corridor in a supermarket with shelves on both sides containing goods for sale.
- Any path through an otherwise obstructed space.
- (transport) Seat in public transport, such as a plane, train or bus, that's beside the aisle.
- Do you want to seat window or aisle?
- (US, politics) An idiomatic divide between the Republican Party and the Democratic Party, who are said to be on two sides of the aisle.
Synonyms
- (path senses): isle
- (seat beside an aisle): aisle seat
Antonyms
- (seat on the aisle side): window, window seat
Derived terms
Terms derived from aisle (noun)
Translations
wing of a building, notably in a church
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clear path through rows of seating
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corridor in a supermarket
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any path through obstructed space
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Seats that side the aisle in common transport
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Anagrams
French
Noun
aisle f (plural aisles)
Irish
Etymology 1
Noun
aisle f (genitive singular aisle, nominative plural aislí)
- Alternative form of aisling (“vision; vision poem”)
Etymology 2
Noun
aisle f
Etymology 3
Noun
aisle f
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aisle | n-aisle | haisle | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aisle”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Middle French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French aile, from Latin ala with the addition of an unetymological s
Noun
aisle f (plural aisles)
- wing (anatomical structure of flying animals)
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