alee

See also: aleé

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ lee.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈliː/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -iː

Adverb

alee (comparative more alee, superlative most alee)

On the lee side of a ship, to the leeward side (vs aweather)

Anagrams

eale

Alemannic German

FWOTD – 15 March 2017

Etymology

From French allez.

Pronunciation

(Zürich) IPA^(key): /ɑle/

Interjection

alee

come on, let's go
- 1903, Robert Walser, Der Teich:
  Was isch jetz für Zit? Scho drü? Alee, pressier, pressier.
  What time is it? Already three? Come on, hurry, hurry.

Italian

Noun

alee f

plural of alea

Middle French

Noun

alee f (plural alees)

passage; alley

Descendants

French: allée
- → Danish: allé
- → German: Allee
- → English: allée
- → Norwegian Bokmål: allé
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: allé
- → Romanian: alee
- → Russian: аллея (alleja)
→ Middle English: aleye, alay, alei, aley, alie, allee
- English: alley
- Middle Scots: allay, alay, ailay
  - Scots: alley
- → Welsh: alai

Old French

Verb

alee f

feminine singular of the past participle of aler

Noun

alee oblique singular, f (oblique plural alees, nominative singular alee, nominative plural alees)

Descendants

Middle French: alee
- French: allée
  - → Danish: allé
  - → German: Allee
  - → English: allée
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: allé
  - → Norwegian Nynorsk: allé
  - → Romanian: alee
  - → Russian: аллея (alleja)
- → Middle English: aleye, alay, alei, aley, alie, allee
  - English: alley
  - Middle Scots: allay, alay, ailay
    - Scots: alley
  - → Welsh: alai

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French allée.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈle.e/
Audio: (file)

Noun

alee f (plural alei)

allée

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	alee	aleea	alei	aleile
genitive-dative	alei	aleii	alei	aleilor
vocative	alee, aleeo		aleilor

Spanish

Verb

alee

inflection of alear:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative