allee

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See also: Allee and allée

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French allée (path)

Noun

allee (plural allees)

  1. A tree-lined avenue, often particularly one that is part of a landscaped garden.
    • 1903, Carter Goodloe, Calvert of Strathore[1]:
      He found her walking slowly up and down an allee of elms, through the leaves of which the bright September sunshine sifted down.
    • 2007 August 5, Tracie Rozhon, “Even a Master Needs Help Sometimes”, in New York Times[2]:
      About $800,000 for a complete interior and exterior remodeling and about $200,000 for landscaping, including an allee of mature trees

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑˈleː/
  • Hyphenation: al‧lee
  • Rhymes: -eː

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French allez.

Alternative forms

Interjection

allee

  1. (Belgium) come on

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French allée.

Noun

allee f (plural alleeën, diminutive alleetje n)

  1. avenue, broad lane flanked by trees
  2. (Belgium, architecture) landing (at upper floor of a house)
    Synonym: overloop

Middle English

Noun

allee

  1. Alternative form of aley

Middle French

Noun

allee f (plural allees)

  1. departure

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German allein, Dutch alleen, English alone.

Adjective

allee

  1. alone

Adverb

allee

  1. alone