aloe

See also: Aloe, áloe, aloé, aloè, aloë, and Aloë

English

, an aloe (2)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.loʊ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.ləʊ/
• Rhymes: -æləʊ

Noun

aloe (plural aloes)

1. (in the plural) The resins of the tree Aquilaria malaccensis (syn. ), known for their fragrant aroma.
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 aloes).

Derived terms

• aloe vera

Descendants

• → Irish: aló
• → Samoan: aloe

Translations

plant of the genus Aloe

• Afrikaans: aalwyn (af), aalwee (af)
• Armenian: հալվե (hy) (halve), ալոէ (aloē)

  Old Armenian: հալուէ (haluē)

  Middle Armenian: սապռ (sapṙ)

• Bulgarian: алое n (aloe)
• Catalan: àloe m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 蘆薈／芦荟 (lou⁴ wui⁶), 芦荟 (lou⁴ wui⁶)

  Mandarin: 蘆薈／芦荟 (zh) (lúhuì), 芦荟 (zh) (lúhuì)

  Min Nan: 蘆薈／芦荟, 芦荟 (lôo-huē)

• Dutch: aloë (nl)
• Esperanto: aloo
• Finnish: aaloe (fi)
• French: aloès (fr) m
• German: Aloe (de) f
• Greek: αλόη (el) f (alói)

  Ancient: ἀλόη f (alóē)

• Hindi: एलो m (elo), अलो m (alo)
• Hungarian: aloé (hu)
• Ido: aloo (io)
• Interlingue:
• Irish: aló m, fóifíneach m
• Italian: aloe (it) f
• Japanese: アロエ (aroe), 蘆薈 (rokai) (less common)
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• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Kikuyu: kĩĩrũma class 7
• Latin: aloē (la) f
• Norman: aloé m (Jersey)
• Okinawan: 蘆薈 (るぐゎい, rugwai, どぅぐゎい, dugwai)
• Persian: الوا (fa) (alvâ), آلوا (âlvâ)
• Polish: aloes (pl) m
• Portuguese: aloe (pt) f, áloe f, aloé (pt) f
• Romanian: aloe (ro) f
• Russian: ало́э (ru) n (alóe)
• Rwanda-Rundi: igikakarubamba
• Scottish Gaelic: àlas m, àloe m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: алоја f

  Roman: aloja (sh) f

• Sanskrit: घृतकुमारी (sa) (ghṛtakumārī), घृतकुमारिका (sa) f (ghṛtakumārikā)
• Spanish: áloe (es) m, aloe m
• Swedish: aloe (sv) c
• Tagalog: aksibal
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Tocharian B: akaru
• Ukrainian: алое (uk) n (aloe)
• Vietnamese: nha đam (vi), lô hội (vi)
• Volapük: laoäd (vo), laoädaplan

See also

• agave
• maguey

Further reading

• aloe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Aloe on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Aloe on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• aole

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin aloe

Noun

aloe m or f (uncountable)

1. aloe (plant)

Anagrams

• Aleo

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Latin

Etymology

From

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lo.eː/, [ˈäɫ̪oeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lo.e/, [ˈäːloe]

Noun

aloē f (genitive aloēs); 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).

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aloē	aloae
Genitive	aloēs	aloārum
Dative	aloae	aloīs
Accusative	aloēn	aloās
Ablative	aloē	aloīs
Vocative	aloē	aloae

Descendants

• → Armenian: ալոէ (aloē)
• → Dutch: aloë
  • Afrikaans: aalwyn
  • → Japanese: アロエ (aroe)
• → Estonian: aaloe
• → Finnish: aaloe
• → German: Aloe
• → Hungarian: aloé
• → Italian: aloe
• → Japanese: 蘆薈 (rokai)
  • → Okinawan: 蘆薈 (rugwai, dugwai)
• → Old English: alwe
  • English: aloe
    • → Irish: aló
    • → Samoan: aloe
• Old French: aloes
  • French: aloès
    • → Romanian: aloe
  • Norman: aloé
• → Old Irish: aloe
• → Portuguese: aloe
• → Russian: ало́э n (alóe)
• → Scottish Gaelic: àloe
• → Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: алоја

Latin script: aloja

• → Swedish: aloe
• → Ukrainian: алое (aloe)
• → Translingual: Aloe
• → Translingual: Aloë

References

• “aloe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aloe”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aloe in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Middle French

Etymology

Old French aloe.

Noun

aloe f (plural aloes)

1. lark (bird)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (aloe)

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin alauda (“lark”)

Noun

aloe oblique singular, f (oblique plural aloes, nominative singular aloe, nominative plural aloes)

1. lark (bird)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (aloe)

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin aloe

Alternative forms

• áloe, aloé

Noun

aloe f (plural s)

1. aloe (plant of the genus Aloe)

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French aloès and Latin aloē.

Noun

aloe f (plural aloe)

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

Declension

Declension of aloe

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) aloe	aloea	(niște) aloe	aloele
genitive/dative	(unei) aloe	aloei	(unor) aloe	aloelor
vocative	aloe, aloeo		aloelor

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Samoan

Etymology

From English aloe.

Noun

aloe

1. aloe

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Spanish

Noun

aloe m (plural aloes)

1. Alternative form of áloe

Further reading

• “aloe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014