aloes

See also: aloès, aloë's, áloes, and àloes

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.loʊz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.ləʊz/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: (UK) -æləʊz, (US) -æloʊz

Noun

aloes

1. plural of aloe

Noun

aloes

1. (plural only) The resin of the tree Aquilaria malaccensis (syn. Aquilaria agallocha), known for its fragrant odour.
2. The wood of the agalloch.
   • c. 1382–1395, John Wycliffe [et al.], edited by Josiah Forshall and Frederic Madden, The Holy Bible, […], volume III, Oxford: At the University Press, published 1850, →OCLC, Song of Solomon IV:12-14, page 78, column 1:

     A closid gardin, my sister spouse ; a closid gardyn, a welle selid. Thin outsendingus paradis of poungarnetes, with the frutis of appilis, of cipre tre, with narde ; and narde, and safrun, fistula, and canel, with alle the trees of Liban, myrre, and aloes, with alle the firste oynemens.

     My sister spousess, a garden closed (al)together; a garden closed (al)together, a well asealed. Thy sendings-out be (a) paradise of (the) apples of Punic, with the fruits of apples, cypress trees, with nard; nard and saffron, an herb called fistula, and canel, with all [the] trees of the Lebanon, myrrh, and aloes, with all the best, either (the) first, ointments.

Derived terms

• aloesin
• aloeswood
• caballine aloes
• lign-aloes

Anagrams

• Læsø, alose, oleas

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈa.ɫo.eːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.lo.es]

Noun

aloēs

1. genitive singular of aloē

Old Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French aloès. First attested in 1472.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /alʲɔɛs/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /alʲɔɛs/

Noun

aloes f

1. aloe (plant of the genus Aloe)
   • 1900 [1484], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2‎^[2], number 6374:

     Czarna aloes aloe paticum

     [Czarna aloes aloe paticum]

Descendants

• Polish: aloes

References

• Bożena Sieradzka-Baziur, et al., editors (2011–2015), “aloes”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Further reading

• Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “aloes”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

Polish

aloes

Alternative forms

• aloe, aloa, alona (obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Middle French aloèsbor.

Old Polish aloes

Polish aloes

Inherited from Old Polish aloes.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aˈlɔ.ɛs/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /aˈlɔ.ɛs/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔɛs
• Syllabification: a‧lo‧es

Noun

aloes m inan (related adjective aloesowy)

1. aloe (any plant of the genus Aloe)
2. aloe (strong, bitter drink made from the juice of aloe plants)

Declension

Declension of aloes

	singular	plural
nominative	aloes	aloesy
genitive	aloesu	aloesów
dative	aloesowi	aloesom
accusative	aloes	aloesy
instrumental	aloesem	aloesami
locative	aloesie	aloesach
vocative	aloesie	aloesy

Derived terms

adjectives

• aloesowaty

Collocations

Collocations

• aloes drzewiasty ― candelabra aloe
• aloes zwyczajny ― aloe vera
• aloes uzbrojony ― bitter aloe
• miąższ aloesu ― aloe flesh/pulp
• liść aloesu ― aloe leaf
• sok aloesu ― aloe juice
• gatunki aloesu ― species of aloe
• właściwości aloesu ― propereties of aloe
• działania aloesu ― effects of aloe
• leczenia aloesem ― healing/treatment with aloe

Further reading

• “aloes”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “aloes”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)
• aloes in PWN's encyclopedia
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, et al., editors (2010-2023), “aloes”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Barbara Rykiel-Kempf (16.06.2020), “ALOES”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “aloes”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “aloes”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “aloes”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 26
• Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “aloes”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

Spanish

Noun

aloes m pl

1. plural of aloe