English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːli

Proper noun

Ali ‎(plural Alis)

1. A male given name.
2. The Muslim caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib, considered by Shias to be Muhammad's successor.
3. A surname found among Muslims.

Translations

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• Aly, Alee,

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æli

Proper noun

Ali ‎(plural Alis)

1. A diminutive of the female given name Alison/Allison or its variants; compare Allie.

Anagrams

• ail
• lai, Lai

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Arabic عَلِيّ ‎(ʿaliyy).

Proper noun

Ali ?

1. A male given name, equivalent to Ali.

Anagrams

• Lia

Finnish

Etymology

From Arabic عَلِيّ ‎(ʿaliyy) as a Muslim name. Also a rare diminutive form of Finnish Aleksanteri.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑli
• IPA^(key): [ˈɑli]
• Hyphenation: A‧li

Proper noun

Ali

1. A male given name.

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese Ali, from Arabic عَلِيّ ‎(ʿaliyy).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.li/

Proper noun

Ali m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Ali

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic عَلِيّ ‎(ʿaliyy).

Proper noun

Ali

1. A male given name

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic عَلِيّ ‎(ʿaliyy).

Proper noun

Ali

1. A male given name.

Finnish

(index al)

Postposition

ali (+ genitive, shorter form for alitse)

1. beneath, underneath (when one goes through the space that is underneath something):

   Pallo pyöri tuolin ali ja ovesta ulos.‎

   The ball rolled underneath the chair and out of the door.

Inflection

Synonyms

• (beneath, underneath) alitse

Antonyms

• (beneath, underneath) yli, ylitse

Related terms

• See the inflection table.
• ala-
• ali-
• alemmas
• alempana
• alhainen
• alittaa

Gorontalo

Noun

ali

1. a hole sunk into the ground as a source of water or other fluids; well.

Icelandic

Noun

ali

1. indefinite accusative plural of alur

Italian

Noun

ali f

1. plural of ala

Verb

ali

1. second-person singular present indicative of alare
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of alare
3. second-person singular present subjunctive of alare
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of alare
5. third-person singular imperative of alare

Anagrams

• Lia

Latin

Verb

alī

1. present passive infinitive of alō

Lavukaleve

Noun

ali m

1. man

O'odham

Noun

ali ‎(plural a'al)

1. child, baby

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• aly (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese ali, aly, from Latin ad illic.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ˈli/
• Hyphenation: a‧li

Adverb

ali (not comparable)

1. there (far from both the speaker and the audience)

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:ali.

Synonyms

• lá

Usage notes

Usually ali implies a nearer position than lá.

See also

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ali, *ale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /âli/
• Hyphenation: a‧li

Conjunction

ȁli ‎(Cyrillic spelling а̏ли)

1. but
2. however
3. (Croatia) or, if

Synonyms

• (Croatia) ale, nu

Slovene

Pronunciation 1

The second pronunciation is used in the second sense.

• IPA^(key): /ˈáli/, /ˈáːli/
• Tonal orthography: ȁli, ȃli

Conjunction

àli or áli

1. or
2. (ali ... ali) either ... or

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ali/
• Tonal orthography: ali

Particle

ali

1. Introduces a yes-no question.