English

Alternative forms

• allee

Noun

allée ‎(plural allées)

1. An alley in a formal garden or park, bordered by trees or bushes.

French

Etymology

From Old French aler, aller.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.le/

Noun

allée f ‎(plural allées)

1. path, lane, allée
2. hallway (leading from the entrance of a house)
3. aisle (between rows of seats)
4. driveway
5. bowling lane
6. action of going (used nowadays only in the expression allées et venues: the repeated action of going and returning)
   • 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Volume I, Chapter XXXIII:

     ... Lothaire commença à ralentir peu à peu, par réflexion, ses allées et venues dans la maison de son ami.

     ... Lothario started to abate little by little, by reflection, his comings and goings to the house of his friend.

Verb

allée

1. feminine singular of the past participle of aller

Norman

Noun

allée f ‎(plural allées)

1. (Jersey) hall