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Webster 1913 Edition

Ale

Ale

(āl)
,
Noun.
[AS.
ealu
, akin to Icel., Sw., and Dan.
öl
, Lith.
alus
a kind of beer, OSlav.
olŭ
beer. Cf. Ir.
ol
drink, drinking.]
1.
An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.
☞ The word ale, in England and the United States, usually designates a heavier kind of fermented liquor, and the word beer a lighter kind. The word beer is also in common use as the generic name for all malt liquors.
2.
A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk.
“At wakes and ales.”
B. Jonson.
“On ember eves and holy ales.”
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ale

ALE

, n.
1.
A liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation. It differs from beer, in having a smaller proportion of hops. It is of different sorts, chiefly pale and brown; the first made from malt slightly dried; the second, from malt more considerably dried or roasted. Ale was the common drink of the ancient inhabitants of Europe. It is usually made with barley; but sometimes with wheat, rye, millet, oats, &c.
2.
A merry meeting in English country places, so called from the liquor drank.
Medicated Ales are those which are prepared for medicinal purposes, by an infusion of herbs during fermentation.

Definition 2024

Ale

Ale

See also: ale, alé, alè, alẽ, åle, Alę, and -ale

Finnish

Proper noun

Ale

  1. (rare) A male given name.

Declension

Inflection of Ale (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative Ale Alet
genitive Alen Alejen
partitive Alea Aleja
illative Aleen Aleihin
singular plural
nominative Ale Alet
accusative nom. Ale Alet
gen. Alen
genitive Alen Alejen
Aleinrare
partitive Alea Aleja
inessive Alessa Aleissa
elative Alesta Aleista
illative Aleen Aleihin
adessive Alella Aleilla
ablative Alelta Aleilta
allative Alelle Aleille
essive Alena Aleina
translative Aleksi Aleiksi
instructive — Alein
abessive Aletta Aleitta
comitative — Aleineen

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eːl/

Noun

Ale n ‎(genitive Ales, plural Ales)

  1. ale

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈalɛ/
  • Homophones: ale, Alę

Proper noun

Ale f

  1. nominative plural of Ala
  2. accusative plural of Ala
  3. vocative plural of Ala

ale

ale

See also: Ale, alé, alè, alẽ, åle, Alę, and -ale

English

a pint of ale (1)

Noun

ale ‎(countable and uncountable, plural ales)

  1. (dated) A beer made without hops.
  2. A beer produced by so-called warm fermentation and not pressurized.
  3. A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Basque

Noun

ale

  1. grain

Declension

"ale"
(animate noun) declension
indefinite singular plural
absolutive ale alea aleak
ergative alek aleak aleek
dative aleri aleari aleei
genitive aleren alearen aleen
comitative alerekin alearekin aleekin
causative alerengatik alearengatik aleengatik
benefactive alerentzat alearentzat aleentzat
instrumental alez aleaz aleez
inessive alerengan alearengan aleengan
allative alerengana alearengana aleengana
terminative alerenganaino alearenganaino aleenganaino
directive alerenganantz alearenganantz aleenganantz
destinative alerenganako alearenganako aleenganako
ablative alerengandik alearengandik aleengandik
partitive alerik
-
-
prolative aletzat
-
-

Czech

Pronunciation

Conjunction

ale

  1. but

Synonyms

See also

Finnish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Shortened from alennusmyynti ‎(“selling of goods at bargain prices”).

Noun

ale

  1. (colloquial) Short for alennusmyynti.
Declension
Inflection of ale (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative ale alet
genitive alen alejen
partitive alea aleja
illative aleen aleihin
singular plural
nominative ale alet
accusative nom. ale alet
gen. alen
genitive alen alejen
aleinrare
partitive alea aleja
inessive alessa aleissa
elative alesta aleista
illative aleen aleihin
adessive alella aleilla
ablative alelta aleilta
allative alelle aleille
essive alena aleina
translative aleksi aleiksi
instructive — alein
abessive aletta aleitta
comitative — aleineen

Etymology 2

English ale

Noun

ale

  1. ale
Declension
Inflection of ale (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative ale alet
genitive alen alejen
partitive alea aleja
illative aleen aleihin
singular plural
nominative ale alet
accusative nom. ale alet
gen. alen
genitive alen alejen
aleinrare
partitive alea aleja
inessive alessa aleissa
elative alesta aleista
illative aleen aleihin
adessive alella aleilla
ablative alelta aleilta
allative alelle aleille
essive alena aleina
translative aleksi aleiksi
instructive — alein
abessive aletta aleitta
comitative — aleineen

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From English ale.

Pronunciation

Noun

ale f ‎(plural ales)

  1. ale
    • 1884, Joris-Karl Huysmans, À rebours, XI:
      il mangea un rosbif aux pommes et s'enfourna deux pintes d’ale, excité par ce petit goût de vacherie musquée que dégage cette fine et pâle bière.
      He ate roast beef with apples and put away two pints of ale, excited by the little taste of musky trickery given off by this fine, pale beer.

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin āla.

Noun

ale f ‎(plural alis)

  1. wing

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French aller ‎(“go”).

Verb

ale

  1. go

Synonyms

Italian

Pronunciation

Noun

ale f

  1. (poetic) plural of ala; wings.

See also

Latin

Verb

ale

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of alō

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Conjunction

ale

  1. but

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French aller.

Verb

ale (medial form al)

  1. To go

Middle English

Pronunciation

Noun

ale (plural ales)

  1. ale (beverage)

Descendants

Northern Sami

Verb

ale

  1. second-person singular imperative of ii

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *alje, from Proto-Indo-European *ályos.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

ale

  1. but
    Grałem dobrze, ale przegrałem.‎
    I played well, but I lost.

Particle

ale

  1. (colloquial) used at the beginning of sentence for emphasis
    Ale masz piękną sukienkę!‎
    You have such a beautiful dress!
    Ale ta zupa jest dobra!‎
    This soup is so good!
  2. used at the beginning of sentence similar to English "hey, not so fast", especially when used multiple times
    Ale, ale! Jeszcze z tobą nie skończyłem!‎
    Hey, not so fast! I'm not quite done with you yet!

Portuguese

Verb

ale

  1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of alar
  2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of alar
  3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of alar
  4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of alar

Romanian

Article

ale (feminine/neuter plural possessive article)

  1. of
    sunt ale mele aici? - are mine here?

See also

  • al (masculine/neuter singular)
  • a (feminine singular)
  • ai (masculine plural)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ali, *ale.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

ȁle ‎(Cyrillic spelling а̏ле)

  1. (Kajkavian) but
  2. (Kajkavian) however

Spanish

Noun

ale f ‎(plural ales)

  1. ale (intoxicating liquor)

Tagalog

Noun

ale

  1. stepmother
  2. aunt

References

Tarantino

Noun

ale

  1. wing (of a bird etc)

Upper Sorbian

Conjunction

ale

  1. but

Etymology

Short form of Aleksanteri.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɑle]
  • Hyphenation: A‧le

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