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Aile

AISLE

, or AILE,
Noun.
Pronounced Ile. [L. ala.]
The wing of a quire; a walk in a church.

Definition 2024


Aile

Aile

See also: aile, ailé, àile, aîle, and Áile

Estonian

Proper noun

Aile

  1. A female given name, variant of Aili.

aile

aile

See also: Aile, ailé, àile, aîle, and Áile

French

Alternative forms

Noun

aile f (plural ailes)

  1. wing (of a bird or other flying animal; of poultry; of an aircraft; of a building; of an army; in football and rugby; in politics)
  2. fender, wing (of an automobile)
  3. (of the nose) side, wing, ala
  4. sail (of a windmill)
  5. blade (of a propellor)
  6. (figuratively) wings
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb form of ailer.

Verb

aile

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

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish aile m (fence, palisade).

Noun

aile f (genitive singular aile, nominative plural ailte)

  1. clamp, built-up rows of sods on outside of stack of turf
Declension

Etymology 2

Adjective

aile

  1. Alternative form of eile (other, another)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aile n-aile haile t-aile
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References


Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish aingel (angel), from Late Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, messenger).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ail/

Noun

aile m (genitive singular ailey)

  1. fire

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *alyos (other, second).

Adjective

aile

  1. other, second, one (of two)

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Descendants

Noun

aile m, f, n

  1. another, the other, others
  2. period of two days
  3. something else, anything else

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

  • 1 aile” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowing from Arabic عائِلَة (ʿāʾila).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ.i.le/

Noun

aile (definite accusative aileyi, plural aileler)

  1. family

Declension


Walloon

Etymology

From Old French aile, from Latin āla.

Noun

aile f

  1. (anatomy) wing