Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word ale. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in ale.
Definitions and meaning of ale
ale
Etymology
From Middle Englishale, from Old Englishealu, ealo, from Proto-West Germanic*alu, from Proto-Germanic*alu (compare Dutchaal, Swedishöl), from Proto-Indo-European*h₂elut-(“beer”), or *h₂elu-(“bitter”). Compare Russianол(ol), Lithuanianalùs, Armenianօղի(ōłi); compare also Latinalum(“comfrey”), alūta(“tawed leather”), Ancient Greekἀλύδοιμος(alúdoimos, “bitter”).
Pronunciation
(UK, US) IPA(key): /eɪl/
Rhymes: -eɪl
Noun
ale (countable and uncountable, pluralales)
(dated) A beer made without hops.
A beer produced by so-called warm fermentation and not pressurized.
A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk.
Synonyms
(liquor):beer(loosely), yill
Derived terms
alewife
brown ale
cakes and ale
ginger ale
India pale ale
pale ale
real ale
Related terms
alehouse
bridal
Translations
Descendants
→ Dutch: ale
→ Finnish: ale
→ French: ale
Anagrams
E-la, EAL, ELA, Ela, LAE, LEA, Lea, ael, lea
Afar
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ʌˈle/
Interjection
alé
signifies surprise; wow!
References
Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Bambara
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [àle]
Pronoun
ale
him
Basque
Noun
ale
grain
Declension
Czech
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /alɛ/
Rhymes: -alɛ
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic*a le, from Proto-Indo-European*ályos.
Conjunction
ale
but
Synonyms
avšak
See also
jenže
Further reading
ale in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
ale in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishale.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /eːl/
Hyphenation: ale
Rhymes: -eːl
Noun
alem or n (uncountable)
ale
Estonian
Etymology
Cognate to Finnishhalme and Livvihalmeh. From either Proto-Germanic*halmaz or a Baltic language, compare Lithuaniansalms and Latvianželmuo.
Noun
ale (genitiveale, partitivealet)
slash-and-burn (the technique)
the forest cut down to create new land in slash-and-burn
the land created through slash-and-burn
Declension
Finnish
Etymology 1
< alennusmyynti(“sale”)
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈɑle/, [ˈɑle̞]
Rhymes: -ɑle
Syllabification: a‧le
Noun
ale
(colloquial) sale (selling of goods at bargain prices)
Declension
Compounds
alehalli
alehinta
Etymology 2
From Englishale.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈei̯l/, [ˈe̞i̯l]
Syllabification: ale
Noun
ale
ale (type of beer)
Declension
In speech, type 5 (risti) is normally used, giving for instance nominative singular eil, genitive eilin, partitive eiliä, nominative plural eilit and genitive plural eilien.
Anagrams
Lea
French
Etymology
From Englishale.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɛl/
Noun
alef (pluralales)
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.
Further reading
“ale” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Friulian
Etymology
From Latināla.
Noun
alef (pluralalis)
wing
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From Frenchaller(“go”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /a.le/
Verb
ale
go
Synonyms
al
Italian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈa.le/
Hyphenation: à‧le
Noun
alef
(poetic)plural of ala; wings.
See also
ali
Latin
Verb
ale
second-person singular present active imperative of alō
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈalɛ/, [ˈalə]
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic*a le, from Proto-Indo-European*ályos.
Conjunction
ale
but
Further reading
ale in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
ale in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
Lule Sami
Verb
ale
second-person singular imperative of ij
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From Frenchaller.
Verb
ale (medial formal)
To go
Middle Dutch
Etymology
from Old Dutch*alo, from Proto-West Germanic*alu.
Noun
ālen
ale
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Dutch: aal
Limburgish: aal
Further reading
Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “ale”, in Middelniederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English
Etymology
From Old Englishealu, from Proto-West Germanic*alu, from Proto-Germanic*alu, from Proto-Indo-European*h₂elut-.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈaːl(ə)/
Noun
ale (pluralales)
ale (beverage)
Related terms
bridale
Descendants
English: ale
Scots: yill, ale, aill, ayll
References
“āle (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
(Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈale/
Verb
ale
second-person singular imperative of ii
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
ale (present tenseeloraler, past tenseoloralte, supinealeoralt, past participlealenoralt, present participlealande, imperativeal)
Alternative form of ala
Anagrams
ela, lea
Novial
Noun
ale (pluralales)
wing
References
Otto Jespersen, Novial Lexike (1930)
Polish
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic*a le, from Proto-Indo-European*ályos.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈa.lɛ/
Homophones: Ale, Alę
Conjunction
ale
but
Particle
ale
(colloquial)used at the beginning of sentence for emphasis
used at the beginning of sentence similar to English "hey, not so fast", especially when used multiple times
Further reading
ale in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
ale in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Verb
ale
First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of alar
Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of alar
Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of alar
Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of alar
Romanian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈa.le/
Article
ale
of (feminine/neuter plural possessive article)
See also
al (masculine/neuter singular)
a(feminine singular)
ai(masculine plural)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic*a li, *a le.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /âle/
Hyphenation: a‧le
Conjunction
ȁle (Cyrillic spellingа̏ле)
(Kajkavian) but
(Kajkavian) however
Synonyms
ali
Spanish
Etymology
From Englishale
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈeil/, [ˈei̯l]
Noun
alef (pluralales)
ale(intoxicating liquor)
Tagalog
Noun
ale
stepmother
aunt
References
The Tagalog Pinoy Dictionary
Tarantino
Noun
ale
wing (of a bird etc)
Upper Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic*a le, from Proto-Indo-European*ályos.