Definitions and meaning of aloe aloe
Etymology From Old English alwe ( “ fragrant resin of an East Indian tree ” ) , from Latin aloē , from Ancient Greek ἀλόη ( alóē ) , from Hebrew אֲהָלִים , ultimately from a Dravidian language through Sanskrit कालागुरु ( kālāguru , “ agarwood ” ) ; reinforced in Middle English by Old French aloes .
Pronunciation ( General American ) IPA(key) : /ˈæ.loʊ/ ( Received Pronunciation ) IPA(key) : /əˈləʊ.i/ , /ˈæ.ləʊ/ Rhymes: -æləʊ Noun aloe (plural aloes )
( in the plural ) The resins of the tree Aquilaria malaccensis (syn. Aquilaria agallocha A plant of the genus Aloe .
A strong, bitter drink made from the juice of such plants, used as a purgative. Usage notes Often used in plural (originally under influence of Old French aloes ). Derived terms Descendants → Irish: aló → Samoan: aloe Translations See also Further reading aloe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Aloe Wikimedia Commons Anagrams Italian Etymology From Latin aloe
Noun aloe m or f invariable )
aloe (plant)Anagrams Latin Etymology From Ancient Greek ἀλόη ( alóē , “ aloes ” )
Pronunciation ( Classical ) IPA(key) : /ˈa.lo.eː/ , [ˈa.ɫ̪ɔ.eː] ( Ecclesiastical ) IPA(key) : /ˈa.lo.e/ , [ˈaː.lɔ.ɛ] Noun aloē f genitive aloēs ); first declension
The aloe.
The bitter juice produced by the aloe used as a perfume, in medicine and in embalming.
( figuratively ) Bitterness (in general).Declension First-declension noun (Greek-type).
Descendants → Armenian: ալոէ ( aloē ) → Dutch: aloë Afrikaans: aalwyn → Japanese: アロエ ( aroe ) → Estonian: aaloe → Finnish: aaloe → German: Aloe → Hungarian: aloé → Italian: aloe → Japanese: 蘆薈 ( rokai ) → Okinawan: 蘆薈 ( rugwai, dugwai ) → Old English: alwe English: aloe → Irish: aló → Samoan: aloe Old French: aloes French: aloès → Polish: aloes → Romanian: aloe
Norman: aloé
→ Old Irish: aloe → Portuguese: aloe → Russian: ало́э n ( alóe ) → Scottish Gaelic: àloe → Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic: алоја
Latin: aloja → Swedish: aloe → Ukrainian: алое ( aloe ) → Translingual: Aloe → Translingual: Aloë References aloe in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary , Oxford: Clarendon Pressaloe in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary , New York: Harper & Brothersaloe in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)Middle French Etymology Old French aloe .
Noun aloe f plural aloes )
lark (bird) References Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX e au XV e siècle (1881) Old French Etymology From Latin alauda ( “ lark ” )
Noun aloe f oblique plural aloes , nominative singular aloe nominative plural aloes )
lark (bird) References Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX e au XV e siècle (1881) Portuguese Etymology From Latin aloe
Alternative forms Noun aloe f plural aloes )
aloe ( plant of the genus Aloe ) Romanian Etymology Borrowed from French aloès and Latin aloē .
Noun aloe f plural aloe
aloe a substance extracted from the aloe plant Declension Samoan Etymology From English aloe .
Noun aloe
aloe Spanish Noun aloe m plural aloes )
Alternative form of áloe Further reading “aloe” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición , Real Academia Española, 2014. Source: wiktionary.org any member of the genus Aloe, consisting mostly of trees and shrubs of the lily family.(source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)