Dictionary

ale en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• āl
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• /eɪl/ (UK, US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-der. Proto-Germanic *alu Proto-West Germanic *alu Old English ealu Middle English ale English ale From Middle English ale, from Old English ealu, ealo, from Proto-West Germanic *alu, from Proto-Germanic *alu (compare Dutch aal, Icelandic and Swedish öl (“beer”), Danish, Faroese, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk øl (“beer”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut- (“beer”), or *h₂elu- (“bitter”). Compare Russian ол (ol), Lithuanian alùs, Armenian օղի (ōġi); compare also Latin alum (“comfrey”), alūta (“tawed leather”), Ancient Greek ἀλύδοιμος (alúdoimos, “bitter”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A beer or beerlike drink produced by so-called warm fermentation and unpressurized.
2. (countable, dated, uncountable) A beer or beerlike drink made without hops.
3. (UK, countable, obsolete, uncountable) A rural festival where ale is drunk.

Forms

Deriveds

alekeep · aletaster · India pale ale · ale-stake · bride-ale · ale post · ale pole · aleshop · Welsh ale · aley · real ale · brown ale · ale-taster · soul-ale · alecy · yard of ale · Adam's ale · ale-blown · lamb-ale · alestake · alemonger · potale · aleconner · ale gallon · ginger ale · red ale · pale ale · ale-drapery · alebench · alelike · imperial India pale ale · ale-hoof · clerk-ale · audit ale · ale-house · cream ale · ale-wife · cockale · alish · scotale · alekeeper · English strong ale · ale bench · ale-bench · ale-washed · alepole · mild ale · ale-bush · double India pale ale · alewife · alepot · session ale · ale-knight · ale-draper · old ale · church-ale · ale-pole · small ale · ale-conner · cakes and ale · four-ale · gill-ale · give ale · ale stake · ale conner · pot ale · ale silver · heather ale

Descendants

ale · Ale · ale · ale · ale

Relateds

bridal · alehouse

Synonyms

yill

Translations (53)

af aal (beer produced by warm fermentation) · tr İngiliz birası (beer produced by warm fermentation) · ru эль (beer produced by warm fermentation) · fi ale (beer produced by warm fermentation) · eo elo (beer produced by warm fermentation) · es cerveza inglesa (beer produced by warm fermentation) · el αγγλικός ζύθος (beer produced by warm fermentation) · ko 에일 (beer produced by warm fermentation) · de Ale (beer produced by warm fermentation) · ja エール (beer produced by warm fermentation) · tr ale (beer produced by warm fermentation) · pt cerveja inglesa (beer produced by warm fermentation) · gd leann (beer produced by warm fermentation) · fi pintahiivaolut (beer produced by warm fermentation) · sh el (beer produced by warm fermentation) · be эль (beer produced by warm fermentation) · fo øl (beer produced by warm fermentation) · bg ейл (beer produced by warm fermentation) · el αγγλική μπύρα (beer produced by warm fermentation) · uk ель (beer produced by warm fermentation) · hu ale (beer produced by warm fermentation) · es ale (beer produced by warm fermentation) · sh ел (beer produced by warm fermentation) · it birra inglese (beer produced by warm fermentation) · ga leann (beer produced by warm fermentation) · gv lhune (beer produced by warm fermentation) · es cerveza ale (beer produced by warm fermentation) · hy էլ (beer produced by warm fermentation) · nn ale (beer produced by warm fermentation) · cmn 強麥酒 /强麦酒 (beer produced by warm fermentation) · pl ale (beer produced by warm fermentation) · da lyst øl (beer produced by warm fermentation) · cmn 艾爾啤酒 /艾尔啤酒 (beer produced by warm fermentation) · ar مِزْر (beer produced by warm fermentation) · nl donker bier (beer produced by warm fermentation) · cmn 愛爾啤酒 /爱尔啤酒 (beer produced by warm fermentation) · is öl (beer produced by warm fermentation) · sv ale (beer produced by warm fermentation) · lt elis (beer produced by warm fermentation) · ang ealu (beer produced by warm fermentation) · ang bēor (beer produced by warm fermentation) · fr bière anglaise (beer produced by warm fermentation) · cmn 麥芽啤酒 /麦芽啤酒 (beer produced by warm fermentation) · el ζύθος (beer produced by warm fermentation) · yue 麥芽啤酒 /麦芽啤酒 (beer produced by warm fermentation) · ta அளி (beer produced by warm fermentation) · fr ale (beer produced by warm fermentation) · cy cwrw (beer produced by warm fermentation) · li ale (beer produced by warm fermentation) · yi ענגלישע ביר (beer produced by warm fermentation) · et õlu (beer produced by warm fermentation) · cmn 麥芽酒 /麦芽酒 (beer produced by warm fermentation) · el αγγλική μπίρα (beer produced by warm fermentation)

wikidata: Q208385