alee

alee

See also: aleé

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ lee.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈliː/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iː

Adverb

alee (comparative more alee, superlative most alee)

  1. On the lee side of a ship, to the leeward side (vs aweather)

Anagrams

Alemannic German

FWOTD – 15 March 2017

Etymology

From French allez.

Pronunciation

Interjection

alee

  1. come on, let's go
    • 1903, Robert Walser, Der Teich:
      Was isch jetz für Zit? Scho drü? Alee, pressier, pressier.
      What time is it? Already three? Come on, hurry, hurry.

Italian

Noun

alee f

  1. plural of alea

Middle French

Noun

alee f (plural alees)

  1. passage; alley

Descendants

  • French: allée
    • Danish: allé
    • German: Allee
    • English: allée
    • Norwegian Bokmål: allé
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: allé
    • Romanian: alee
    • Russian: аллея (alleja)
  • Middle English: aleye, alay, alei, aley, alie, allee

Old French

    Verb

    alee f

    1. feminine singular of the past participle of aler

    Noun

    alee oblique singularf (oblique plural alees, nominative singular alee, nominative plural alees)

    1. route
    2. departure

    Descendants

    Romanian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from French allée.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /aˈle.e/
    • Audio:(file)

    Noun

    alee f (plural alei)

    1. allée

    Declension

    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative alee aleea alei aleile
    genitive-dative alei aleii alei aleilor
    vocative alee, aleeo aleilor

    Spanish

    Verb

    alee

    1. inflection of alear:
      1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
      2. third-person singular imperative