alee

See also: aleé

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ lee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈliː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• 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

• eale

Alemannic German

FWOTD – 15 March 2017

Etymology

From French allez.

Pronunciation

• (Zürich) IPA^(key): /ɑle/

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

Old French

Verb

alee f

1. feminine singular of the past participle of aler

Noun

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

1. route
2. departure

Descendants

• French: allée
• → Middle English: aley, alay, alei, allee, alie
  • English: alley
  • Scots: allay
  • → Welsh: alai

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French allée.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈle.e/

• Audio:

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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