ale

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Scrabble points
3
Words With Friends
4
Letters
3
Pronunciation
/eɪl/(UK)

Definition of ale

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, dated, uncountable)A beer made without hops.
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noun

  1. (countable, dated, uncountable)A beer made without hops.
  2. (countable, uncountable)A beer produced by so-called warm fermentation and not pressurized.
  3. (countable, uncountable)A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk.

name

  1. A surname.
  2. (diminutive, form-of)Diminutive of Alejandra, from analogy with English Alison or Alexandra

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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,…

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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, Swedish öl), 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”).

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