Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ale

/eɪl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.68 in modern English

Syllables
ale
IPA
/eɪl/
3
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A beer or beerlike drink produced by so-called warm fermentation and unpressurized.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A beer or beerlike drink made without hops.

Countable; Dated; Uncountable

noun

A rural festival where ale is drunk.

British usage; Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

name

A surname.

name

Diminutive of Alejandra, from analogy with English Alison or Alexandra

noun

Initialism of atomic layer etching.

Uncountable

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /eɪl/
  • British English: /eɪl/

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

ales (plural) eale (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

alebench aleconner alecy alekeep alekeeper alelike alemonger alepole alepot aleshop alestake aletaster

Phrases

Adam's ale ale-bench ale bench ale-blown ale-bush ale-conner ale conner ale-draper

Frequently Paired Words

alehouse bridal

Synonyms

yill

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce ale?
The recorded pronunciation is /eɪl/.
What does ale mean?
A beer or beerlike drink produced by so-called warm fermentation and unpressurized.
Where does ale come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce ale

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