alee

See also: aleé

English

Etymology

a- + lee

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈliː/
  • 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

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French allée.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈle.e/
  • (file)

Noun

alee f (plural alei)

  1. allée

Declension

Spanish

Verb

alee

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