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

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

    • French: allée
    • Middle English: aley, alay, alei, allee, alie

    Romanian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from French allée.

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

    alee f (plural alei)

    1. allée

    Declension

    Declension of alee
    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