English Explanatory Dictionary

ale

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A beer made without hops.
  2. A beer produced by so-called warm fermentation and not pressurized.
  3. A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. Diminutive of Alejandra, from analogy with English Alison or Alexandra

Pronunciation

āl /eɪl/ En-us-ale.ogg

Word forms

ale ales eale

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, 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”).

Synonyms

beer yill

Related words

alehouse bridal

Derived words

Adam's ale alebench ale-bench ale bench ale-blown ale-bush ale-conner aleconner ale conner alecy ale-draper ale-drapery ale gallon ale-hoof ale-house alekeep alekeeper ale-knight alelike alemonger ale pole ale-pole alepole ale post alepot aleshop ale silver ale stake ale-stake alestake ale-taster aletaster ale-washed ale-wife alewife aley alish audit ale bride-ale brown ale cakes and ale church-ale clerk-ale cockale cream ale double India pale ale English strong ale four-ale gill-ale ginger ale give ale heather ale imperial India pale ale India pale ale lamb-ale mild ale old ale pale ale pot ale potale
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