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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|ang|alwe|t=fragrant resin of an East Indian tree}}, from {{der|en|la|aloē}}, from {{der|en|grc|ἀλόη|sc=polytonic}}, from {{der|en|he|אֲהָלִים|tr=ʾăhālîm}}, ultimately from a {{der|en|dra}} language; reinforced in {{inh|en|enm|-}} by {{cog|fro|aloes}}.
From {{inh|en|ang|alwe|t=fragrant resin of an East Indian tree}}, from {{der|en|la|aloē}}, from {{der|en|grc|ἀλόη|sc=polytonic}}, from {{der|en|he|אֲהָלִים|tr=ʾăhālîm}}, ultimately from {{der|en|ta}};<ref>{{cite book|1=en|year=2016|author=Shulman, David|authorlink=David Shulman|title=Tamil: A biography|chapter=|url=|quote=We have ''ahalim'' [in Hebrew], probably derived directly from Tamil ''akil'' rather than from Sanskrit ''aguru'', itself a loan from the Tamil (Numbers 24.8; Proverbs 7.17; Song of Songs 4.14; Psalms 45.9--the latter two instances with the feminine plural form ''ahalot''. Akil is, we think, native to South India, and it is thus not surprising that the word was borrowed by cultures that imported this plant.|publisher=Harvard University Press|pages=19-20}}</ref> reinforced in {{inh|en|enm|-}} by {{cog|fro|aloes}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
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===Anagrams===
===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aelo|aole}}
* {{anagrams|en|a=aelo|aole}}

===References===
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[[Category:en:Asparagales order plants]]
[[Category:en:Asparagales order plants]]

Revision as of 09:30, 5 January 2022

See also: Aloe, áloe, aloé, aloè, aloë, and Aloë

English

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Etymology

From Old English alwe (“fragrant resin of an East Indian tree”), from Latin aloē, from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "polytonic" is not valid. See WT:LOS., from Hebrew אֲהָלִים (ʾăhālîm), ultimately from Tamil [Term?];[1] reinforced in Middle English by Old French aloes.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -æləʊ

Noun

aloe (plural aloes)

  1. (in the plural) The resins of the tree Aquilaria malaccensis (syn. Aquilaria agallocha), known for their fragrant aroma, produced after infection by the fungus Phialophora parasitica.
  2. A plant of the genus Aloe.
    • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World‎[1]:
      In mercy I put a bullet through his skull, and he fell sprawling among the aloes.
  3. A strong, bitter drink made from the juice of such plants, used as a purgative.

Usage notes

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Irish: aló
  • → Samoan: aloe

Translations

See also

Further reading

Anagrams

References

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin aloe.

Noun

aloe m or f (invariable)

  1. aloe (plant)

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "polytonic" is not valid. See WT:LOS..

Pronunciation

Noun

aloē f (genitive aloēs); first declension

  1. The aloe.
  2. The bitter juice produced by the aloe used as a perfume, in medicine and in embalming.
  3. (figuratively) Bitterness (in general).

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aloē aloae
Genitive aloēs aloārum
Dative aloae aloīs
Accusative aloēn aloās
Ablative aloē aloīs
Vocative aloē aloae

Descendants

Cyrillic script: алоја
Latin script: aloja

References

  • “aloe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “aloe”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • aloe in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French aloe.

Noun

aloe f (plural aloes)

  1. lark (bird)

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (aloe)

Old French

Etymology

From Latin alauda (“lark”).

Noun

aloe oblique singular, f (oblique plural aloes, nominative singular aloe, nominative plural aloes)

  1. lark (bird)

Descendants

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (aloe)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin aloe

Alternative forms

Noun

aloe f (plural s)

  1. aloe (plant of the genus Aloe)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French aloès and Latin aloē, from Ancient Greek ἀλόη (alóē).

Noun

aloe f (plural aloe)

  1. aloe
  2. a substance extracted from the aloe plant

Declension

Declension of aloe
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) aloe aloea (niște) aloe aloele
genitive/dative (unei) aloe aloei (unor) aloe aloelor
vocative aloe, aloeo aloelor

Samoan

Etymology

From English aloe.

Noun

aloe

  1. aloe

Spanish

Noun

aloe m (plural aloes)

  1. Alternative form of áloe

Further reading

Yoruba

álóè

Etymology

English aloe

Pronunciation

Noun

álóè

  1. aloe
    Synonym: ewé etí erin
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