ales

See also: Ales, ALES, Aleš, Alès, åles, and -ales

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɪlz/
• Rhymes: -eɪlz
• Homophone: ails

Noun

ales

1. plural of ale

Anagrams

• ASLE, ELAS, Elsa, LAEs, LEAs, SEAL, Sale, Salé, Seal, Sela, aels, lase, leas, sale, seal, sela

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈa.ləs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈa.les]

Noun

ales

1. plural of ala

Estonian

Noun

ales

1. inessive singular of ale

Ladin

Etymology

a +‎ les

Contraction

ales

1. at the; to the (feminine plural)

Latin

Pronunciation

• āles: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.les/, [ˈäːɫ̪ɛs̠]
• āles: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.les/, [ˈäːles]
• alēs: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.leːs/, [ˈäɫ̪eːs̠]
• alēs: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.les/, [ˈäːles]

Etymology 1

From āla (“wing”) +‎ -es (“-faring”), from eō (“I fare, go”). Compare pedes, eques, caeles.

Adjective

āles (genitive ālitis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. winged

   Synonyms: ālātus, āliger

2. aerial
3. quick, fleet, rapid, swift

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	āles			ālitēs	—
genitive	ālitis			ālitum
dative	ālitī			ālitibus
accusative	ālitem	āles		ālitēs	—
ablative	ālitī			ālitibus
vocative	āles			ālitēs	—

Related terms

• āla
• ālārius
• ālātus
• āliger
• ālipēs

 

Noun

āles m or f (genitive ālitis); third declension

1. (usually only of large birds, masculine or feminine) a fowl, bird
2. (related to birds that give omens, feminine) an augury, omen, sign
3. (masculine) a winged deity or monster

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	āles	ālitēs
genitive	ālitis	ālitum
dative	ālitī	ālitibus
accusative	ālitem	ālitēs
ablative	ālite	ālitibus
vocative	āles	ālitēs

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

alēs

1. second-person singular future active indicative of alō

References

• “ales”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ales”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ales 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)
• ales in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the omens are favourable to some one: aves (alites, oscines) addīcunt alicui (opp. abdicunt aliquid)
    
• “ales”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[2]

Old English

Noun

āles

1. genitive singular of āl

Portuguese

Verb

ales

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of alar

Romanian

Etymology

Past participle of alege.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈles]

• Audio:

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Adjective

ales m or n (feminine singular alesă, masculine plural aleși, feminine and neuter plural alese)

1. chosen

Declension

Declension of ales

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	ales		alesă	aleși	alese
	definite	alesul		alesa	aleșii	alesele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	ales		alese	aleși	alese
	definite	alesului		alesei	aleșilor	aleselor

Verb

ales

1. past participle of alege (“chosen, selected”)

Declension

Declension of ales

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	ales		aleasă	aleși	alese
	definite	alesul		aleasa	aleșii	alesele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	ales		alese	aleși	alese
	definite	alesului		alesei	aleșilor	aleselor

See also

• mai ales

Spanish

Noun

ales f pl

1. plural of ale

Swedish

Noun

ales

1. indefinite genitive singular of ale