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Alternative forms

alliaunce

Etymology

From Old French aliance (French: alliance).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA: /ʌˈlaɪ.əns/
Rhymes: -aɪəns

Noun

alliance (countable and uncountable; plural alliances)

(uncountable) The state of being allied.
(countable) The act of allying or uniting.
(countable) A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league.
(countable) Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.
The alliance of the principles of the world with those of the gospel. —C. J. Smith.

The alliance […] between logic and metaphysics. —Mansel.
(with the definite article) The persons or parties allied.

Synonyms

(union by relationship in qualities): connection, affinity, union
(act of allying): union
(persons or parties allied): coalition, league, confederation, team (informal)

Related terms

ally

Translations

state of being allied

Armenian: միություն (hy) (miut’yun), դաշնակցություն (hy) (dašnakc’ut’yun)
Belarusian: саюз (be) (sajúz) m
Bulgarian: съюз (bg) (sǎjúz) m
Catalan: aliança (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 同盟 (cmn) (tóngméng)
Czech: unie (cs) f, svaz (cs) m
Dutch: alliantie (nl) f
Finnish: liitto (fi), liittouma (fi), allianssi (fi)
French: alliance (fr) f
German: Allianz (de) f
Hungarian: szövetség (hu)
Irish: comhghuaillíocht (ga) f
Japanese: 同盟 (ja) (どうめい, dōmei)
Korean: 동맹 (ko) (dongmaeng) (同盟 (ko))

Macedonian: сојуз (mk) (sójuz) m, унија (mk) (únija) f
Polish: sojusz (pl) m
Portuguese: aliança (pt)
Romanian: alianță (ro) f
Russian: союз (ru) (sojúz) m, альянс (ru) (alʹjáns) m
Scottish Gaelic: càirdeas (gd) m
Serbo-Croatian: alijansa (sh) f, savez (sh) m, алијанса (sh) f, савез (sh) m
Slovak: únia (sk) f, zväz (sk) m
Slovene: unija (sl) f
Spanish: alianza (es)
Swedish: allians (sv)
Telugu: అనుబంధము (te)
Turkish: ittifak (tr)
Ukrainian: союз (uk) (sojúz) m

union resembling that of families or states

Armenian: միություն (hy) (miut’yun)
Bulgarian: съюз (bg) (sǎjúz) m, алианс (bg) (aliáns) m
Catalan: aliança (ca) f
Finnish: side (fi), yhteys (fi)
French: alliance (fr) f
German: Allianz (de) f

Hungarian: szövetség (hu)
Polish: sojusz (pl) m
Romanian: alianță (ro) f
Russian: союз (ru) (sojúz) m, альянс (ru) (alʹjáns) m
Scottish Gaelic: càirdeas (gd) m
Serbo-Croatian: alijansa (sh) f, savez (sh) m

persons or parties allied

Catalan: aliança (ca) f
Esperanto: alianco (eo)
Finnish: liittoutuneet (fi)
French: alliance (fr) f

Hungarian: szövetség (hu)
Irish: comhghuaillíocht (ga) f
Romanian: alianță (ro) f

treaty between nations

Bulgarian: алианс (bg) (aliáns) m
Catalan: aliança (ca) f
Dutch: alliantie (nl) f
French: alliance (fr) f
German: Allianz (de) f

Hungarian: szövetség (hu)
Romanian: alianță (ro) f
Russian: союз (ru) (sojúz) m, альянс (ru) (alʹjáns) m
Serbo-Croatian: alijansa (sh) f
Swedish: allians (sv) c

Verb

alliance (third-person singular simple present alliances, present participle alliancing, simple past and past participle allianced)