ales

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ləs/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.les/

Noun

ales

1. plural of ala

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Estonian

Noun

ales

1. inessive singular of ale

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Ladin

Etymology

a +‎ les

Contraction

ales

1. at the; to the (feminine plural)

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Latin

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From āla (“wing”) + eō (“go”).

Adjective

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

1. Winged

   Synonym: ālātus

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

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	āles			ālitēs	ālitia
Genitive	ālitis			ālitium
Dative	ālitī			ālitibus
Accusative	ālitem	āles		ālitēs	ālitia
Ablative	ālitī			ālitibus
Vocative	āles			ālitēs	ālitia

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.

Case	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 main entry.

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, 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]

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Portuguese

Verb

ales

1. second-person singular (tu) present subjunctive of alar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) negative imperative of alar

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Romanian

Etymology

Past participle of alege.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈles]

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