allè

Old Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin aliēnus. In Modern Catalan, replaced by aliè, borrowed from the same source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈʎɛ/

Adjective

allè (feminine allena, masculine plural aliens, feminine plural allenes)

1. belonging to someone else
   • Late 13th c., Libre de les Costums Generals Scrites de la Insigne Ciutat de Tortosa, II

     L'ereu d'aquel qui aylena cosa aura auda per força...

     The heir of any man who has acquired another's property by force...

References

• “allè” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.