aloe

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

English edit

Aloe ferox as it appears in the veld in the Karoo

Alternative forms edit

aloë

Etymology edit

From Old English alwe (“fragrant resin of an East Indian tree”), from Latin aloē, from Ancient Greek ἀλόη (alóē), from Hebrew אָהָל (ʾāhāl), ultimately from Tamil அகில் (akil);^[1] reinforced in Middle English by Old French aloes.

Pronunciation edit

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.loʊ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈləʊ.i/, /ˈæ.ləʊ/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -æləʊ

Noun edit

aloe (plural aloes)

(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.
Any plant of the large and variable genus Aloe.
- 1885 Ferdinand von Mueller: Select Extra-tropical Plants, Readily Eligible For Industrial Culture Or Naturalization. pub: Melbourne: J. Ferres
  Aloe ferox, Miller. South-Africa. This species yields the best Cape-aloes, as observed by Dr. Pappe. The simply inspissated juice of the leaves of the various species of the genus constitutes the aloe-drug. It is best obtained by using neither heat nor pressure for extracting the sap. By re-dissolving the aqueous part of Aloes in cold water, and reducing the liquid through boiling or other processes of exsiccation to dryness, the extract of aloes is prepared. The bitter sap, used for dressing wounds, keeps off flies very effectually. It deserves introduction particularly in veterinary practice.
Misnomer for any large, vaguely aloe-like plant, such as Agave
- 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London, New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
  In mercy I put a bullet through his skull, and he fell sprawling among the aloes.
A strong, bitter drink made from the juice of such plants, used as a purgative.

Usage notes edit

Often used in plural (originally under influence of Old French aloes).

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

→ Irish: aló
→ Samoan: aloe

Translations edit

plant of the genus Aloe

Afrikaans: aalwyn (af), aalwee (af)
Arabic: أَلْوَة (ʔalwa), صَبْر (ar) (ṣabr)
Armenian: հալվե (hy) (halve), ալոե (hy) (aloe)
Middle Armenian: սապռ (sapṙ)

Old Armenian: հալուէ (haluē)
Bengali: মুসব্বর (bn) (muśobbor)
Bulgarian: алое n (aloe)
Catalan: àloe m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 蘆薈／芦荟 (lou⁴ wui⁶)

Hokkien: 蘆薈／芦荟 (lôo-huē)

Mandarin: 蘆薈／芦荟 (zh) (lúhuì)
Dutch: aloë (nl)
Esperanto: aloo
Estonian: aaloe (et)
Finnish: aaloe (fi)
French: aloès (fr) m
German: Aloe (de) f
Greek: αλόη (el) f (alói)
Ancient: ἀλόη f (alóē)
Hindi: एलो m (elo), अलो m (alo)
Hungarian: aloé (hu)
Ido: aloo (io)
Irish: aló m, fóifíneach m
Italian: aloe (it) f
Japanese: アロエ (aroe), 蘆薈 (rokai) (less common)
Khmer: យ៉ាដាំ (km) (yaadam)
Kikuyu: kĩĩrũma class 7
Latin: aloē (la) f
Norman: aloé m (Jersey)
Okinawan: 蘆薈 (るぐゎい, rugwai, どぅぐゎい, dugwai)
Persian: الوا (fa) (alvâ), آلوا (âlvâ)
Polish: aloes (pl) m
Portuguese: aloé (pt) m, aloés (pt) m, azebre (pt) m
Romanian: aloe (ro) f
Russian: ало́э (ru) n (alóe)
Rwanda-Rundi: igikakarubamba
Sanskrit: घृतकुमारी (sa) (ghṛtakumārī), घृतकुमारिका (sa) f (ghṛtakumārikā)
Scottish Gaelic: àlas m, àloe m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: алоја f

Roman: aloja (sh) f
Spanish: áloe (es) m, aloe (es) m
Swedish: aloe (sv) c
Tagalog: aksibal
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Tocharian B: akaru
Ukrainian: алое (uk) n (aloe)
Vietnamese: nha đam (vi), lô hội (vi)
Volapük: laoäd (vo), laoädaplan
Xhosa: ikhala, ikhalana

References edit

^ Shulman, David (2016) Tamil: A biography, Harvard University Press, pages 19-20:
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.

Anagrams edit

aole

Italian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Latin aloē.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈa.lo.e/
Rhymes: -aloe
Hyphenation: à‧lo‧e

Noun edit

aloe m or (sometimes) f (invariable)

aloe (plant)

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek (τὰ) Ἁλῶα ((tà) Halôa), derived from ἅλως (hálōs, “threshing floor”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /aˈlɔ.e/
Rhymes: -ɔe
Hyphenation: a‧lò‧e

Noun edit

aloe f pl (plural only)

(historical, Ancient Greece) a festival dedicated to Demeter, celebrated in the time of the harvesting of grapes

Anagrams edit

Aleo

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek ἀλόη (alóē, “aloes”). Ultimately from Tamil அகில் (akil);^[1]

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lo.eː/, [ˈäɫ̪oeː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lo.e/, [ˈäːloe]

Noun edit

aloē f (genitive aloēs); first declension

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

Declension edit

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 edit

→ Catalan: àloe
→ Dutch: aloë
- Afrikaans: aalwyn
- → Japanese: アロエ (aroe)
→ German: Aloe
- → Estonian: aaloe
- → Finnish: aaloe
→ Hungarian: aloé
→ Italian: aloe
→ Japanese: 蘆薈 (rokai)
- → Okinawan: 蘆薈 (rugwai, dugwai)
→ Old English: alwe
- English: aloe
  - → Irish: aló
  - → Samoan: aloe
→ Old French: aloes
- French: aloès
  - → Romanian: aloe
- Norman: aloé
→ Old Irish: aloe
→ Portuguese: aloe
→ Russian: алоэ (aloe)
→ Scottish Gaelic: àloe
→ Serbo-Croatian: aloja / алоја
→ Swedish: aloe
- → Finnish: aaloe
→ Ukrainian: алое (aloe)
→ Translingual: Aloe, Aloë

References edit

“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)

^ Shulman, David (2016) Tamil: A biography, Harvard University Press, pages 19-20:
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.

Middle French edit

Etymology edit

From Old French aloe.

Noun edit

aloe f (plural aloes)

lark (bird)

References edit

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (aloe)

Old French edit

Etymology edit

From Latin alauda (“lark”).

Noun edit

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

lark (bird)

Descendants edit

Middle French: aloe

References edit

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (aloe)

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

aloe f (plural aloe)

aloe
a substance extracted from the aloe plant

Declension edit

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 edit

Etymology edit

From English aloe.

Noun edit

aloe

aloe

Spanish edit

Noun edit

aloe m (plural aloes)

Alternative form of áloe

Yoruba edit

álóè, Aloe vera plantation in the Canary Islands

Etymology edit

English aloe

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /á.ló.è/

Noun edit

álóè

aloe
Synonym: ewé etí erin

[1] Shulman, David (2016) Tamil: A biography, Harvard University Press, pages 19-20:
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.

[2] Shulman, David (2016) Tamil: A biography, Harvard University Press, pages 19-20:
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.

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