alose

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

French, from Latin alosa or alausa.

NounEdit

alose (plural aloses)

1. A fish, the European shad (Alosa alosa); the allice or allis.
2. The American shad (Alosa sapidissima).

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for alose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

AnagramsEdit

• aloes, oleas

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FrenchEdit

alose (Alosa fallax

EtymologyEdit

From Gaulish *alausa

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [a.loz]
• Homophone: aloses

NounEdit

alose f (plural aloses)

1. shad (fishes of the herring family)

Further readingEdit

• “alose” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

AnagramsEdit

• aloès

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ItalianEdit

NounEdit

alose f

1. plural of alosa

AnagramsEdit

• aleso, alesò
• asole
• esalo, esalò