aile
French
noun
Definitions
- wing of a bird or other flying animal, of poultry, of an aircraft, of a building, of an army, in football and rugby, in politics
- fender, wing (of an automobile)
- (of the nose) side, wing, ala
- sail (of a windmill)
- blade (of a propeller)
- (figuratively) wings
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French aisle (wing) inherited from Old French aile inherited from Latin āla (wing, armpit).
Origin
Latin
āla
Gloss
wing, armpit
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
翼
Emoji
💸
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aileron English
- ailette English
- aisle English
- aisle seat English
- aisled English
- aisleless English
- aisleway English
- ala English
- ali- English
- ala Latin
- alarius Latin
- aliger Latin
- āla Latin
- ānsa Latin
- ala Italian
- alula Italian
- aileron Dutch, Flemish
- aileron French
- ailette French
- ailier French
- ala Spanish, Castilian
- alar Spanish, Castilian
- alero Spanish, Castilian
- alerón Spanish, Castilian
- aleta Spanish, Castilian
- aliblanco Spanish, Castilian
- alicaído Spanish, Castilian
- alicorto Spanish, Castilian
- alirrojo Spanish, Castilian
- alita Spanish, Castilian
- ala Portuguese
- aile Old French
- alo Esperanto
- ala Catalan, Valencian
- ala Galician
- aisle Middle French
- ala Occitan
- ala Romansh
- ela Romansh
- ala Asturian
- ale Friulian
- ala Old Spanish
- ała Venetian
- âa Ligurian
- aile Walloon