aloe
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]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.
- 1885 Ferdinand von Mueller: Select Extra-tropical Plants, Readily Eligible For Industrial Culture Or Naturalization. pub: Melbourne: J. Ferres
- 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
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See also
[edit]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.
Further reading
[edit]aloe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Aloe on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Aloe on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
[edit]Italian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]aloe m or (sometimes) f (invariable)
- aloe (plant)
Further reading
[edit]- aloe in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek (τὰ) Ἁλῶα ((tà) Halôa), derived from ἅλως (hálōs, “threshing floor”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]aloe f pl (plural only)
- (historical, Ancient Greece) a festival dedicated to Demeter, celebrated in the time of the harvesting of grapes
Further reading
[edit]- alòe in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἀλόη (alóē, “aloes”). Ultimately from Tamil அகில் (akil);[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) 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
- → German: Aloe
- → Hungarian: aloé
- → Italian: aloe
- → Japanese: 蘆薈 (rokai)
- → Okinawan: 蘆薈 (rugwai, dugwai)
- → Old English: alwe
- → Old French: aloes
- → 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 IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (aloe)
Old French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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 IXe au XVe 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]Samoan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]aloe
Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]aloe m (plural aloes)
- Alternative form of áloe
Further reading
[edit]- “aloe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Yoruba
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Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]álóè
- aloe
- Synonym: ewé etí erin
- English terms inherited from Old English
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- Rhymes:English/æləʊ
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- Rhymes:Italian/aloe
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɔe
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- Italian pluralia tantum
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