aloe

aloe

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

English

Aloe striatula, an aloe (2)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.loʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈləʊ.i/, /ˈæ.ləʊ/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -æləʊ

Noun

aloe (plural aloes)

1. (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.
2. A plant of the genus Aloe.
   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World‎:

     In mercy I put a bullet through his skull, and he fell sprawling among the aloes.

3. A strong, bitter drink made from the juice of such plants, used as a purgative.

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

• aloe vera
• American aloe

 

Descendants

• → Irish: aló
• → Samoan: aloe

Translations

plant of the genus Aloe

Afrikaans: aalwyn (af), aalwee (af) Armenian: հալվե (hy) (halve), ալոե (hy) (aloe) Old Armenian: հալուէ (haluē) Middle Armenian: սապռ (sapṙ) Bengali: মুসব্বর (musôbẇrô) Bulgarian: алое n (aloe) Catalan: àloe m Chinese: Cantonese: 蘆薈, 芦荟 (lou4 wui6) Mandarin: 蘆薈／芦荟 (zh) (lúhuì) Min Nan: 蘆薈, 芦荟 (lôo-huē) Dutch: aloë (nl) Esperanto: aloo 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: aloe (pt) f, áloe f, aloé (pt) f Romanian: aloe (ro) f Russian: ало́э (ru) n (alóe) Rwanda-Rundi: igikakarubamba Scottish Gaelic: àlas m, àloe m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: алоја f Roman: aloja (sh) f Sanskrit: घृतकुमारी (sa) (ghṛtakumārī), घृतकुमारिका (sa) f (ghṛtakumārikā) 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

See also

• agave
• maguey

References

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.

Further reading

• aloe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Aloe on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Aloe on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• aole

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Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin aloē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

aloe m or (sometimes) f (invariable)

1. aloe (plant)

Further reading

• aloe in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

aloe f pl (plural only)

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

Further reading

• alòe in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Aleo

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

aloē f (genitive aloēs); first declension

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

Declension

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

• → 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

• “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)

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.

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French aloe.

Noun

aloe f (plural aloes)

1. lark (bird)

References

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

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin alauda (“lark”).

Noun

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

1. lark (bird)

Descendants

• Middle French: aloe

References

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

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• áloe, aloé

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aloe.

Noun

aloe f (plural aloes)

1. aloe (plant of the genus Aloe)

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Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

aloe f (plural aloe)

1. aloe
2. a substance extracted from the aloe plant

Declension

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

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Samoan

Etymology

From English aloe.

Noun

aloe

1. aloe

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Spanish

Noun

aloe m (plural aloes)

1. Alternative form of áloe

Further reading

• “aloe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Yoruba

álóè

Etymology

English aloe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /á.ló.è/

Noun

álóè

1. aloe

   Synonym: ewé etí erin