alose

alose

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French alose, from Latin alausa, from unattested Gaulish *alausa. Cognate with German Alse.[1]

Noun

alose (plural aloses)

1. Any of certain shad
   1. European shad (Alosa alosa); the allice or allis.
   2. American shad (Alosa sapidissima).

References

1. “alose”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

• alose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• Læsø, aloes, oleas

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French

alose (Alosa fallax)

Etymology

From Late Latin alosa, alausa, from Gaulish *alausa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.loz/

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• Homophone: aloses

Noun

alose f (plural aloses)

1. shad (fishes of the herring family)

Further reading

• “alose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• aloès

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Italian

Noun

alose f

1. plural of alosa

Anagrams

• aleso, alesò, asole, esalo, esalò