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ale
[eyl] 
–noun
| 1. | a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume. |
| 2. | British. beer. |
Origin:
bef. 950; ME; OE (e)alu (gen. ealoth); c. OS alo-, MD ale, ael, ON ǫl; Lith alùs, OCS olŭ; Finnish, Estonian olut; areal word of North Europe
bef. 950; ME; OE (e)alu (gen. ealoth); c. OS alo-, MD ale, ael, ON ǫl; Lith alùs, OCS olŭ; Finnish, Estonian olut; areal word of North Europe
A.L.E.
Insurance.
| additional living expense. |
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| ale (āl) n.
[Middle English, from Old English ealu, alu; see alu- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Ale
Ale\ ([=a]l), n. [AS. ealu, akin to Icel., Sw., and Dan. ["o]l, Lith. alus a kind of beer, OSlav. ol[u^] beer. Cf. Ir. ol drink, drinking.]1. An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops. Note: The word ale, in England and the United States, usually designates a heavier kind of fermented liquor, and the word beer a lighter kind. The word beer is also in common use as the generic name for all malt liquors. 2. A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk. "At wakes and ales." --B. Jonson."On ember eves and holy ales." --Shak.
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Language Translation for : ale
Spanish:
cerveza de fermentación alta, ale,
German:
das englisches Bier,
Japanese:
ビールの一種
ale
O.E. ealu "ale, beer," from P.Gmc. *aluth- (cf. O.S. alo, O.N. öl), perhaps from PIE root meaning "bitter" (cf. L. alumen "alum"), or from PIE *alu-t "ale," from base *alu-, a word with connotations of "sorcery, magic, possession, intoxication." The word was borrowed from Gmc. into Lith. (alus) and O.C.S. (olu). Ale and beer were synonymous until growing of hops began in England early 15c.
"[A]t present 'beer' is in the trade the generic name for all malt liquor
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| ALE additional living expense |
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