• Original language: French
  • Original form and meaning: allée - 1. avenue, parkway (AmE)


(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


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English alley 14c '1. a narrow street or passageway between or behind city buildings

2. a path between flower beds or trees in a garden or park

3. Sports: a. a straight narrow course or track, especially a bowling alley;

b. either of the parallel lanes at the sides of a tennis court, which widen the inbounds area for doubles play'

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Etymology:

from O.Fr. alée, from alé, fem. pp. of aler "to go," which ultimately may be a contraction of L. ambulare "to walk," or a back-formation from L. allatus "having been brought to".

Source: http://www.etymonline.com/


ME al(e)y < MF alee walk, passage, deriv. of fem. of ale, ptp. of aler to walk (F aller), prob. < VL *allārī, regularized from allātus, the suppletive ptp. of afferre to bring (pass. afferrī to be moved, conveyed, to betake oneself); F aller often allegedly < L ambulāre to walk, but this offers grave phonetic problems, since the m and b would not normally be lost.

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Information on Other Languages

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Danish: gyde, smøge, stræde

Dutch: steeg, pad

French: ruelle

German: Gasse

Italian: vicolo

Portugese: beco, rua estreita

Spanish: callejón, callejuela, pasadizo


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