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ales

/eɪlz/

ales is the plural of ale.

Meaning of ale

Noun

ale (countable and uncountable, plural ales)

  1. A beer or beerlike drink produced by so-called warm fermentation and unpressurized.
    Synonyms:
    yill
  2. (dated) A beer or beerlike drink made without hops.
  3. (UK, obsolete) A rural festival where ale is drunk.

See all 4 meanings of ale

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Ales

Ales (plural Aleses)

  1. A surname.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Ales

Ales

  1. (plural) plural of Ale

Forms of ales

pluralAleses

Origin of ales

Various origins: * Borrowed from Italian Ales, a regional variant of Alessi. * Borrowed from Czech and Slovene Aleš. * Borrowed from Spanish Ales.

Phrases with ales

9 more phrasesFewer phrases

Words that rhyme with ales

19 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about ales

What does ales mean?
Ales means a surname.
What is ales the plural of?
Ales is the plural of ale.
What part of speech is ales?
Ales is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce ales?
Ales is pronounced /eɪlz/.

Words near ales in the dictionary

  1. alertless
  2. alertly
  3. alertness
  4. alertnesses
  5. alerts
  6. ales
  7. Aleses
  8. Alesha
  9. Aleshia
  10. Aleshire
  11. Aleshires

Source and license

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