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alison

/ˈælɪsən/

alison noun: synonym of alyssum.

Noun

alison (plural alisons)

  1. Synonym of alyssum.
    Synonyms:
    alyssum

Proper noun capitalized: Alison

Alison (countable and uncountable, plural Alisons)

  1. (countable) A female given name from the Germanic languages.
    • He came up close and kneeling gently down
      He said, "My love, my dearest Alison,
      So help me God, I never again will hit
      You, love; and if I did, you asked for it.1951, Geoffrey Chaucer, “Wife of Bath's Prologue”, in Nevill Coghill, transl., The Canterbury Tales: Translated into Modern English (Penguin Classics), Penguin Books, published 1977
    • “Fun Home” may have won several awards for author Alison Bechdel, but some Duke University freshmen were not impressed.2015 August 24, Todd Leopold, “Duke students reject award-winning book over gay themes”, in CNN
  2. (countable) A surname.
  3. A locality in the Central Coast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

alison meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

alison in Hindi

एलिसॉन

alison in Tamil

அலிசன், அலிஸன்

alison in Marathi

अलिसन

alison in Urdu

علیسن
More languagesFewer languages
alison in Bengali
আলিসন
alison in Telugu
అలిసన్
alison in Malayalam
അലിസൺ
alison in Kannada
ಅಲಿಸನ್
alison in Punjabi
ਅਲੀਸਨ
alison in Gujarati
એલિસોન
alison in Nepali
एलिसोन

Synonyms of alison

Forms of alison

Noun
pluralalisons
Proper noun
pluralAlisons
alternative formAllison
alternative formAllisson
alternative formAllyson
alternative formAlyson

Origin of alison

From Middle English Alisoun, from Old French Alison, brought to England by the Normans (from Anglo-Norman Alison, from Norman Alison), diminutive of Aliz, equivalent to English Alice, from Old High German Adalhaid (“of noble kind”).

Words formed from alison

Questions about alison

What does alison mean?
Alison means synonym of alyssum.
What is alison in Hindi?
Alison in Hindi is एलिसॉन. See Alison meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is alison?
Alison can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce alison?
Alison is pronounced /ˈælɪsən/.
What is the plural of alison?
The plural of alison is alisons.

Words near alison in the dictionary

  1. alismatid
  2. alismatids
  3. Aliso Viejo
  4. alisol
  5. alisols
  6. alison
  7. alisphenoid
  8. alisphenoidal
  9. alisphenoids
  10. alisporivir
  11. Alissa

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Adapted from Wiktionary: alison (page history and authors); Alison (page history and authors); alison (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alison (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alison (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alison (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alison (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alison (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alison (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alison (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alison (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alison (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alison (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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