ale

nouncommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//eɪl//

A beer or beerlike drink produced by so-called warm fermentation and unpressurized.

noun

1
A beer or beerlike drink produced by so-called warm fermentation and unpressurized.
2
datedA beer or beerlike drink made without hops.
3
obsoleteA rural festival where ale is drunk.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-der. Proto-Germanic *alu Proto-West Germanic *alu Old English ealu Middle English ale English ale From Middle English ale, from Old English ealu, ealo, from Proto-West Germanic *alu, from Proto-Germanic *alu (compare Dutch aal, Icelandic and Swedish öl (“beer”), Danish, Faroese, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk øl (“beer”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut- (“beer”), or *h₂elu- (“bitter”). Compare Russian ол (ol), Lithuanian alùs, Armenian օղի (ōġi); compare also Latin alum (“comfrey”), alūta (“tawed leather”), Ancient Greek ἀλύδοιμος (alúdoimos, “bitter”).

Forms

plural: ales

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ale · A beer or beerlike drink produced by so-called warm fermentation and unpressurized.

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