alliance
nomverbecourant dans les dialogues
- États-Unis//əˈlaɪ.əns//
The state of being allied.
nom
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The state of being allied.
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The act of allying or uniting.
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A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league.
matrimonial alliances
an alliance between church and state, or welded by two countries
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vieilliA union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league. Marriage.
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Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.
And as for kindred , there is no Alliance neerer vnto any one, than their Countrey , that is to be vnto vs another God, and our prime and deareſt Parent.
the alliance of the principles of the world with those of the gospel
the alliance […] between logic and metaphysics
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The persons or parties allied.
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vieilliSynonym of cohort (“group of orders of organisms”).
Étymologie
From Middle English alliaunce, from Old French aliance (French alliance). Equivalent to ally + -ance. Compare with Doric Greek ἁλία (halía, “assembly”). See also al-.
verbe
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obsolèteTo connect or unite by alliance; to ally.
Formes
- pluriel
- alliances
- passé
- allianced
- participe passé
- allianced
- participe présent
- alliancing
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- alliances