English
Etymology 1
Proprialisation of allies, the plural of ally.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈælaɪz/
- Rhymes: -ælaɪz
Proper noun
the Allies pl (plural only)
- (history) The countries allied against the Central Powers during World War I, including especially the United Kingdom, the Russian Empire, and France.
- Synonyms: Allied Powers, Entente, Entente Allies
- Antonym: Central Powers
- (history) The countries allied against the Axis Powers during World War II. The major signatories included the United Kingdom, Soviet Union, United States, and China.
- Synonym: Allied Powers
- Antonyms: Axis, Axis Powers
Derived terms
Translations
in WWI
- Arabic: الْحُلَفَاء pl (al-ḥulafāʔ)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 協約國 / 协约国 (zh) (xiéyuēguó)
- Danish: Ententen c (definite form)
- Finnish: ympärysvallat pl
- Galician: aliados m pl
- Georgian: მოკავშირეები pl (moḳavšireebi), ანტანტა (ka) (anṭanṭa)
- Greek: Σύμμαχοι m pl (Sýmmachoi)
- Japanese: 連合国 (ja) (れんごうこく, rengōkoku)
- Portuguese: aliados m pl
- Russian: Сою́зники (ru) m pl (Sojúzniki)
- Spanish: Aliados m pl
- Thai: ฝ่ายสัมพันธมิตร (fàai-sǎm-pan-tá-mít)
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in WWII
- Arabic: الْحُلَفَاء pl (al-ḥulafāʔ)
- Belarusian: Саю́знікі m pl (Sajúzniki)
- Bulgarian: Съю́зници m pl (Sǎjúznici)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 同盟國 / 同盟国 (zh) (tóngméngguó), 盟軍 / 盟军 (zh) (méngjūn)
- Czech: Spojenci (cs) m pl
- Danish: de Allierede c pl
- Finnish: liittoutuneet (fi) pl
- French: Alliés (fr)
- Galician: aliados m pl
- Georgian: მოკავშირეები pl (moḳavšireebi), მოკავშირე ქვეყნები pl (moḳavšire kveq̇nebi), მოკავშირე სახელმწიფოები pl (moḳavšire saxelmc̣ipoebi), ანტიჰიტლერული კოალიცია (anṭihiṭleruli ḳoalicia)
- German: Alliierte (de)
- Greek: Σύμμαχοι m pl (Sýmmachoi)
- Indonesian: Blok Sekutu, Sekutu (id)
- Italian: Alleati
- Japanese: 連合国 (ja) (れんごうこく, rengōkoku)
- Korean: 연합국(聯合國) (yeonhapguk), 련합국(聯合國) (ryeonhapguk) (North Korea)
- Macedonian: Сојузници m pl (Sojuznici)
- Malay: Pihak Berikat, Pihak Bersekutu
- Persian:
- Iranian Persian: مُتَّفِقین (fa) pl (mottafeġin)
- Polish: Alianci (pl) m pl
- Portuguese: aliados m pl
- Romanian: Aliați m pl
- Russian: Сою́зники (ru) m pl (Sojúzniki), антиги́тлеровская коали́ция f (antigítlerovskaja koalícija, literally “anti-Hitler coalition”)
- Slovak: Spojenci m pl
- Slovene: Zavezniki (sl) m pl
- Spanish: Aliados m pl
- Thai: ฝ่ายสัมพันธมิตร (fàai-sǎm-pan-tá-mít)
- Turkish: müttefikler, Müttefik Devletler pl
- Ukrainian: Сою́зники m pl (Sojúznyky)
- Vietnamese: Đồng Minh
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Further reading
Etymology 2
Allie + -s.
Proper noun
Allies
- plural of Allie
Anagrams