alle

See also: allé, Alle, and -alle

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

alle

  1. attributive form of al

Albanian

Etymology

From all (shining color) +‎ -e.

Noun

alle f

  1. deep red color
  2. goat, cow, or mare with deep red hair

Further reading

  • alle”, in FMGJSH: Fjalor i madh i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2026
  • alle”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, Leonard (1999), “alle”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary

Danish

Etymology 1

See al (all).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alə/, [ˈælə]

Pronoun

alle

  1. plural of al

Etymology 2

See allé (avenue).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aleː/, [æˈleːˀ]

Noun

alle c

  1. alternative spelling of allé

Dutch

Etymology

    From Middle Dutch alle.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈɑ.lə/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Hyphenation: al‧le

    Determiner

    alle

    1. inflection of al:
      1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
      2. definite neuter singular attributive
      3. plural attributive

    Pronoun

    alle (personal plural allen)

    1. all (every individual of the given class)

    Derived terms

    Estonian

    Noun

    alle

    1. illative singular of ale

    Finnish

    Etymology

    The allative singular of the stem ala-.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈɑlːeˣ/, [ˈɑ̝lːe̞(ʔ)]
    • Rhymes: -ɑlːe
    • Syllabification(key): al‧le
    • Hyphenation(key): al‧le

    Preposition

    alle

    1. under, less than (+ number)
      Antonym: yli
      Auto maksoi alle 200 000 [kaksisataa tuhatta] euroa.
      The car cost less than 200,000 euros.

    Postposition

    alle [with genitive and/or possessive form]

    1. (to) under, underneath, below, beneath (when something moves under something else)
      Synonym: alapuolelle
      Antonyms: päälle, ylle, yläpuolelle
      Pallo meni pöydän alle.The ball went under the table.

    Inflection

    Personal/possessive forms of alle
    no possessor alle
    possessor singular plural
    1st person alleni allemme
    2nd person allesi allenne
    3rd person alleen
    allensa

    Derived terms

    • See the inflection table above.

    Further reading

    Anagrams

    French

    Pronunciation

    Pronoun

    alle f

    1. (North America) she (third-person singular feminine)
      Synonym: elle

    References

    German

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈalə/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
    • Rhymes: -alə

    Pronoun

    alle

    1. inflection of all (all):
      1. nominative/accusative singular feminine
      2. nominative/accusative plural
      • 1981, “Alle gegen Alle”, in Alles ist gut, performed by D.A.F.:
        Links den roten Blitz / Rechts den schwarzen Stern / Alle gegen alle
        On the left the red lightning / On the right the black star / All against everyone

    Determiner

    alle

    1. inflection of all (all):
      1. nominative/accusative singular feminine
      2. nominative/accusative plural

    Adjective

    alle (indeclinable, predicative only)

    1. (colloquial) finished; gone
      Synonyms: aus, (chiefly referring to food) auf, (in context of drinks) leer
      Die Milch ist alle.The milk is gone.
      Wir haben gestern das Bier alle gemacht.Yesterday we have depleted the beer.

    Ingrian

    Spatial inflection of alle
    ↗︎○ allative alle
    adessive al
    ○↘︎ ablative alt

    Etymology

    From Proto-Finnic *alëk. Cognates include Finnish alle and Veps alle.

    Pronunciation

    • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈɑlːe/, [ˈɑɫː]
    • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈɑlːe/, [ˈɑɫːe̞]
    • (Hevaha) IPA(key): /ˈɑlːek/, [ˈɑɫːe̞ɡ̊]
    • Rhymes: -ɑlː, -ɑlːe
    • Hyphenation: al‧le
    • Homophone: al

    Adverb

    alle

    1. (of motion) under, underneath

    Postposition

    alle (+ genitive)

    1. (of motion) under, underneath
      • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 136:
        Kissa mäni aitan alle.
        The cat went underneath the storehouse.

    Antonyms

    References

    • V. I. Junus (1936), Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[4], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 136
    • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 13
    • Arvo Laanest (1997), Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 19
    • Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014), Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку[5], →ISBN, page 70

    Italian

    Etymology

    a +‎ le

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈal.le/
    • Rhymes: -alle
    • Hyphenation: àl‧le

    Contraction

    alle

    1. contraction of a le; to the, at the

    Anagrams

    Lule Sami

    Etymology 1

    From Proto-Samic *ëlē, from Proto-Uralic *wülä.

    Adverb

    alle

    1. west, western
    Further reading
    • Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[6], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

    alˈle

    1. second-person dual imperative of ij

    Makasar

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈalːɛ]

    Verb

    alle (Lontara spelling ᨕᨒᨙ, semi-transitive anngalle)

    1. (transitive) to take

    Middle Dutch

      Determiner

      alle

      1. inflection of al:
        1. feminine nominative/accusative singular
        2. nominative/accusative plural

      Middle English

      Adjective

      alle

      1. plural of all
        • 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41:
          And with alle these men I was ofte homli and I comownede with hem long tyme and fele, and so bifore alle othir men I chees wilfulli to be enformed bi hem and of hem, and speciali of Wiclef himsilf, as of the moost vertuous and goodlich wise man that I herde of owhere either knew.
          And with all these men I was often familiar and I communed with them a long and profitable time, and so before all other men I chose willfully to be informed by them and of them, and especially of Wycliffe himself, as of the most virtuous and godly wise man that I heard of anywhere or knew.

      Norwegian Bokmål

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈɑlə/
      • (Standard Eastern) IPA(key): [ˈɑ̂lːə̌]

      Determiner

      alle

      1. plural of all

      Pronoun

      alle (genitive alles)

      1. everybody, everyone
        Dette gjelder alle.This applies to everybody.

      Norwegian Nynorsk

      Etymology 1

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /²al.lə/, /²aʎ.ʎə/
      • IPA(key): /²ad.lə/ (differentiation) (re-spelled as adle)
      • IPA(key): /aʎː/ (dialectal apocope and palatalization) (re-spelled as aill or aillj. Homophone with all)

      Adjective

      alle

      1. plural of all

      Etymology 2

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /alˈleː/

      Noun

      alle m (definite singular alleen, indefinite plural allear, definite plural alleane)

      1. alternative spelling of allé

      References

      Anagrams

      Nyunga

      Alternative forms

      Preposition

      alle

      1. that
        • Papers of Daisy Bates, National Library of Australia, MS 365, Section XII, Language: Grammar And Vocabularies, Part 2. B. 3. (a), Southwestern District, Jakbum & Wabbinyet of Albany:
          alle werra (that is no good)

      References

      Swedish

      Pronoun

      alle

      1. (dated) a 19th century (-e/-a ending) form of alla
        alle man till pumparna
        all men to the pumps

      Anagrams

      Veps

      Etymology

      (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to Finnish alle.

      Postposition

      alle

      1. under, underneath (movement to)

      Derived terms

      References

      • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “под”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[7], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

      West Frisian

      Etymology

      From Old Frisian al, from Proto-West Germanic *all, from Proto-Germanic *allaz (all), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (all).

      Determiner

      alle

      1. all