ale

ale

a fermented alcoholic beverage: Order me a mug of ale.

Not to be confused with:

ail – to feel ill; to make uneasy: What ails him?

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ale

 (āl)

n.

1. A usually full-bodied beer that has been fermented at a relatively warm temperature.

2. A serving of this beer.

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[Middle English, from Old English ealu, alu; see alu- in Indo-European roots.]

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ale

(eɪl)

n

1. (Brewing) a beer fermented in an open vessel using yeasts that rise to the top of the brew. Compare beer, lager¹

2. (Brewing) (formerly) an alcoholic drink made by fermenting a cereal, esp barley, but differing from beer by being unflavoured by hops

3. (Brewing) chiefly Brit another word for beer

[Old English alu, ealu; related to Old Norse öl, Old Saxon alofat]

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ale

(eɪl)

n.

a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer.

[before 950; Middle English; Old English (e)alu (genitive ealoth), c. Old Saxon alo-, Old Norse ǫl]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

ale - a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume beer - a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops Weissbier, wheat beer, white beer - a general name for beers made from wheat by top fermentation; usually very pale and cloudy and effervescent bitter - English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft) Burton - a strong dark English ale pale ale - an amber colored ale brewed with pale malts; similar to bitter but drier and lighter porter's beer, porter - a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley stout - a strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with hops

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Translations

شِرَاب مِن نَوع الجَعَه

ale``pivo

øl

Bier

cerveza

öl, bjór

birrabirra chiara

šviesusis alus

alusgaišais alus

aal

øl

pivo

pivo

bira

麦芽酒

ale

[eɪl] N → cerveza f
see also brown E
see also light ² D
see also pale ¹ C

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ale

[ˈeɪl] n → bière f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

ale

n (old) → Ale nt ? real ale

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ale

[eɪl] n → birra

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ale

(eil) noun

the name given to certain kinds of beer. two pints of ale. Engelse bier شِرَاب مِن نَوع الجَعَه ейл, английска, светла бива cerveja druh anglického piva das englisches Bier øl είδος μπίρας cerveza de fermentación alta, ale õlu ایل؛ نوعی آبجو انگلیسی vaalea olut ale מִין בִּירָה बियर, जौ की बनी शराब svijetlo pivo világos sör sejenis bir öl, bjór birra chiara ビールの一種 에일 šviesusis alus [] alus sejenis bir bierøl (typ piwa) قوی الکول، مشروب لکه بیر cerveja bere эль pivo (druh) pivo vrsta svetlog piva öl, ale เครื่องดื่มมีแอลกอฮอล์ชนิดหนึ่งที่ทำจากข้าวมอลต์ bira 麥芽酒 пиво, ель شراب (جو کی) کی ایک قسم rượu bia 麦芽酒

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