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?

ale

A0155300 (āl)n.1. A usually full-bodied beer that has been fermented at a relatively warm temperature.2. A serving of this beer.

---

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

ale

(eɪl) n1. (Brewing) a beer fermented in an open vessel using yeasts that rise to the top of the brew. Compare beer, lager¹2. (Brewing) (formerly) an alcoholic drink made by fermenting a cereal, esp barley, but differing from beer by being unflavoured by hops3. (Brewing) chiefly Brit another word for beer[Old English alu, ealu; related to Old Norse öl, Old Saxon alofat]

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]

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 volumebeer - a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hopsWeissbier, wheat beer, white beer - a general name for beers made from wheat by top fermentation; usually very pale and cloudy and effervescentbitter - English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)Burton - a strong dark English alepale ale - an amber colored ale brewed with pale malts; similar to bitter but drier and lighterporter's beer, porter - a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barleystout - a strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with hops

Translations

麦芽酒

ale

(eil) noun the name given to certain kinds of beer. two pints of ale. 麥芽酒 麦芽酒