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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024aisle /aɪl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a walkway between or along sections of seats, shelves, counters, etc., as in a theater, church, or department store.
Idioms- Idioms(rolling) in the aisles, (of an audience) convulsed with laughter.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024aisle (īl),USA pronunciation n. - a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Architecture
- Architecturea longitudinal division of an interior area, as in a church, separated from the main area by an arcade or the like.
- Architectureany of the longitudinal divisions of a church or the like.
- in the aisles, (of an audience) convulsed with laughter.
- Latin āla wing, cognate with axle. See ala
- Middle French
- French aile wing) of earlier isle (with s from isle), ile; replacing Middle English ele
- alteration (with ai 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: aisle /aɪl/ n - a passageway separating seating areas in a theatre, church, etc; gangway
- a lateral division in a church flanking the nave or chancel
Etymology: 14th Century ele (later aile, aisle, through confusion with isle (island)), via Old French from Latin āla wingaisled adj |