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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ale /eɪl/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable* countable]- Winean alcoholic beverage that is made from malt and is darker and more bitter than beer.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ale (āl),USA pronunciation n. - British Terms, Winea malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- British Termsbeer.
- bef. 950; Middle English; Old English (e)alu (genitive ealoth); cognate with Old Saxon alo-, Middle Dutch ale, ael, Old Norse ǫl; Lithuanian alùs, Old Church Slavonic olù; Finnish, Estonian olut; areal word of North Europe
- additional living expense.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ale /eɪl/ n - a beer fermented in an open vessel using yeasts that rise to the top of the brew
Compare beer, lager - (formerly) an alcoholic drink made by fermenting a cereal, esp barley, but differing from beer by being unflavoured by hops
- chiefly Brit
another word for beer
Etymology: Old English alu, ealu; related to Old Norse öl, Old Saxon alofat |