alose

English

Etymology

French, from Latin alosa or alausa.

Noun

alose (plural aloses)

  1. A fish, the European shad (Alosa alosa); the allice or allis.
  2. The American shad (Alosa sapidissima).

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for alose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

French
alose (Alosa fallax

Etymology

From Gaulish *alausa

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [a.loz]
  • Audio(file)
  • Homophone: aloses

Noun

alose f (plural aloses)

  1. shad (fishes of the herring family)

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Italian

Noun

alose f

  1. plural of alosa

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