aloes

See also: aloès, aloë's, áloes, and àloes

English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæ.loʊz/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæ.ləʊz/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: (UK) -æləʊz, (US) -æloʊz

Noun

aloes

  1. plural of aloe

Noun

aloes

  1. (plural only) The resin of the tree Aquilaria malaccensis (syn. Aquilaria agallocha), known for its fragrant odour.
  2. The wood of the agalloch.
    • c. 1382–1395, John Wycliffe [et al.], edited by Josiah Forshall and Frederic Madden, The Holy Bible, [], volume III, Oxford: At the University Press, published 1850, →OCLC, Song of Solomon IV:12-14, page 78, column 1:
      A closid gardin, my sister spouse ; a closid gardyn, a welle selid. Thin outsendingus paradis of poungarnetes, with the frutis of appilis, of cipre tre, with narde ; and narde, and safrun, fistula, and canel, with alle the trees of Liban, myrre, and aloes, with alle the firste oynemens.
      My sister spousess, a garden closed (al)together; a garden closed (al)together, a well asealed. Thy sendings-out be (a) paradise of (the) apples of Punic, with the fruits of apples, cypress trees, with nard; nard and saffron, an herb called fistula, and canel, with all [the] trees of the Lebanon, myrrh, and aloes, with all the best, either (the) first, ointments.

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Latin

Noun

aloēs

  1. genitive singular of aloē

Old Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French aloès.[1][2] First attested in 1472.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /alʲɔɛs/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /alʲɔɛs/

Noun

aloes f

  1. aloe (plant of the genus Aloe)
    • 1900 [1484], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2[2], number 6374:
      Czarna aloes aloe paticum
      [Czarna aloes aloe paticum]

Descendants

  • Polish: aloes

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “aloes”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “aloes”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “aloes”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Further reading

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish aloes.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /aˈlɔ.ɛs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔɛs
  • Syllabification: a‧lo‧es

Noun

aloes m inan (related adjective aloesowy)

  1. aloe (any plant of the genus Aloe)
  2. aloe (strong, bitter drink made from the juice of aloe plants)

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Spanish

Noun

aloes m pl

  1. plural of aloe