alose
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French alose, from Latin alausa, from unattested Gaulish *alausa. Cognate with German Alse.[1]
Noun[edit]
alose (plural aloses)
- Any of certain shad
- European shad (Alosa alosa); the allice or allis.
- American shad (Alosa sapidissima).
References[edit]
- ^ “alose”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- “alose”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin alosa, alausa, from Gaulish *alausa.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
alose f (plural aloses)
- shad (fishes of the herring family)
Further reading[edit]
- “alose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Italian[edit]
Noun[edit]
alose f
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