aisle
English
/aɪ̯l/
noun
Definitions
- A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers.
- A clear path through rows of seating.
- A clear corridor in a supermarket with shelves on both sides containing goods for sale.
- Any path through an otherwise obstructed space.
- (transport) Seat in public transport, such as a plane, train or bus, that's beside the aisle.
- (US) An idiomatic divide between the Republican Party and the Democratic Party, who are said to be on two sides of the aisle.
Etymology
Derived from Middle French aisle (wing) derived from Latin āla (wing, armpit).
Origin
Latin
āla
Gloss
wing, armpit
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
翼
Emoji
💸
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aisle seat English
- aisled English
- aisleless English
- aisleway English
- ala English
- ali- English
- seat English
- unaisled English
- way English
- alarius Latin
- aliger Latin
- āla Latin
- ānsa Latin
- ala Italian
- alula Italian
- aile French
- aileron French
- ailette French
- ailier French
- ala Spanish, Castilian
- ala Portuguese
- aile Old French
- alo Esperanto
- ala Catalan, Valencian
- ala Galician
- aisle Middle French
- ala Occitan
- ala Romansh
- ela Romansh
- ala Asturian
- ale Friulian
- ala Old Spanish
- ała Venetian
- âa Ligurian