"alec" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: alecs [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin alec (“herring”). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|la:alec<t:herring>|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "herring", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "alec", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "alec", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="alec"> Borrowed from Latin alec (“herring”). Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} alec (countable and uncountable, plural alecs)
  1. An anchovy or herring, especially pickled or dried. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-alec-en-noun-0cryd7UN
  2. A sauce made from alecs; alec sauce. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-alec-en-noun-l5WdKAly Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Sauces Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 23 77 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 24 76 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 23 77 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 15 85 Disambiguation of Sauces: 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: alec sauce, alecy Related terms: smart alec, smart aleck

Noun [Latin]

IPA: [ˈaː.ɫeːk] [Classical-Latin], [ˈaː.lek] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Head templates: {{la-noun|ālēc<3.N>}} ālēc n (genitive ālēcis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|ālēc<3.N>}} Forms: ālēc [canonical, neuter], ālēcis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], ālēc [nominative, singular], ālēca [nominative, plural], ālēcis [genitive, singular], ālēcum [genitive, plural], ālēcī [dative, singular], ālēcibus [dative, plural], ālēc [accusative, singular], ālēca [accusative, plural], ālēce [ablative, singular], ālēcibus [ablative, plural], ālēc [singular, vocative], ālēca [plural, vocative]
  1. alternative form of allēc Tags: alt-of, alternative, declension-3 Alternative form of: allēc

Inflected forms

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  ],
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