"alec" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: alecs [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin alec (“herring”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|alec||herring}} 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 Categories (topical): Sauces
    Sense id: en-alec-en-noun-l5WdKAly Disambiguation of Sauces: 9 91 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: alec sauce, alecy Related terms: smart alec, smart aleck

Noun [Latin]

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 spelling of allēc Tags: alt-of, alternative, declension-3 Alternative form of: allēc
    Sense id: en-alec-la-noun-hNESmaKj Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the third declension

Inflected forms

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