"ail" meaning in French

See ail in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /aj/ Audio: Fr-Paris--ail.ogg , Fr-ail.ogg Forms: ails [plural], aulx [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French, from Latin allium. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|-|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French, {{inh+|fr|fro|-}} Inherited from Old French, {{inh|fr|la|allium}} Latin allium Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|+|aulx}} ail m (plural ails or aulx)
  1. garlic Tags: masculine Derived forms: ail des ours, ail sauvage, alliacé, ailler
    Sense id: en-ail-fr-noun-QQJAhNLi Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries, Alliums

Inflected forms

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          "args": {
            "1": "ht",
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          },
          "expansion": "Haitian Creole: lay",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "from <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"fr\">l’ail</i>"
          },
          "expansion": "(from l’ail)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Haitian Creole: lay (from l’ail)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mfe",
            "2": "lay"
          },
          "expansion": "Mauritian Creole: lay",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "from <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"fr\">l’ail</i>"
          },
          "expansion": "(from l’ail)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mauritian Creole: lay (from l’ail)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mos",
            "2": "lay"
          },
          "expansion": "Moore: lay",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "from <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"fr\">l’ail</i>"
          },
          "expansion": "(from l’ail)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Moore: lay (from l’ail)"
    }
  ],
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Old French",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Old French",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "allium"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin allium",
      "name": "inh"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old French, from Latin allium.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ails",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aulx",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "+",
        "3": "aulx"
      },
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      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 11 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "orig": "fr:Alliums",
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        }
      ],
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        },
        {
          "word": "ail sauvage"
        },
        {
          "word": "alliacé"
        },
        {
          "word": "ailler"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "garlic",
          "garlic"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/aj/"
    },
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    },
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      "audio": "Fr-ail.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Fr-ail.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "aïe"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "aille"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "ailles"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "aillent"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "ails"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "ail des ours"
    },
    {
      "word": "ail sauvage"
    },
    {
      "word": "alliacé"
    },
    {
      "word": "ailler"
    }
  ],
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "from <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"fr\">l’ail</i>"
          },
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        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "mfe",
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          },
          "expansion": "Mauritian Creole: lay",
          "name": "desc"
        },
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          },
          "expansion": "(from l’ail)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mauritian Creole: lay (from l’ail)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "mos",
            "2": "lay"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        },
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          "args": {
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          },
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          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Moore: lay (from l’ail)"
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        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Old French",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Old French",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "allium"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin allium",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old French, from Latin allium.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ails",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aulx",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "+",
        "3": "aulx"
      },
      "expansion": "ail m (plural ails or aulx)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        "French 1-syllable words",
        "French countable nouns",
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French lemmas",
        "French masculine nouns",
        "French nouns",
        "French terms derived from Latin",
        "French terms derived from Old French",
        "French terms inherited from Latin",
        "French terms inherited from Old French",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "French terms with homophones",
        "Pages with 11 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "fr:Alliums"
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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          "garlic"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/aj/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-Paris--ail.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Fr-Paris--ail.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-ail.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/dd/Fr-ail.ogg/Fr-ail.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Fr-ail.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "aïe"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "aille"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "ailles"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "aillent"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "ails"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ail"
}

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