allee

See also: Allee and allée

English

Alternative forms

• allée

Etymology

From French allée (“path”).

Noun

allee (plural allees)

1. A tree-lined avenue, often particularly one that is part of a landscaped garden.
   • 1903, Carter Goodloe, Calvert of Strathore‎^[1]:

     He found her walking slowly up and down an allee of elms, through the leaves of which the bright September sunshine sifted down.

   • 2007 August 5, Tracie Rozhon, “Even a Master Needs Help Sometimes”, in New York Times‎^[2]:

     About $800,000 for a complete interior and exterior remodeling and about $200,000 for landscaping, including an allee of mature trees

Anagrams

• Leela

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑˈleː/
• Hyphenation: al‧lee
• Rhymes: -eː

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French allez.

Alternative forms

• allé
• allez

Interjection

allee

1. (Belgium) come on

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French allée.

Noun

allee f (plural alleeën, diminutive alleetje n)

1. avenue, broad lane flanked by trees
2. (Belgium, architecture) landing (at upper floor of a house)

   Synonym: overloop

Galician

Verb

allee

1. inflection of allear:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Middle English

Noun

allee

1. Alternative form of aley

Middle French

Noun

allee f (plural allees)

1. departure

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German allein, Dutch alleen, English alone.

Adjective

allee

1. alone

Adverb

allee

1. alone