aise

See also: aisé, Áise, Äise, and -aise

Basque

Adverb

aise

  1. easily

French

FWOTD – 3 October 2013

Etymology

From Old French aise, eise, from Vulgar Latin *adjace(m), from Latin adjacēns, present participle of adjaceō (compare Medieval Latin in aiace). Cognate with Old Occitan aize; compare also Catalan eina, Italian agio. Doublet of adjacent, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛz/
  • (file)

Noun

aise f (plural aises)

  1. satisfaction
  2. joy
  3. ease, facility, absence of effort

Derived terms

Adjective

aise (plural aises)

  1. joyous, glad

Quotations

  • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:aise.

Further reading

Anagrams


Irish

Noun

aise f sg

  1. genitive singular of ais (axis)

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
aise n-aise haise not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading


Middle English

Adjective

aise

  1. Alternative form of eise

References

Noun

aise

  1. Alternative form of ese

References


Old French

Noun

aise f (oblique plural aises, nominative singular aise, nominative plural aises)

  1. Alternative form of eise

Tocharian B

Noun

aise

  1. power
  2. surplus, excess
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