aller

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.lər/

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• Hyphenation: al‧ler

aller

1. of all; genitive of al

   Tot op heden is Van Beethoven nog steeds één van de beroemdste en meest invloedrijke musici aller tijden.

   To this day, Beethoven is still one of the most famous and influential musicians of all time.

• vader (Louisiana)

A suppletive verb; Latin vādō (“I go”) supplies the present tense and īre, present active infinitive of the synonymous eō, supplies the future and conditional.

The all- forms derive from Middle French aller, from Old French aler, alier (with subjunctive aill- and other forms with all-), from Vulgar Latin *alō (attested in the 7th century Reichenau Glosses). This has traditionally been explained as deriving from Latin ambulāre via or together with ambler (compare Old Occitan amblar, Italian ambiare, Romanian umbla), but this explanation is phonologically problematic; ambler is additionally more likely a borrowing from Old Occitan. Several theories have been put forth since the 17th century to explain how ambulare could have become aller.[1] Since at least the 18th century, some have suggested that aller derives not from Latin but from Celtic,[2][3] Gaulish *aliu, from Proto-Celtic zero grade *ɸal-. Compare Welsh elwyf (“I may go”), Cornish ellev (“I may go”), from full grade *ɸel- (see mynd for more). It is also possible to combine the two theories by proposing that the contraction of ambulāre was reinforced by similar sounding forms in Celtic. Franco-Provençal alar and Friulan lâ (“to go”) (compare lin (“we go”), lât (“gone”)) are from the same source, whatever it may be.

See cognates in regional languages in France: Bourguignon ailai, Champenois aleï, Franc-Comtois ailaie, Gallo aler, Norman allaer, Picard aler, Poitevin-Saintongeais alàe, Franco-Provençal alar.

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• IPA^(key): /a.le/

aller

1. (intransitive) to go

   Nous devons aller à l’école. ― We must go to school.

   J’irai au magasin. ― I will go to the store.

2. (when followed by an infinitive verb) to be going (to); will soon; forms a near-future tense

   Il allait visiter sa famille. ― He was going to visit his family.

   Je vais aller au magasin. ― I will go to the store.

3. to be (feeling)

   J'espère que tu vas bien. ― I hope you are well.

   Tout ira bien ― All will be well.

4. to go well with (clothes, colors, etc.)

The verb aller has a unique and highly irregular conjugation. The second-person singular imperative va additionally combines with y to form vas-y instead of the expected va-y.

• ça va ?
• comment vas-tu ?, comment allez-vous ?
• s'en aller
• y aller

aller m (plural allers)

1. Outward trip; journey out; trip away (implying not returning)

• aller-retour

• arriver (“to arrive”)
• courir (“to run”)
• flâner (“to stroll”)
• longer (“to walk along”)
• marcher (“to walk”)
• promener (“to walk”)
• venir (“to come”)

• “aller” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• IPA^(key): /ˈalɐ/

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aller

1. nominative singular masculine of all
2. dative singular feminine of all
3. genitive singular feminine of all
4. genitive plural of all

• aler

From Old French aler.

aller

1. to go

• Like Modern French aller, highly irregular.
• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

• French: aller

• allaer (continental Normandy)
• allaïr (Guernsey)

From Old French aler, alier, from Vulgar Latin *alare (see French aller for further etymology).

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aller

1. (Jersey) to go

• v'nîn (“to come”)

From Old Norse allra

aller

1. of all, very

   aller første - very first

   aller siste - very last

• aller mest

• “aller” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse allra

aller

1. of all

• aller mest

• “aller” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

aller

1. Alternative form of aler

aller

1. older

• allar

From Old English alor, from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alusō (compare Swedish al, Saterland Frisian ällerboom), variant of *alizō, *alisō (compare Dutch els, German Erle), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisos

• Central Scots
  • (West Central Scots) IPA^(key): /ˈɛlər/
• Southern Scots
  • (Hawick) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːlʌɹ/

aller (plural allers)

1. alder.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɬɛr/

aller

1. Soft mutation of galler.