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See also: Alliance
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English alliaunce, from Old French aliance (French alliance). Equivalent to ally -ance. Compare with Doric Greek ἁλία (halía, “assembly”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]alliance (countable and uncountable, plural alliances)
- (uncountable) The state of being allied.
- matrimonial alliances
- an alliance between church and state, or between two countries
- (countable) The act of allying or uniting.
- (countable) A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league.
- (countable) Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.
- 1624, William Udall, The Historie of the Life and Death of Mary Stuart Queene of Scotland:
- And as for kindred , there is no Alliance neerer vnto any one, than their Countrey , that is to be vnto vs another God, and our prime and deareſt Parent.
- 1871, Charles John Smith, Synonyms Discriminated:
- the alliance of the principles of the world with those of the gospel
- 1860, Henry Longueville Mansel, Prolegomena Logica: An Inquiry Into the Psychological Character of Logical Processes:
- the alliance […] between logic and metaphysics
- (with the definite article) The persons or parties allied.
- (India) Marriage.
Synonyms
[edit]- (union by relationship in qualities): connection, affinity, union, allyship
- (act of allying): union
- (persons or parties allied): coalition, league, confederation, team (informal)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]state of being allied
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union resembling that of families or states
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persons or parties allied
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treaty between nations
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Verb
[edit]alliance (third-person singular simple present alliances, present participle alliancing, simple past and past participle allianced)
Further reading
[edit]- “alliance”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “alliance”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
[edit]Danish
[edit]Noun
[edit]alliance c (singular definite alliancen, plural indefinite alliancer)
- an alliance
Declension
[edit]Declension of alliance
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | alliance | alliancen | alliancer | alliancerne |
genitive | alliances | alliancens | alliancers | alliancernes |
Further reading
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]alliance f (plural alliances)
Descendants
[edit]- → Polish: alians
- → Portuguese: aliança
- → Russian: алья́нс (alʹjáns), алья́нсъ (alʹjáns) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
- → Turkish: alyans
Further reading
[edit]- “alliance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]alliance
- Alternative form of alliaunce
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