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aisle
passageway: The bride’s father escorted her down the aisle.
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aisle
(īl)n.
1. A part of a church divided laterally from the nave, transept, or choir by a row of columns.
2. A passageway between rows of seats, as in an auditorium or an airplane.
3. A passageway for inside traffic, as in a department store, warehouse, or supermarket.
[Alteration (influenced by isle French aile, wing) of Middle English ele, from Old French, wing of a building, from Latin āla.]
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aisle
(aɪl)n
1. a passageway separating seating areas in a theatre, church, etc; gangway
2. (Architecture) a lateral division in a church flanking the nave or chancel
3. rolling in the aisles informal (of an audience) overcome with laughter
[C14 ele (later aile, aisle, through confusion with isle (island)), via Old French from Latin āla wing]
aisled adj
ˈaisleless adj
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aisle
(aɪl)n.
1. a walkway between or along sections of seats, shelves, counters, etc., as in a theater, church, or department store.
2. a longitudinal division in a church, separated from the main area or nave by an arcade or the like.
Idioms: in the aisles, (of an audience) convulsed with laughter.
[1350–1400; resp. (with ai < French) of earlier i(s)le, yle, late Middle English]
aisled, adj.
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Aisle
Dialectal. double rows of wheat sheaves set up to dry.Example: aisle of wheat, 1817.
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| Noun | 1. |  aisle - a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods)passage - a way through or along which someone or something may pass |
| 2. |  aisle - passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in storespassageway - a passage between rooms or between buildings | |
| 3. |  aisle - part of a church divided laterally from the nave proper by rows of pillars or columnsarea - a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants" |
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aisle
rolling in the aisles roaring with laughter, giggling, chuckling, sniggering, cracking up (informal), chortling, guffawing, tittering, convulsed (informal), in stitches, busting a gut (informal), creasing up (informal), splitting your sides a host of comic talent which will have you rolling in the aisles
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Translations
مَمَر بَيْن صَفَّي مَقَاعِدمـَمْشى
ulička
gangmidtergang
käytävä
prolaz
gangur
通路
통로
takastarpas
eja
ulička
prehod
gång
ทางเดินระหว่างที่นั่ง
koridorara yol
lối đi ở giữa
aisle
[aɪl] N (Rel) → nave f (lateral); (in theatre, plane, train, coach, supermarket) → pasillo maisle seat → asiento m de pasillo
to walk up or down the aisle with sb (o.f.) → llevar al altar a algn
it had them rolling in the aisles → los tuvo muertos de (la) risa
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
aisle
[ˈaɪl] n [church] (central) → allée f centrale; (side) → nef f latérale
to walk down the aisle (= get married) → se marier
to walk down the aisle (= get married) → se marier
(in theatre) → allée f
(on plane) → couloir m aisle seat
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
aisle
n → Gang m; (in church) → Seitenschiff nt; (central aisle) → Mittelgang m; aisle seat → Sitz m → am Gang; to walk down the aisle → vor den Altar treten; to walk down the aisle with somebody → jdn zum Altar führen; he had them rolling in the aisles (inf) → er brachte sie so weit, dass sie sich vor Lachen kugelten (inf) → or wälzten (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
aisle
[aɪl] n (of church, lateral) → navata laterale; (central) → navata centrale; (of theatre, train, coach, plane) → corridoio; (in supermarket) → passaggioit had them rolling in the aisles → li ha fatti rotolare (per terra) dalle risate
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
aisle
(ail) noun a passage between rows of seats etc in a church, cinema etc.
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aisle
→ مـَمْشى ulička midtergang Gang διάδρομος pasillo käytävä couloir prolaz corridoio 通路 통로 gangpad midtgang przejście corredor, coxia проход gång ทางเดินระหว่างที่นั่ง koridor lối đi ở giữa 走道Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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