Definition of 'aisle'
Word forms: plural aisles
1. countable noun
2. singular noun
The aisle is used in expressions such as walking down the aisle to refer to the activity of getting married.
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aisle in British English
noun
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Derived forms
aisled adjective
aisleless (ˈaisleless)
adjective
Word origin
C14 ele (later aile, aisle, through confusion with isle (island)), via Old French from Latin āla wing
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aisle in American English
noun
2.
a passageway between sections of seats in rows
3.
a narrow passageway, as between rows of trees
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British English: aisle
/aɪl/ NOUN
An aisle is a long narrow gap that people can walk along between rows of seats in a public building such as a church, or between rows of shelves in a supermarket.
...the frozen food aisle.
- American English: aisle /ˈaɪl/
- Arabic: مـَمْشى
- Brazilian Portuguese: corredor
- Chinese: 走道
- Croatian: prolaz
- Czech: ulička mezi sedadly
- Danish: midtergang
- Dutch: gangpad
- European Spanish: pasillo avión
- Finnish: käytävä penkkirivien välinen
- French: couloir
- German: Gang
- Greek: διάδρομος
- Italian: corridoio
- Japanese: 通路
- Korean: 통로
- Norwegian: midtgang
- Polish: przejście nawa
- European Portuguese: coxia
- Romanian: culoar
- Russian: проход
- Latin American Spanish: pasillo
- Swedish: gång
- Thai: ทางเดินระหว่างแถวที่นั่งหรือระหว่างชั้นวางของในซูเปอร์มาร์เก็ต
- Turkish: koridor
- Ukrainian: прохід
- Vietnamese: lối đi ở giữa
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