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
1.
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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
Word Frequency
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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aisle
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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