English

Noun

aisle ‎(plural aisles)

1. A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers.
   • 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 20, in The Dust of Conflict:

     Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli.

   • 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 13, in Crime out of Mind:

     In one of the aisles there was an elaborately carved confessional box and I recognised the village priest in his heavy mountain boots and black cassock as he entered it and drew the dark velvet curtains behind him.

2. A clear path through rows of seating.
3. A clear corridor in a supermarket with shelves on both sides containing goods for sale.
4. Any path through an otherwise obstructed space.

Synonyms

• (path senses): isle

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Elias
• saile

French

Noun

aisle f ‎(plural aisles)

1. Obsolete form of aile.

Irish

Etymology 1

Noun

aisle f

1. Alternative form of aisling ‎(“vision; vision poem”)

Verb

aisle

1. Alternative form of aisling ‎(“see in dream or vision”)

Etymology 2

Noun

aisle f

1. genitive singular of aisil
2. plural of aisil

Etymology 3

Noun

aisle f

1. genitive singular of aiseal
2. plural of aiseal

Mutation

References

• "aisle" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Middle French

Alternative forms

• aesle, æsle

Etymology

From Old French aile, from Latin ala with the addition of an unetymological s

Noun

aisle f (plural aisles)

1. wing (anatomical structure of flying animals)

Descendants

• English: aisle
• French: aile