"alliance" in seven languages
Meaningalliance
Spanish
/aliˈanθa/
fem.borrowed · French allier / alliance
Also a wedding ring.
French
/aljɑ̃s/
fem.inherited
Built on allier 'to ally'; also a wedding ring.
Italian
/alleˈantsa/
fem.borrowed · Old French aliance
l'alleanza
Portuguese
/aliˈɐ̃sɐ/
fem.borrowed · French alliance
Also the everyday word for a wedding ring.
Romanian
/aliˈantsə/
fem.borrowed · French alliance
Catalan
/əliˈansə/
fem.borrowed · French alliance
English
/əˈlaɪəns/
from Latin/French · Old French aliance
The Latin ancestor
ALLIGĀRE‘to bind to’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
ALLIGĀRE 'to tie to' wore down to French allier, which built alliance; Spanish, Italian and English all took the noun from French. In French and Spanish it is also the ring that binds a married couple.
English relatives: ally, alloy, ligament
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In a sentence
- esLos dos partidos formaron una alianza.
- frLes deux partis ont formé une alliance.
- itI due partiti hanno stretto un'alleanza.
- ptOs dois partidos formaram uma aliança.
- roCele două partide au format o alianță.
- caEls dos partits van formar una aliança.
- enThe two parties formed an alliance.