alliance
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
Etymology: From Middle English alliaunce, from Old French aliance (French alliance). Equivalent to ally + -ance. Compare with Doric Greek ἁλία (halía, “assembly”). See also al-.
Base: ally
Affixes: -ance
Inflected forms:
form: alliances
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: alliaunce
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: The state of being allied.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: The act of allying or uniting.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: matrimonial alliances
an alliance between church and state, or welded by two countries
gloss: A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league.
pos: noun
tags: India
countable
dated
uncountable
gloss: Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: And as for kindred , there is no Alliance neerer vnto any one, than their Countrey , that is to be vnto vs another God, and our prime and deareſt Parent.
the alliance of the principles of the world with those of the gospel
the alliance […] between logic and metaphysics
gloss: The persons or parties allied.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Synonym of cohort (“group of orders of organisms”).
pos: noun
tags: countable
dated
uncountable
Related words: ally
Derived words: airline alliance
alliancer
antialliance
Blue-Green alliance
counteralliance
gay-straight alliance
Grand Alliance
misalliance
offensive and defensive alliance
quasi-alliance
realliance
red-green alliance
red-green-brown alliance
suballiance
unholy alliance
Translations:
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 聯盟 /联盟
roman: liánméng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 結盟 /结盟
roman: jiéméng
lang: Finnish
word: liittouma
lang: French
word: alliance
lang: Albanian
word: aleancë
lang: Arabic
word: تَحَالُف
roman: taḥāluf
lang: Arabic
word: حِلْف
roman: ḥilf
lang: Armenian
word: ալյանս
roman: alyans
lang: Armenian
word: դաշինք
roman: dašinkʻ
lang: Belarusian
word: саю́з
roman: sajúz
lang: Belarusian
word: алья́нс
roman: alʹjáns
lang: Bulgarian
word: алиа́нс
roman: aliáns
lang: Catalan
word: aliança
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 同盟
roman: tóngméng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 邦聯 /邦联
roman: bānglián
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 聯盟 /联盟
roman: liánméng
lang: Czech
word: aliance
lang: Dutch
word: alliantie
lang: Estonian
word: liit
lang: Estonian
word: allianss
lang: Finnish
word: liittouma
lang: Finnish
word: liittoutuma
lang: Finnish
word: liittokunta
lang: Finnish
word: liitto
lang: French
word: alliance
lang: Georgian
word: ალიანსი
roman: aliansi
lang: German
word: Allianz
lang: German
word: Bündnis
lang: Greek
word: συμμαχία
roman: symmachía
lang: Hindi
word: संधि
roman: sandhi
lang: Hindi
word: गठबंधन
roman: gaṭhbandhan
lang: Hungarian
word: szövetség
lang: Indonesian
word: persekutuan
lang: Indonesian
word: aliansi
lang: Italian
word: trattato
lang: Latvian
word: alianse
lang: Lithuanian
word: aljansas
lang: Macedonian
word: алија́нса
roman: alijánsa
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: allianse
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: allianse
lang: Dari
word: اِتِّحَاد
roman: ittihād
lang: Dari
word: اِتِّفَاق
roman: ittifāq
lang: Iranian Persian
word: اِتِّحاد
roman: ettehâd
lang: Iranian Persian
word: اِتِّفاق
roman: ettefâġ
lang: Polish
word: alians
lang: Polish
word: sojusz
lang: Polish
word: przymierze
lang: Portuguese
word: aliança
lang: Romanian
word: alianță
lang: Russian
word: сою́з
roman: sojúz
lang: Russian
word: алья́нс
roman: alʹjáns
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: алѝјанса
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: alìjansa
lang: Slovak
word: aliancia
lang: Slovene
word: aliansa
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: zwězk
lang: Swedish
word: allians
lang: Ukrainian
word: сою́з
roman: sojúz
lang: Ukrainian
word: алья́нс
roman: alʹjáns