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aline¹

  • /əˈlaɪn/ UK
  • /æˈlaɪn/ UK

Rhymes with -aɪn

Where it comes from

From a- + line, possibly from Middle English alinen (“copulate”), Middle French aligner.

verb alines · alining · alined

  1. US, alternative, dated, rare Alternative form of align Nuclear Orientation. Studies made of the photoneutron cross section in the region of the giant resonance, using an alined holmium target, directly confirmed the theory that this cross section is associated with the two axes of the deformed nucleus.

aline²

  • /əˈlaɪn/ UK
  • /æˈlaɪn/ UK

Rhymes with -aɪn

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English aline (“in line”).

adverb

  1. not comparable In line. Nay looke you, I know twas true, For his father built a chimney in my fathers house, And the brickes are aline at this day to testifie.

Aline³

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French Aline.

proper noun

  1. A female given name from French.
  2. A ghost town in Idaho.
  3. A small town in Oklahoma.

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name female given name

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"aline." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/aline. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

aline. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/aline

Chicago

"aline." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/aline.

BibTeX
@misc{aline_2026,
  title = {aline},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/aline},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}