aisle

[ ahyl ]
/ aɪl /
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noun

a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
Architecture.
  1. a longitudinal division of an interior area, as in a church, separated from the main area by an arcade or the like.
  2. any of the longitudinal divisions of a church or the like.

Idioms for aisle

    in the aisles, (of an audience) convulsed with laughter.

Origin of aisle

1350–1400; alteration (with ai < French aile wing) of earlier isle (with s from isle), ile; replacing Middle English ele < Middle French < Latin āla wing, cognate with axle. See ala

OTHER WORDS FROM aisle

aisled, adjective un·aisled, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH aisle

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Words related to aisle

hallway, lane, avenue, corridor, path, ingress, opening, clearing, alley, walk, course, egress, way, artery, gangway, passage

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British Dictionary definitions for aisle

aisle
/ (aɪl) /

noun

a passageway separating seating areas in a theatre, church, etc; gangway
a lateral division in a church flanking the nave or chancel
rolling in the aisles informal (of an audience) overcome with laughter

Derived forms of aisle

aisled, adjective aisleless, adjective

Word Origin for aisle

C14 ele (later aile, aisle, through confusion with isle (island)), via Old French from Latin āla wing