alèse
French, noun
alèse is a French feminine noun meaning “alternative form of alaise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of aléser. With an accent, alésé is a different word: “detached; not reaching the edges; often said of a cross”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Planche qu'on ajoute à une autre pour élargir un panneau”.
What does alèse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of alaise
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
adjective
- 1
detached; not reaching the edges; often said of a cross
verb
- 1
past participle of aléser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Planche qu'on ajoute à une autre pour élargir un panneau. 2. Drap souvent imperméable utilisé pour protéger le matelas.
adjective: 1. Isolé, suspendu. 2. Qui a reçu un alésage.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of alèse
- alésée feminine
- alésés masculine plural
- alésées feminine plural
- alèses plural
- alèze
- alaise
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is alèse in French?
alèse appears about once in every 24 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).