allée
French, noun/a.le/
allée is spelled A-L-L-É-E (5 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written French, the 3,992nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Allée is a French feminine noun meaning “path, lane, allée” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of allé. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’aller”.
What does allée mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepath, lane, allée
- 2
femininehallway (leading from the entrance of a house)
- 3
feminineaisle (between rows of seats)
- 4
femininedriveway
- 5
femininebowling lane
- 6
feminineaction of going (used nowadays only in the expression allées et venues: the repeated action of going and returning)
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of allé
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’aller. 2. Passage entre deux murs parallèles qui conduit de l’entrée d’une maison dans l’intérieur. 3. Lieu propre à se promener, qui s’étend en longueur et qui est bordé d’arbres ou de verdure. 4. Piste bordée de chaque côté par un dalot et sur laquelle on lance une boule afin de faire tomber le maximum de quilles.
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 allée
- allées plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce allée?
- /a.le/
- \a.le\
- [a.le]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to allée
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is allée in French?
allée appears 19 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).