alewife

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈeɪlwʌɪf/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈeɪlˌwaɪf/ Rhymes: -eɪlwʌɪf, -eɪlwaɪf === Etymology 1 === From ale +‎ wife. ==== Noun ==== alewife (plural alewives) (archaic) A woman who keeps an alehouse. ===== Synonyms ===== brewess ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Unknown. Possibly from aloof, the Narragansett name of a fish. See Winthrop on the culture of maize in America, “Phil Trans.” No. 142, p. 1065, and Baddam’s “Memoirs,” vol. ii. p. 131. Possibly from allowes (“a type of shad”), from French alose (“shad”), from Old French [Term?], from Late Latin alausa, influenced by Etymology 1 due to large belly of the fish. ==== Noun ==== alewife (plural alewives) A migrating North American fish, Alosa pseudoharengus. Any of several species similar in appearance. ===== Synonyms ===== (Alosa pseudoharengus): branch herring, ellwhop, ellwife, (Canada) gaspereau, (US) sawbelly ===== Derived terms ===== Alewife Brook ===== Translations ===== === References === alewife on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Alosa pseudoharengus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Alosa pseudoharengus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons