alliance

== English == === Alternative forms === alliaunce (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English alliaunce, from Old French aliance (French alliance). Equivalent to ally +‎ -ance. Compare with Doric Greek ἁλία (halía, “assembly”). === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /əˈlaɪ.əns/ Rhymes: -aɪəns === Noun === alliance (countable and uncountable, plural alliances) (uncountable) The state of being allied. (countable) The act of allying or uniting. (countable) A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league. (dated or India) Marriage. (countable) Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity. (with the definite article) The persons or parties allied. (taxonomy, dated) Synonym of cohort (“group of orders of organisms”). ==== Synonyms ==== (union by relationship in qualities): connection, affinity, union, allyship (act of allying): union (persons or parties allied): coalition, league, confederation, team (informal) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ally ==== Translations ==== === Verb === alliance (third-person singular simple present alliances, present participle alliancing, simple past and past participle allianced) (obsolete) To connect or unite by alliance; to ally. === Further reading === “alliance”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “alliance”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === ancillae, canaille == Danish == === Noun === alliance c (singular definite alliancen, plural indefinite alliancer) an alliance ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “alliance” in Den Danske Ordbog == French == === Etymology === From allier +‎ -ance. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.ljɑ̃s/ Rhymes: -ɑ̃s === Noun === alliance f (plural alliances) alliance, union wedding ring ==== Descendants ==== → Polish: alians → Portuguese: aliança → Russian: алья́нс (alʹjáns), алья́нсъ (alʹjáns) — pre-1918 spelling→ Armenian: ալյանս (alyans)→ Kazakh: альянс (aläns) → Turkish: alyans === Further reading === “alliance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === canaille == Middle English == === Noun === alliance alternative form of alliaunce