ally

Etymology 1
From, , from , , , , and (modern 🇨🇬), from , the    of , , from ,  +  (from ). .

Verb

 * 1) To unite or form a connection between (people or things), as between families by marriage, or between states by confederacy, league, or treaty.
 * 2) Chiefly followed by to or with: to connect or form a relation to (someone or something) by similarity in features or nature.
 * 3)  To join or unite (oneself or itself) against, with, etc., someone or something else.
 * 4)  Chiefly followed by with: to enter into an alliance or unite for a common aim.
 * 1) Chiefly followed by to or with: to connect or form a relation to (someone or something) by similarity in features or nature.
 * 2)  To join or unite (oneself or itself) against, with, etc., someone or something else.
 * 3)  Chiefly followed by with: to enter into an alliance or unite for a common aim.
 * 1) Chiefly followed by to or with: to connect or form a relation to (someone or something) by similarity in features or nature.
 * 2)  To join or unite (oneself or itself) against, with, etc., someone or something else.
 * 3)  Chiefly followed by with: to enter into an alliance or unite for a common aim.
 * 1)  To join or unite (oneself or itself) against, with, etc., someone or something else.
 * 2)  Chiefly followed by with: to enter into an alliance or unite for a common aim.
 * 1)  To join or unite (oneself or itself) against, with, etc., someone or something else.
 * 2)  Chiefly followed by with: to enter into an alliance or unite for a common aim.
 * 1)  Chiefly followed by with: to enter into an alliance or unite for a common aim.
 * 1)  Chiefly followed by with: to enter into an alliance or unite for a common aim.
 * 1)  Chiefly followed by with: to enter into an alliance or unite for a common aim.
 * 1)  Chiefly followed by with: to enter into an alliance or unite for a common aim.
 * 1)  Chiefly followed by with: to enter into an alliance or unite for a common aim.
 * 1)  Chiefly followed by with: to enter into an alliance or unite for a common aim.

Usage notes
The word is generally used in the form or reflexively.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Esperanto: alianci
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Italian:, fare alleanza
 * Latin:
 * Maori: whakauru
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Slovak: spojiť
 * Spanish:, unirse en
 * Swedish:


 * Esperanto: alianciĝi

Etymology 2
From, , probably partly:


 * from : see etymology 1; and
 * from, , , , , , , and (modern 🇨🇬), a  use of the   of , , , , and : see etymology 1.

Noun

 * 1) A person who co-operates with or helps another; an associate; a friend.
 * 2) A person who, or organization which, supports a demographic group subject to discrimination and/or misrepresentation but is not a member of the group; specifically, a person who is not a member of the LGBT+ community but is supportive of it.
 * 3) A person, group, state, etc., which is associated or united by treaty with another for a common (especially military or political) purpose; a confederate.
 * 4) Something regarded as connected with or related to another thing by similarity in features or nature.
 * 5)  An organism which is related to another organism through common evolutionary origin; specifically, a species which is closely related to another species, usually within the same family.
 * 6)  A person, group, concept, etc., which is associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary; a supporter.
 * 7)  A kinsman or kinswoman; a relative.
 * 1) A person, group, state, etc., which is associated or united by treaty with another for a common (especially military or political) purpose; a confederate.
 * 2) Something regarded as connected with or related to another thing by similarity in features or nature.
 * 3)  An organism which is related to another organism through common evolutionary origin; specifically, a species which is closely related to another species, usually within the same family.
 * 4)  A person, group, concept, etc., which is associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary; a supporter.
 * 5)  A kinsman or kinswoman; a relative.
 * 1) Something regarded as connected with or related to another thing by similarity in features or nature.
 * 2)  An organism which is related to another organism through common evolutionary origin; specifically, a species which is closely related to another species, usually within the same family.
 * 3)  A person, group, concept, etc., which is associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary; a supporter.
 * 4)  A kinsman or kinswoman; a relative.
 * 1)  An organism which is related to another organism through common evolutionary origin; specifically, a species which is closely related to another species, usually within the same family.
 * 2)  A person, group, concept, etc., which is associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary; a supporter.
 * 3)  A kinsman or kinswoman; a relative.
 * 1)  A person, group, concept, etc., which is associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary; a supporter.
 * 2)  A kinsman or kinswoman; a relative.
 * 1)  A person, group, concept, etc., which is associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary; a supporter.
 * 2)  A kinsman or kinswoman; a relative.
 * 1)  A kinsman or kinswoman; a relative.

Translations

 * Japanese: アライ


 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic: حَلِيف, حَلِيفَة
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: müttəfiq
 * Belarusian: саю́знік, саю́зніца
 * Bulgarian: съю́зник, съю́зница, съю́зничка
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, spojenkyně
 * Danish: allieret, forbundsfælle
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: aliancano
 * Estonian: liitlane
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician: aliado, aliada
 * Georgian: მოკავშირე
 * German:, , , , ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: σύμμαχος
 * Hebrew: בַּעַל בְּרִית
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: bandamaður
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 同盟国,
 * Kazakh: одақтас
 * Khmer: រណមិត្ត
 * Korean: 동맹국(同盟國)
 * Kyrgyz:, союзник
 * Lao: ພັນທະມິດ
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: sabiedrotais
 * Lithuanian: sąjungininkas
 * Macedonian: сојузник, сојузница, сојузничка
 * Malay:
 * Maori: haumi, uku, whakauru
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Persian: همپیمان,
 * Polish:, aliantka, , sojuszniczka
 * Portuguese:, aliada
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: са́везнӣк, са́везница
 * Roman: ,
 * Shan: ဢူၺ်းလီ
 * Slovak: spojenec, spojenkyňa
 * Slovene:, zaveznica
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: kapanig
 * Tajik: иттифоқчӣ
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: сою́зник, сою́зниця
 * Urdu: حَلِیف, رَفِیق
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese: nước đồng minh


 * Armenian:
 * Bikol Central:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * Ido:
 * Japanese:
 * Malay:
 * Maori: tuarā
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Shan: ဢူၺ်းလီ
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Esperanto:

Noun

 * 1) One's relatives; kin, kindred, relations; also, relationship through descent or marriage; kinship.
 * 2) People, groups, states, etc., which are associated or united with each other for a common purpose; confederates; also, the state of being allied; alliance, confederation.
 * 1) People, groups, states, etc., which are associated or united with each other for a common purpose; confederates; also, the state of being allied; alliance, confederation.

Etymology 3
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