allée

/ˈa.leɪ/

noun

An alley in a formal garden or park, bordered by trees or bushes.

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Meanings

nounallée (plural allées)

plural allées · alternative allee

  1. An alley in a formal garden or park, bordered by trees or bushes.

Origin

  1. Frenchallée
  2. Englishallée

Unadapted borrowing from French allée. Doublet of alley.

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APA

allée. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all%C3%A9e

MLA

“allée.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all%C3%A9e. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “allée,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all%C3%A9e.

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