aile - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ French Dictionary

Nouns

wing [ARCH.][TECH.][ZOOL.] [SPORT.]	l'aile  f.
fender (Amer.) [AUTOM.]	l'aile  f.
wing of the building	l'aile du bâtiment  f.
flutter	le battement d'ailes
blue-winged goose [ZOOL.]	l'ouette  f. à ailes bleues
blue-winged teal [ZOOL.]	la sarcelle à ailes bleues

Verbs

to flap one's wings  | flapped, flapped |

battre des ailes

Phrases / Collocations

to go downhill [fig.]	battre de l'aile [fig.]
to take so. under one's wing [fig.]	prendre qn. sous son aile [fig.]
to clip so.'s wings [fig.]	couper les ailes à qn. [fig.]
to stand on one's own two feet [fig.]	voler de ses propres ailes [fig.]
to strike out on one's own	se mettre à voler de ses propres ailes [fig.]

Orthographically similar words

able, agile, ail, aisle, axle, bail, bale, dale, fail, file, hail, hale, idle, jail, kale, mail, male, mile, nail, pale, pile, rail, sail, sale, tail, tale, tile, vile

agile, aide, Aïe, aigle, ail, aimé, ainé, aîné, aine, aire, aise, aisé, Aloe, amie, Asie, asile, baie, bail, cale, file, haie, hile, île, ile, îles, Îles, Ilex, mail, mâle, mile, paie, pâle, pile, raie, rail, râle, sale, salé