alley

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From Middle English aleye, from Anglo-Norman aleie, feminine of alé, past participle of aler (“to go”) (French aller). Doublet of allée.

Diminutive of alabaster, from which they were once made.

183 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: абжьаларҭа (abžalarta) — narrow street
• Arabic: زُقَاق (zuqāq) — narrow street
• Arabic: زقاق (zuʔāʔ) — narrow street
• Arabic: حارة (ḥāra) — narrow street
• Arabic: داعوس (dāʕūs) — narrow street
• Arabic: زُقَاق (zugāg) — narrow street
• Armenian: նրբանցք (nrbancʻkʻ) — narrow street
• Assamese: আলি (ali) — narrow street
• Assamese: বাট (bat) — narrow street
• Azerbaijani: döngə — narrow street
• Azerbaijani: alleya — narrow street
• Azerbaijani: küçə — narrow street
• Belarusian: заву́лак (zavúlak) — narrow street
• Belarusian: але́я (aljéja) — narrow street
• Belarusian: але́йка (aljéjka) — narrow street
• Belarusian: ву́лачка (vúlačka) — narrow street
• Belarusian: ву́лка (vúlka) — narrow street
• Bengali: গলি (goli) — narrow street
• Bulgarian: але́я (aléja) — narrow street
• Bulgarian: паса́ж (pasáž) — narrow street
• Burmese: ဒူးလမ်း (du:lam:) — narrow street
• Burmese: လမ်းကြား (lam:kra:) — narrow street
• Catalan: carreró — narrow street
• Chinese Cantonese: 巷 (hong6) — narrow street
• Chinese Cantonese: 巷仔 (hong6 zai2) — narrow street
• Hakka Chinese: 巷仔 (hong-é) — narrow street
• Chinese: 巷 (zh-min-nan) — narrow street
• Chinese: 巷仔 (zh-min-nan) — narrow street
• Jin Chinese: 黑浪 (heh4 lon2) — narrow street
• Chinese Mandarin: 弄 (nòng) — narrow street
• Chinese Mandarin: 里弄 (lǐlòng) — narrow street
• Chinese Mandarin: 衚衕 /胡同 (hútòng) — narrow street
• Chinese Mandarin: 巷子 (xiàngzi) — narrow street
• Wu Chinese: 弄堂 — narrow street
• Xiang Chinese: 巷子 (han5 zr) — narrow street
• Coptic: ⲗⲁⲩⲣⲁ (laura) — narrow street
• Coptic: ⲣⲁⲃⲏ (rawa) — narrow street
• Coptic: ⲣⲁⲟⲩⲏ (rawa) — narrow street
• Czech: ulička — narrow street
• Danish: gyde — narrow street
• Dutch: doorgang — narrow street
• Dutch: steeg — narrow street
• Esperanto: strateto — narrow street
• Estonian: allee — narrow street
• Estonian: kuja — narrow street
• Estonian: põiktänav — narrow street
• Finnish: kuja — narrow street
• French: ruelle — narrow street
• French: allée — narrow street
• French: venelle — narrow street
• Galician: ruela — narrow street
• Galician: viela — narrow street
• Galician: venela — narrow street
• Galician: congostra — narrow street
• Galician: beque — narrow street
• Galician: calella — narrow street
• Galician: canella — narrow street
• Georgian: შესახვევი (šesaxvevi) — narrow street
• German: Gasse — narrow street
• Greek: δρομάκι (dromáki) — narrow street
• Greek: δρομίσκος (dromískos) — narrow street
• Ancient Greek: στενωπός (stenōpós) — narrow street
• Hebrew: סִמְטָה (simtá) — narrow street
• Hindi: गली (galī) — narrow street
• Hindi: कूचा (kūcā) — narrow street
• Hungarian: sikátor — narrow street
• Icelandic: sund — narrow street
• Icelandic: húsasund — narrow street
• Icelandic: öngstræti — narrow street
• Indonesian: gang — narrow street
• Interlingua: vico — narrow street
• Interlingua: allée — narrow street
• Irish: caolsráid — narrow street
• Irish: scabhat — narrow street
• Italian: vicolo — narrow street
• Italian: calle — narrow street
• Italian: strettoia — narrow street
• Italian: viuzza — narrow street
• Italian: carruggio — narrow street
• Italian: vialetto — narrow street
• Japanese: 裏通り (uradōri) — narrow street
• Japanese: 路地 (roji) — narrow street
• Kabuverdianu: béku — narrow street
• Kabuverdianu: béke — narrow street
• Kazakh: тар көше (tar köşe) — narrow street
• Kazakh: тұйық көше (tūiyq köşe) — narrow street
• Kazakh: шолақ көше (şolaq köşe) — narrow street
• Korean: 골목 (golmok) — narrow street
• Korean: 골목길 (golmokgil) — narrow street
• Central Kurdish: کۆڵان (kollan) — narrow street
• Northern Kurdish: kolan — narrow street
• Northern Kurdish: ziqaq — narrow street
• Kyrgyz: тар көчө (tar köcö) — narrow street
• Kyrgyz: аллея (alleya) — narrow street
• Lao: ທາງຮ່ອມ (thāng hǭm) — narrow street
• Latin: angiportus — narrow street
• Latin: vīculus — narrow street
• Latvian: aleja — narrow street
• Latvian: ieliņa — narrow street
• Lithuanian: alėja — narrow street
• Lithuanian: gatvelė — narrow street
• Macedonian: сокак (sokak) — narrow street
• Malay: lorong — narrow street
• Norwegian Bokmål: smug — narrow street
• Norwegian Bokmål: smau — narrow street
• Norwegian Bokmål: strede — narrow street
• Norwegian Nynorsk: smug — narrow street
• Occitan: passatge — narrow street
• Occitan: andana — narrow street
• Pashto: کوڅه ګۍ (kuca gǝy) — narrow street
• Dari: کوچَه (kōča) — narrow street
• Iranian Persian: کوچِه (kuče) — narrow street
• Plautdietsch: Gank — narrow street
• Polish: uliczka — narrow street
• Polish: aleja — narrow street
• Polish: alejka — narrow street
• Portuguese: beco — narrow street
• Portuguese: ruela — narrow street
• Portuguese: travessa — narrow street
• Portuguese: viela — narrow street
• Punjabi: ਗਲੀ (galī) — narrow street
• Punjabi: گَلی (galī) — narrow street
• Romanian: străduță — narrow street
• Romanian: stradelă — narrow street
• Romanian: alee — narrow street
• Romansh: giassa — narrow street
• Russian: переу́лок (pereúlok) — narrow street
• Russian: алле́я (alléja) — narrow street
• Russian: але́йка (aléjka) — narrow street
• Russian: у́лочка (úločka) — narrow street
• Serbo-Croatian: со̀ка̄к — narrow street
• Serbo-Croatian: у̏личица — narrow street
• Serbo-Croatian: алеја — narrow street
• Serbo-Croatian: sòkāk — narrow street
• Serbo-Croatian: ȕličica — narrow street
• Serbo-Croatian: aleja — narrow street
• Sicilian: vaneḍḍa — narrow street
• Sicilian: stratuzza — narrow street
• Sicilian: violu — narrow street
• Slovak: alej — narrow street
• Slovak: ulička — narrow street
• Slovene: aleja — narrow street
• Spanish: callejón — narrow street
• Spanish: callejuela — narrow street
• Spanish: calleja — narrow street
• Spanish: esquinita — narrow street
• Spanish: pasaje — narrow street
• Spanish: callizo — narrow street
• Spanish: callejo — narrow street
• Swahili: uchochoro — narrow street
• Swedish: gränd — narrow street
• Tajik: тангкӯча (tangküča) — narrow street
• Tajik: кӯчабоғ (küčaboġ) — narrow street
• Tajik: хиёбон (xiyobon) — narrow street
• Tajik: паскӯча (pasküča) — narrow street
• Thai: ซอย (sɔɔi) — narrow street
• Thai: ตรอก (dtrɔ̀ɔk) — narrow street
• Tibetan: ལམ་ཆུང (lam chung) — narrow street
• Turkish: geçit — narrow street
• Turkish: dar sokak — narrow street
• Turkish: pasaj — narrow street
• Turkmen: alleýa — narrow street
• Ukrainian: прову́лок (provúlok) — narrow street
• Ukrainian: заву́лок (zavúlok) — narrow street
• Ukrainian: але́я (aléja) — narrow street
• Ukrainian: але́йка (aléjka) — narrow street
• Ukrainian: ву́личка (vúlyčka) — narrow street
• Urdu: گَلی (galī) — narrow street
• Urdu: کُوچَہ (kūca) — narrow street
• Uyghur: تار كوچا (tar kocha) — narrow street
• Uzbek: alleya — narrow street
• Uzbek: tor koʻcha — narrow street
• Uzbek: xiyobon — narrow street
• Vietnamese: hẻm — narrow street
• Volapük: lael — narrow street
• Volapük: lusüt — narrow street
• Welsh: ale — narrow street
• Yiddish: אַלעע (alee) — narrow street
• Yiddish: געסל (gesl) — narrow street
• Yiddish: הינטערגעסל (hintergesl) — narrow street
• Yiddish: געסקע (geske) — narrow street
• Yiddish: ליק (lik) — narrow street
• Czech: alej — passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees