alliance

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /əˈlaɪ.əns/
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• rhymes with -aɪəns
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 L AY1 AH0 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English alliaunce, from Old French aliance (French alliance). Equivalent to ally + -ance. Compare with Doric Greek ἁλία (halía, “assembly”). See also al-.

225 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: aleancë — state of being allied
• Arabic: تَحَالُف (taḥāluf) — state of being allied
• Arabic: اِتِّحَاد (ittiḥād) — state of being allied
• Arabic: اِتِّفَاق (ittifāq) — state of being allied
• Armenian: միություն (miutʻyun) — state of being allied
• Armenian: դաշնակցություն (dašnakcʻutʻyun) — state of being allied
• Armenian: ալյանս (alyans) — state of being allied
• Azerbaijani: ittifaq — state of being allied
• Azerbaijani: alyans — state of being allied
• Belarusian: саю́з (sajúz) — state of being allied
• Belarusian: алья́нс (alʹjáns) — state of being allied
• Bulgarian: съю́з (sǎjúz) — state of being allied
• Bulgarian: алиа́нс (aliáns) — state of being allied
• Burmese: မဟာမိတ် (ma.hamit) — state of being allied
• Catalan: aliança — state of being allied
• Chinese Cantonese: 同盟 — state of being allied
• Chinese Mandarin: 同盟 (tóngméng) — state of being allied
• Czech: unie — state of being allied
• Czech: svaz — state of being allied
• Czech: aliance — state of being allied
• Danish: forbund — state of being allied
• Danish: sammenslutning — state of being allied
• Danish: alliance — state of being allied
• Dutch: alliantie — state of being allied
• Estonian: liit — state of being allied
• Estonian: allianss — state of being allied
• Finnish: liitto — state of being allied
• Finnish: liittouma — state of being allied
• Finnish: allianssi — state of being allied
• French: alliance — state of being allied
• Georgian: მოკავშირეობა (moḳavšireoba) — state of being allied
• Georgian: ალიანსი (aliansi) — state of being allied
• German: Allianz — state of being allied
• German: Zusammenschluss — state of being allied
• German: Verbund — state of being allied
• German: Bund — state of being allied
• German: Bündnis — state of being allied
• Greek: συμμαχία (symmachía) — state of being allied
• Ancient Greek: συμμαχία (summakhía) — state of being allied
• Hebrew: בְּרִית (brit) — state of being allied
• Hindi: गठबंधन (gaṭhbandhan) — state of being allied
• Hindi: इत्तिहाद (ittihād) — state of being allied
• Hungarian: szövetség — state of being allied
• Icelandic: bandalag — state of being allied
• Indonesian: persekutuan — state of being allied
• Irish: comhghuaillíocht — state of being allied
• Irish: comhaontas — state of being allied
• Italian: alleanza — state of being allied
• Japanese: 同盟 (dōmei) — state of being allied
• Japanese: アライアンス (araiansu) — state of being allied
• Kazakh: одақ (odaq) — state of being allied
• Kazakh: альянс (aläns) — state of being allied
• Korean: 동맹 (dongmaeng) — state of being allied
• Lao: ພັນທະມິດ (phan tha mit) — state of being allied
• Latin: alligāntia — state of being allied
• Latvian: savienība — state of being allied
• Lithuanian: sąjunga — state of being allied
• Macedonian: сојуз (sojuz) — state of being allied
• Macedonian: унија (unija) — state of being allied
• Macedonian: алија́нса (alijánsa) — state of being allied
• Malay: perikatan — state of being allied
• Khiamniungan Naga: àihlòuh — state of being allied
• Norwegian Bokmål: forbund — state of being allied
• Norwegian Bokmål: allianse — state of being allied
• Norwegian Nynorsk: forbund — state of being allied
• Norwegian Nynorsk: allianse — state of being allied
• Church Slavic: съѭзъ (sŷjǫzŭ) — state of being allied
• Church Slavic: съвѫзъ (sŭvǫzŭ) — state of being allied
• Dari: اِتِّحَاد (ittihād) — state of being allied
• Dari: اِتِّفَاق (ittifāq) — state of being allied
• Iranian Persian: اِتِّحاد (ettehâd) — state of being allied
• Iranian Persian: اِتِّفاق (ettefâġ) — state of being allied
• Polish: sojusz — state of being allied
• Polish: alians — state of being allied
• Polish: przymierze — state of being allied
• Portuguese: aliança — state of being allied
• Romanian: alianță — state of being allied
• Russian: сою́з (sojúz) — state of being allied
• Russian: алья́нс (alʹjáns) — state of being allied
• Scottish Gaelic: càirdeas — state of being allied
• Serbo-Croatian: са́вез — state of being allied
• Serbo-Croatian: алѝјанса — state of being allied
• Serbo-Croatian: sávez — state of being allied
• Serbo-Croatian: alìjansa — state of being allied
• Slovak: únia — state of being allied
• Slovak: zväz — state of being allied
• Slovak: aliancia — state of being allied
• Slovene: unija — state of being allied
• Slovene: aliansa — state of being allied
• Slovene: zavezništvo — state of being allied
• Lower Sorbian: zwězk — state of being allied
• Spanish: alianza — state of being allied
• Swahili: fungamano — state of being allied
• Swedish: allians — state of being allied
• Tagalog: alyansa — state of being allied
• Tajik: иттифоқ (ittifoq) — state of being allied
• Tajik: иттиҳод (ittihod) — state of being allied
• Telugu: అనుబంధము (anubandhamu) — state of being allied
• Thai: พันธมิตร (pan-tá-mít) — state of being allied
• Turkish: ittifak — state of being allied
• Turkish: alyans — state of being allied
• Turkmen: bileleşik — state of being allied
• Ukrainian: сою́з (sojúz) — state of being allied
• Ukrainian: алья́нс (alʹjáns) — state of being allied
• Urdu: اِتِّحاد (ittihād) — state of being allied
• Urdu: اِتِّفاق (ittifāq) — state of being allied
• Uzbek: ittifoq — state of being allied
• Uzbek: birlashma — state of being allied
• Uzbek: alyans — state of being allied
• Vietnamese: đồng minh — state of being allied
• Chinese Mandarin: 聯盟 /联盟 (liánméng) — union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 結盟 /结盟 (jiéméng) — union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc.
• Finnish: liittouma — union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc.
• French: alliance — union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc.
• Armenian: միություն (miutʻyun) — union resembling that of families or states
• Belarusian: саю́з (sajúz) — union resembling that of families or states
• Belarusian: алья́нс (alʹjáns) — union resembling that of families or states
• Bulgarian: съю́з (sǎjúz) — union resembling that of families or states
• Bulgarian: алиа́нс (aliáns) — union resembling that of families or states
• Catalan: aliança — union resembling that of families or states
• Chinese Mandarin: 聯合 /联合 (liánhé) — union resembling that of families or states
• Chinese Mandarin: 聯繫 /联系 (liánxì) — union resembling that of families or states
• Esperanto: alianco — union resembling that of families or states
• Finnish: side — union resembling that of families or states
• Finnish: yhteys — union resembling that of families or states
• French: alliance — union resembling that of families or states
• Georgian: ალიანსი (aliansi) — union resembling that of families or states
• Georgian: კავშირი (ḳavširi) — union resembling that of families or states
• German: Allianz — union resembling that of families or states
• German: Bund — union resembling that of families or states
• German: Bündnis — union resembling that of families or states
• Hindi: गठबंधन (gaṭhbandhan) — union resembling that of families or states
• Hungarian: szövetség — union resembling that of families or states
• Indonesian: perserikatan — union resembling that of families or states
• Norwegian Bokmål: allianse — union resembling that of families or states
• Norwegian Nynorsk: allianse — union resembling that of families or states
• Polish: sojusz — union resembling that of families or states
• Polish: alians — union resembling that of families or states
• Portuguese: aliança — union resembling that of families or states
• Romanian: alianță — union resembling that of families or states
• Russian: сою́з (sojúz) — union resembling that of families or states
• Russian: алья́нс (alʹjáns) — union resembling that of families or states
• Scottish Gaelic: càirdeas — union resembling that of families or states
• Serbo-Croatian: са́вез — union resembling that of families or states
• Serbo-Croatian: алѝјанса — union resembling that of families or states
• Serbo-Croatian: sávez — union resembling that of families or states
• Serbo-Croatian: alìjansa — union resembling that of families or states
• Lower Sorbian: zwězk — union resembling that of families or states
• Ukrainian: сою́з (sojúz) — union resembling that of families or states
• Ukrainian: алья́нс (alʹjáns) — union resembling that of families or states
• Catalan: aliança — persons or parties allied
• Chinese Mandarin: 同盟者 (tóngméngzhě) — persons or parties allied
• Chinese Mandarin: 盟友 (méngyǒu) — persons or parties allied
• Esperanto: alianco — persons or parties allied
• Finnish: liittoutuneet — persons or parties allied
• French: alliance — persons or parties allied
• German: Verbündeten — persons or parties allied
• German: Bündnis — persons or parties allied
• German: Allianz — persons or parties allied
• Hungarian: szövetség — persons or parties allied
• Irish: comhghuaillíocht — persons or parties allied
• Italian: coalizione — persons or parties allied
• Norwegian Bokmål: allianse — persons or parties allied
• Norwegian Nynorsk: allianse — persons or parties allied
• Polish: alians — persons or parties allied
• Portuguese: aliados — persons or parties allied
• Romanian: alianță — persons or parties allied
• Russian: алья́нс (alʹjáns) — persons or parties allied
• Lower Sorbian: zwězk — persons or parties allied
• Turkish: ittifak — persons or parties allied
• Albanian: aleancë — treaty between nations
• Arabic: تَحَالُف (taḥāluf) — treaty between nations
• Arabic: حِلْف (ḥilf) — treaty between nations
• Armenian: ալյանս (alyans) — treaty between nations
• Armenian: դաշինք (dašinkʻ) — treaty between nations
• Belarusian: саю́з (sajúz) — treaty between nations
• Belarusian: алья́нс (alʹjáns) — treaty between nations
• Bulgarian: алиа́нс (aliáns) — treaty between nations
• Catalan: aliança — treaty between nations
• Chinese Mandarin: 同盟 (tóngméng) — treaty between nations
• Chinese Mandarin: 邦聯 /邦联 (bānglián) — treaty between nations
• Chinese Mandarin: 聯盟 /联盟 (liánméng) — treaty between nations
• Czech: aliance — treaty between nations
• Dutch: alliantie — treaty between nations
• Estonian: liit — treaty between nations
• Estonian: allianss — treaty between nations
• Finnish: liittouma — treaty between nations
• Finnish: liittoutuma — treaty between nations
• Finnish: liittokunta — treaty between nations
• Finnish: liitto — treaty between nations
• French: alliance — treaty between nations
• Georgian: ალიანსი (aliansi) — treaty between nations
• German: Allianz — treaty between nations
• German: Bündnis — treaty between nations
• Greek: συμμαχία (symmachía) — treaty between nations
• Hindi: संधि (sandhi) — treaty between nations
• Hindi: गठबंधन (gaṭhbandhan) — treaty between nations
• Hungarian: szövetség — treaty between nations
• Indonesian: persekutuan — treaty between nations
• Indonesian: aliansi — treaty between nations
• Italian: trattato — treaty between nations
• Latvian: alianse — treaty between nations
• Lithuanian: aljansas — treaty between nations
• Macedonian: алија́нса (alijánsa) — treaty between nations
• Norwegian Bokmål: allianse — treaty between nations
• Norwegian Nynorsk: allianse — treaty between nations
• Dari: اِتِّحَاد (ittihād) — treaty between nations
• Dari: اِتِّفَاق (ittifāq) — treaty between nations
• Iranian Persian: اِتِّحاد (ettehâd) — treaty between nations
• Iranian Persian: اِتِّفاق (ettefâġ) — treaty between nations
• Polish: alians — treaty between nations
• Polish: sojusz — treaty between nations
• Polish: przymierze — treaty between nations
• Portuguese: aliança — treaty between nations
• Romanian: alianță — treaty between nations
• Russian: сою́з (sojúz) — treaty between nations
• Russian: алья́нс (alʹjáns) — treaty between nations
• Serbo-Croatian: алѝјанса — treaty between nations
• Serbo-Croatian: alìjansa — treaty between nations
• Slovak: aliancia — treaty between nations
• Slovene: aliansa — treaty between nations
• Lower Sorbian: zwězk — treaty between nations
• Swedish: allians — treaty between nations
• Ukrainian: сою́з (sojúz) — treaty between nations
• Ukrainian: алья́нс (alʹjáns) — treaty between nations