An aisle is a long narrow gap that people can walk along between rows of seats in a public building such as a church or between rows of shelves in a supermarket.
He started down the centre aisle.
...the frozen food aisle.
Synonyms: passageway, path, lane, passage More Synonyms of aisle
2. singular noun
The aisle is used in expressions such as walking down the aisle to refer to the activity of getting married.
He was in no hurry to walk down the aisle.
aisle in British English
(aɪl)
noun
1.
a passageway separating seating areas in a theatre, church, etc; gangway
2.
a lateral division in a church flanking the nave or chancel
3. rolling in the aisles
Derived forms
aisled
adjective
aisleless (ˈaisleless)
adjective
Word origin
C14 ele (later aile, aisle, through confusion with isle (island)), via Old French from Latin āla wing
aisle in American English
(aɪl)
noun
1.
a part of a church alongside the nave, choir, or transept, set off by a row of columns or piers
2.
a passageway between sections of seats in rows
3.
a narrow passageway, as between rows of trees
Derived forms
aisled (aɪld)
adjective
Word origin
ME ile < OFr aile, wing, section of a building (see aileron); E -s- through confusion with isle
You couldn't walk down the aisle of the buses because of cases of beer.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They walked up the aisle as a family this time in front of 180 guests.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Since then her fans have wondered when she'll be walking down the aisle in real life.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It's great news for Gwyneth if she is set to walk down the aisle for the second time.
The Sun (2016)
Suddenly a creature appeared in the center aisle.
Christianity Today (2000)
Narrow aisles appear to go on for miles.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Now all we must do is adapt this to the food aisles over here.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He asked her whether it was difficult to steer the trolley down the narrow aisle.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Are we really going to walk this aisle?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Have a look in the fruit and veg aisle.
The Sun (2015)
Be careful when you go shopping as there could be something lurking in the fruit and veg aisle.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
You can't ask the bride to walk up the aisle again because you missed it.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
There's something about that frozen foods aisle.
The Sun (2011)
Are you walking up the aisle this year, as the tabloids are all saying?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
I find wandering the aisles a respite.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
I can't linger around the biscuit aisle for very long.
The Sun (2013)
I must push the trolley myself, while my team scans the aisles with narrowed eyes.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
One page is blank except for the enigmatic line: 'The aisles are but narrow.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
But despite his best efforts, the hopeless and divorced romantic can't help himself and is heading off down the aisle again.
The Sun (2013)
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In other languages
aisle
British English: aisle /aɪl/ NOUN
An aisle is a long narrow gap that people can walk along between rows of seats in a public building such as a church, or between rows of shelves in a supermarket.
...the frozen food aisle.
American English: aisle
Arabic: مـَمْشى
Brazilian Portuguese: corredor
Chinese: 走道
Croatian: prolaz
Czech: ulička mezi sedadly
Danish: midtergang
Dutch: gangpad
European Spanish: pasillo avión
Finnish: käytävä penkkirivien välinen
French: couloir
German: Gang
Greek: διάδρομος
Italian: corridoio
Japanese: 通路
Korean: 통로
Norwegian: midtgang
Polish: przejście nawa
European Portuguese: coxia
Romanian: culoar
Russian: проход
Latin American Spanish: pasillo
Swedish: gång
Thai: ทางเดินระหว่างที่นั่ง
Turkish: koridor
Ukrainian: прохід
Vietnamese: lối đi ở giữa
Chinese translation of 'aisle'
aisle
(aɪl)
n(c)
(in church, theatre, supermarket, on plane) 过(過)道 (guòdào) (条(條), tiáo)
to walk down the aisle (= get married) 结(結)婚 (jiéhūn)
aisle seat (on plane) 靠过(過)道的座位 (kào guòdào de zuòwèi) (个(個), gè)
(noun)
Definition
a passageway separating seating areas in a church, theatre, or cinema, or separating rows of shelves in a supermarket
the frozen food aisle
Synonyms
passageway
an underground passageway that connects the two buildings
path
A group of reporters blocked his path.
The tornado wrecked everything in its path.
lane
The lorry was travelling at 20 mph in the slow lane.
passage
The toilets are up the stairs and along the passage to your right.
corridor
He raced down the corridor towards the exit.
alley
The citadel is reached through a series of narrow alleys.
gangway
idiom
See rolling in the aisles
Additional synonyms
in the sense of alley
Definition
a narrow passage between or behind buildings
The citadel is reached through a series of narrow alleys.
Synonyms
passage,
walk,
lane,
pathway,
alleyway,
passageway,
backstreet
in the sense of corridor
Definition
a passage in a building or a train
He raced down the corridor towards the exit.
Synonyms
passage,
alley,
aisle,
hallway,
passageway
in the sense of lane
Definition
one of the parallel strips into which the carriageway of a major road or motorway is divided
The lorry was travelling at 20 mph in the slow lane.