aise

Meaning

Noun

1. satisfaction
2. joy
3. ease, facility, absence of effort

Adj

joyous, glad

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɛz/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French aise, from Old French aise, eise, probably derived from the nominative form of Latin adiacēns, present participle of adiaceō (compare Medieval Latin in aiace). If so, then cognate with Old Occitan aize; compare also Catalan eina, Italian agio, a borrowing from Occitan, doublet of adjacent, a learned borrowing. Compare also Frankish *ansiju (“loop, handle, arms akimbo, elbow room”).

Sentences

N'étant pas à son aise sur les basses de Wolstenholme, il utilisa son instrument .

Not being comfortable on Wolstenholme's basses, he used his instrument.