How to say "ale" in Japanese

• エール
  nounCovers the drink itself: ale as a style of beer, generally fuller-bodied and fruitier than lager. Choose this for menus, brewing talk, or any context where 'ale' means the beverage.
• 原子層エピタキシーげんしそうエピタキシー
  nounHas nothing to do with the drink: this is atomic layer epitaxy, a semiconductor thin-film growth technique also known as atomic layer deposition. It matters only when 'ALE' appears in electronics or materials-science writing.
• ＡＬＥエー・エル・イー
  nounIs the acronym spelling of atomic layer epitaxy, read エー・エル・イー; it covers the same semiconductor sense and is never the word for the beer.

For the beer, use 「エール」; 「原子層エピタキシー」 and ＡＬＥ are technical terms for atomic layer epitaxy, so they apply only when 'ALE' means that semiconductor process, never the drink.

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• エールale
• 原子層エピタキシーげんしそうエピタキシーatomic layer epitaxy
• ＡＬＥエー・エル・イーatomic layer epitaxy