avale

See also: avalé

English

Etymology

From Middle English avalen, from Old French avaler (“to descend”), a univerbation of a val (“to the valley”).

Verb

avale (third-person singular simple present avales, present participle avaling, simple past and past participle avaled)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to descend; to lower; to let fall
2. (transitive, obsolete) To bring low; to abase.
3. (intransitive, obsolete) To descend; to fall; to dismount.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 8:

     And from their sweaty courses did avale.

Related terms

• avalanche

References

• “avale”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Estonian

Noun

avale

1. allative singular of ava

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

avale

1. inflection of avaler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈva.le/
• Rhymes: -ale
• Hyphenation: a‧và‧le

Adverb

avale (obsolete)

1. Alternative form of aguale

References

• avale in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• avale in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• Accademia della Crusca (p. 1961), “avale”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana (in Italian), volume 1, page 864

Middle English

Verb

avale

1. Alternative form of avalen

Spanish

Verb

avale

1. inflection of avalar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative