vale

See also: Vale, valé, valè, valê, valë, and vale-

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EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English *vale, from Old French val (“valley”), from Latin vallis, valles.

PronunciationEdit

• enPR: vāl, IPA^(key): /veɪl/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪl
• Homophone: veil

NounEdit

vale (plural vales)

1. (chiefly poetic) A valley.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Harte

     In those fair vales, by nature formed to please, / Where Guadalquiver serpentines with ease

   • a. 1854, James Montgomery, Hymn 214, The Issues of Life and Death,

     Beyond this vale of tears / There is a life above,

   • 19th c, Alfred Tennyson, The Palace of Art,

     "Make me a cottage in the vale," she said, / "Where I may mourn and pray.

SynonymsEdit

• (valley): dale
  • See also Wikisaurus:valley

AntonymsEdit

• (valley): hill

Derived termsEdit

• Vale of Glamorgan
• Vale of White Horse

TranslationsEdit

valley

• Finnish: laakso (fi)
• French: val (fr) m
• German: Tal (de) n
• Hungarian: völgy (hu)

• Maltese: wied m
• Spanish: valle (es) m
• Welsh: dyffryn (cy) m

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin valē, singular imperative of valeō (“be well”).

PronunciationEdit

• enPR: väʹlā, IPA^(key): /ˈvɑːleɪ/

InterjectionEdit

vale

1. (usually seen in obituaries) Farewell.

   Vale, Sarah Smith

Related termsEdit

• valediction
• valiant

AnagramsEdit

• Leva, Veal, Vela, avel, eval, lave, leva, veal, vela

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AromanianEdit

NounEdit

vale f

1. Alternative form of vali

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EstonianEdit

AdjectiveEdit

vale (genitive vale, partitive valet)

1. false

NounEdit

vale (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. lie

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FijianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Oceanic *pale, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

NounEdit

vale

1. house

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FinnishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• valhe

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑleˣ/
• Rhymes: -ɑle
• Hyphenation: va‧le

NounEdit

vale

1. (colloquial) A lie; an untruth; a fabrication.
2. As modifier in compound terms (vale-), false, virtual, pseudo-, fake
   • valekuva = virtual image
   • valepuku = disguise
   • valeraskaus = false pregnancy

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of vale (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)
nominative		vale	valeet
genitive		valeen	valeiden valeitten
partitive		valetta	valeita
illative		valeeseen	valeisiin valeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		vale	valeet
accusative	nom.	vale	valeet
	gen.	valeen
genitive		valeen	valeiden valeitten
partitive		valetta	valeita
inessive		valeessa	valeissa
elative		valeesta	valeista
illative		valeeseen	valeisiin valeihin
adessive		valeella	valeilla
ablative		valeelta	valeilta
allative		valeelle	valeille
essive		valeena	valeina
translative		valeeksi	valeiksi
instructive		—	valein
abessive		valeetta	valeitta
comitative		—	valeineen

SynonymsEdit

• (untruth): valhe, epätotuus

Derived termsEdit

• valehdella

Related termsEdit

• valheellinen

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GalicianEdit

VerbEdit

vale

1. third-person singular present indicative of valer
2. second-person singular imperative of valer

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ItalianEdit

VerbEdit

vale

1. third-person singular present indicative of valere

AnagramsEdit

• lave, leva, vela

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From the verb valeō (“I am well, healthy”).

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwa.leː/, [ˈwa.ɫeː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈva.le/, [ˈvaː.le]

• Audio (Classical)

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InterjectionEdit

valē

1. Goodbye, farewell.
   • Catullus, Catullus 101

     ave atque vale

     Hail and farewell

Usage notesEdit

• This is the singular form. When addressing a group, valēte is used.

VerbEdit

valē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of valeō

ReferencesEdit

• vale in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vale in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “vale”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “vale” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) good-bye; farewell: vale or cura ut valeas
    

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NovialEdit

NounEdit

vale c (plural vales)

1. valley

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PortugueseEdit

Um vale.

PronunciationEdit

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈva.le/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈva.lɨ/
• Hyphenation: va‧le

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Portuguese vale, val, from Latin vallis, vallem (“valley”).

NounEdit

vale m (plural vales)

1. valley

Related termsEdit

• val

Etymology 2Edit

From the verb valer (“to be worth”).

NounEdit

vale m (plural vales)

1. voucher, coupon

SynonymsEdit

• (coupon): cupom (Brazil), cupão (Portugal)

VerbEdit

vale

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of valer
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of valer

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RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin vallis, vallem.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [ˈvale]

NounEdit

vale f (plural văi)

1. valley

DeclensionEdit

declension of vale

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) vale	valea	(niște) văi	văile
genitive/dative	(unei) văi	văii	(unor) văi	văilor
vocative	vale, valeo		văilor

Related termsEdit

• vâlcea

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SpanishEdit

NounEdit

vale m (plural vales)

1. A voucher; an IOU.

Derived termsEdit

valefacer (“to make an IOU”)

VerbEdit

vale

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of valer.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of valer.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of valer.

InterjectionEdit

vale

1. (only Spain) okay

Usage notesEdit

In Mexico, the complete expression "sale y vale" is also used to mean "OK".

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SwedishEdit

NounEdit

vale ?

1. Fix sea mark on land (Historical use in West Sweden)