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vale

EnglishEdit

 
A vale

Etymology 1Edit

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

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NounEdit

vale (plural vales)

  1. (chiefly poetic) A valley.
    • 1767, Walter Harte, The Vision of Death, The Amaranth, Or Religious Poems, 1810, The Works of the English Poets, Volume 16, page 370,
      In those fair vales, by nature form'd 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.
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Etymology 2Edit

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

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InterjectionEdit

vale

  1. (usually seen in obituaries) Farewell.
    Vale, Sarah Smith
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AromanianEdit

NounEdit

vale f

  1. Alternative form of vali

CzechEdit

EstonianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Finnic *valeh. Cognate to Finnish valhe and Votic valõ. Possibly a derivation from valama, where the word originally might have meant "sausage poured into an intestine", which was then used idiomatically with the meaning of "lie".

AdjectiveEdit

vale (genitive vale, partitive valet)

  1. false

NounEdit

vale (genitive vale, partitive valet)

  1. lie

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of vale (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative vale valed
accusative vale valed
genitive vale valede
partitive valet valesid
illative valle
valesse 		valedesse
inessive vales valedes
elative valest valedest
allative valele valedele
adessive valel valedel
ablative valelt valedelt
translative valeks valedeks
terminative valeni valedeni
essive valena valedena
abessive valeta valedeta
comitative valega valedega

FijianEdit

FinnishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Finnic *valeh. Possibly from valaa (“to cast”) through val +‎ -e or rather the equivalent in Proto-Finnic. Cognate to Estonian vale.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑleˣ/, [ˈʋɑle̞(ʔ)]
  • 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

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

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GalicianEdit

IngrianEdit

NounEdit

vale

  1. lie (untruth)

ItalianEdit

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

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InterjectionEdit

valē

  1. Goodbye, 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

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NounEdit

vale c (plural vales)

  1. valley

PortugueseEdit

 
Um vale.

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

NounEdit

vale m (plural vales)

  1. valley
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Etymology 2Edit

From the verb valer (“to be worth”).

NounEdit

vale m (plural vales)

  1. voucher, coupon
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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

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin vallis, vallem.

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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

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PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

A nominalisation of vale, third person singular active indicative of valer (“to be worth”).

NounEdit

vale m (plural vales)

  1. A voucher; an IOU.
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Etymology 2Edit

See valer.

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. (Spain) okay
Usage notesEdit

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

Etymology 3Edit

From Latin valē (“be well, goodbye”).

InterjectionEdit

vale

  1. goodbye, be well

SwedishEdit

NounEdit

vale ?

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