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vale

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vale"

English Edit

 
A vale

Etymology 1 Edit

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

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

vale (plural vales)

  1. (chiefly poetic) A valley.
    Synonyms: dale; see also Thesaurus:valley
    Antonym: hill
    • 1767, Walter Harte, “The Vision of Death”, in The Works of the English Poets, volume 16, published 1810, page 370:
      In those fair vales, by nature form'd to please, / Where Guadalquiver serpentines with ease,
    • 1832, Alfred Tennyson, The Palace of Art:
      "Make me a cottage in the vale," she said, / "Where I may mourn and pray.
    • a. 1854, James Montgomery, “Hymn 214”, in The Issues of Life and Death:
      Beyond this vale of tears / There is a life above,
Derived terms Edit
Terms derived from vale
Related terms Edit
Translations Edit
valley — see valley

Etymology 2 Edit

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

Pronunciation Edit

  • enPR: väʹlā, IPA(key): /ˈvɑːleɪ/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Interjection Edit

vale

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

Aromanian Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin vallis, vallem. Compare Romanian vale.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

vale f (definite articulation valea)

  1. Alternative form of vali

Czech Edit

Etymology Edit

Ultimately from Latin valeo.

Pronunciation Edit

Interjection Edit

vale

  1. (archaic, informal) farewell, good bye
    Synonyms: sbohem, see also ahoj

Related terms Edit

Related terms

Further reading Edit

  • vale in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • vale in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Adjective Edit

vale

  1. inflection of vaal:
    1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
    2. definite neuter singular attributive
    3. plural attributive

Estonian Edit

Etymology Edit

From Proto-Finnic *valëh. 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".

Adjective Edit

vale (genitive vale, partitive valet, comparative valem, superlative kõige valem)

  1. false

Noun Edit

vale (genitive vale, partitive valet)

  1. lie

Declension Edit

Declension 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

Fijian Edit

Etymology Edit

From Proto-Central Pacific *vale, 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.

Noun Edit

vale

  1. house
  2. building

Finnish Edit

Alternative forms Edit

Etymology Edit

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

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑleˣ/, [ˈʋɑ̝le̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ɑle
  • Syllabification(key): va‧le

Noun Edit

vale

  1. (colloquial or dialectal) Alternative form of valhe (“lie; untruth; fabrication”)

Usage notes Edit

Commonly used in compounds: see vale-.

Declension Edit

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 See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of vale (type hame)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative valeeni valeeni
accusative nom. valeeni valeeni
gen. valeeni
genitive valeeni valeideni
valeitteni
partitive valettani valeitani
inessive valeessani valeissani
elative valeestani valeistani
illative valeeseeni valeisiini
valeihini
adessive valeellani valeillani
ablative valeeltani valeiltani
allative valeelleni valeilleni
essive valeenani valeinani
translative valeekseni valeikseni
instructive — —
abessive valeettani valeittani
comitative — valeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative valeesi valeesi
accusative nom. valeesi valeesi
gen. valeesi
genitive valeesi valeidesi
valeittesi
partitive valettasi valeitasi
inessive valeessasi valeissasi
elative valeestasi valeistasi
illative valeeseesi valeisiisi
valeihisi
adessive valeellasi valeillasi
ablative valeeltasi valeiltasi
allative valeellesi valeillesi
essive valeenasi valeinasi
translative valeeksesi valeiksesi
instructive — —
abessive valeettasi valeittasi
comitative — valeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative valeemme valeemme
accusative nom. valeemme valeemme
gen. valeemme
genitive valeemme valeidemme
valeittemme
partitive valettamme valeitamme
inessive valeessamme valeissamme
elative valeestamme valeistamme
illative valeeseemme valeisiimme
valeihimme
adessive valeellamme valeillamme
ablative valeeltamme valeiltamme
allative valeellemme valeillemme
essive valeenamme valeinamme
translative valeeksemme valeiksemme
instructive — —
abessive valeettamme valeittamme
comitative — valeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative valeenne valeenne
accusative nom. valeenne valeenne
gen. valeenne
genitive valeenne valeidenne
valeittenne
partitive valettanne valeitanne
inessive valeessanne valeissanne
elative valeestanne valeistanne
illative valeeseenne valeisiinne
valeihinne
adessive valeellanne valeillanne
ablative valeeltanne valeiltanne
allative valeellenne valeillenne
essive valeenanne valeinanne
translative valeeksenne valeiksenne
instructive — —
abessive valeettanne valeittanne
comitative — valeinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative valeensa valeensa
accusative nom. valeensa valeensa
gen. valeensa
genitive valeensa valeidensa
valeittensa
partitive valettaan
valettansa 		valeitaan
valeitansa
inessive valeessaan
valeessansa 		valeissaan
valeissansa
elative valeestaan
valeestansa 		valeistaan
valeistansa
illative valeeseensa valeisiinsa
valeihinsa
adessive valeellaan
valeellansa 		valeillaan
valeillansa
ablative valeeltaan
valeeltansa 		valeiltaan
valeiltansa
allative valeelleen
valeellensa 		valeilleen
valeillensa
essive valeenaan
valeenansa 		valeinaan
valeinansa
translative valeekseen
valeeksensa 		valeikseen
valeiksensa
instructive — —
abessive valeettaan
valeettansa 		valeittaan
valeittansa
comitative — valeineen
valeinensa

Synonyms Edit

Derived terms Edit

Compounds Edit

Related terms Edit

Further reading Edit

Anagrams Edit

Galician Edit

Verb Edit

vale

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

Haitian Creole Edit

Etymology Edit

From French avaler (“to swallow”).

Noun Edit

vale

  1. to swallow

Ingrian Edit

Etymology Edit

From Proto-Finnic *valëh. Cognates include Finnish vale and Estonian vale.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

vale

  1. lie, untruth

Declension Edit

Declension of vale (type 6/lähe, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative vale valleet
genitive valleen vallein
partitive valetta valleita
illative valleesse valleisse
inessive vallees valleis
elative valleest valleist
allative valleelle valleille
adessive valleel valleil
ablative valleelt valleilt
translative valleeks valleiks
essive valleenna, valleen valleinna, vallein
exessive1) valleent valleint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References Edit

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 634

Italian Edit

Verb Edit

vale

  1. third-person singular present indicative of valere

Anagrams Edit

Latin Edit

Etymology Edit

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

Pronunciation Edit

Interjection Edit

valē

  1. Goodbye, farewell.

Usage notes Edit

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

Descendants Edit

  • → English: vale

Verb Edit

valē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of valeō

Synonyms Edit

References Edit

  • “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
  • vale in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • vale in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) good-bye; farewell: vale or cura ut valeas

Middle English Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

Borrowed from Old French val, from Latin vallis. Compare valey.

Alternative forms Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

vale (plural vales)

  1. valley (depression between hills)
  2. battlefield (place of battle)
  3. (figurative) (A place of) hardship.
  4. (rare) An indentation or depression.
Derived terms Edit
Descendants Edit
References Edit

Etymology 2 Edit

Verb Edit

vale

  1. Alternative form of valen

Portuguese Edit

 
Um vale.

Pronunciation Edit

 
 

Etymology 1 Edit

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

Alternative forms Edit

Noun Edit

vale m (plural vales)

  1. valley
Related terms Edit

Etymology 2 Edit

Deverbal from valer (“to be worth”).

Noun Edit

vale m (plural vales)

  1. voucher, coupon
    Synonyms: (Brazil) cupom, (Portugal) cupão

Etymology 3 Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb Edit

vale

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

Romanian Edit

Etymology Edit

Inherited from Latin vallis, vallem. Compare Aromanian vali / vale.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

vale f (plural văi)

  1. valley

Declension Edit

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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Spanish Edit

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbale/ [ˈba.le]
  • Rhymes: -ale
  • Syllabification: va‧le

Etymology 1 Edit

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

Noun Edit

vale m (plural vales)

  1. a voucher; an IOU
    vale de comida ― meal ticket

Etymology 2 Edit

See valer.

Interjection Edit

vale

  1. (Spain) okay
    Synonyms: dale, sale, okey
Usage notes Edit
  • In Mexico, the complete expression sale y vale is also used to mean "OK".

Verb Edit

vale

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

Etymology 3 Edit

Borrowed from Latin valē (“be well, goodbye”).

Interjection Edit

vale

  1. goodbye, be well

Further reading Edit

Swedish Edit

Noun Edit

vale ?

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

See also Edit

Anagrams Edit

Yola Edit

Verb Edit

vale

  1. Alternative form of vall
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Vale a danceen.
      Set at dancing.

References Edit

  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 74
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