vale
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English vale, from Old French val (“valley”), from Latin vallis, valles.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
vale (plural vales)
- (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 termsEdit
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TranslationsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from Latin valē, singular imperative of valeō (“be well”).
PronunciationEdit
InterjectionEdit
vale
- (usually seen in obituaries) Farewell.
- Vale, Sarah Smith
Related termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
AromanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin vallis, vallem. Compare Romanian vale.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
vale f (definite articulation valea)
- Alternative form of vali
CzechEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
InterjectionEdit
vale
SynonymsEdit
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- ambivalence
- ambivalentní
- bivalentní
- devalvace
- devalvovat
- ekvivalence
- ekvivalent
- ekvivalentní
- evaluace
- evaluovat
- invalida
- invalidita
- invalidní
- kovalence
- kovalentní
- prevalence
- prevalentní
- revalorizace
- revalorizovat
- revalvace
- revalvovat
- valedikce
- valence
- valentní
- validace
- validita
- validní
- validovat
- valorizace
- valorizovat
- valuace
- valut
Further readingEdit
- vale in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- vale in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
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, comparative valem, superlative kõige valem)
NounEdit
vale (genitive vale, partitive valet)
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |
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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
EtymologyEdit
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.
NounEdit
vale
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
NounEdit
vale
- (colloquial) lie; untruth; fabrication.
- (as modifier in compounds) false, fake; virtual; pseudo-; see vale-
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of vale (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) | |||
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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 |
Possessive forms of vale (type hame) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | valeeni | valeemme |
2nd person | valeesi | valeenne |
3rd person | valeensa |
SynonymsEdit
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CompoundsEdit
- See also under vale-.
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AnagramsEdit
GalicianEdit
VerbEdit
vale
IngrianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Finnic *valeh.
NounEdit
vale
- lie (untruth)
ItalianEdit
VerbEdit
vale
AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From the verb valeō (“I am well, healthy”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯a.leː/, [ˈu̯äɫ̪eː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈva.le/, [ˈväːle]
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InterjectionEdit
valē
- Goodbye, farewell.
- a. 54 BC, Catullus, Catullus 101
- ave atque vale
- Hail and farewell
- ave atque vale
- a. 54 BC, Catullus, Catullus 101
Usage notesEdit
- This is the singular form. When addressing a group, valēte is used.
DescendantsEdit
- → English: vale
VerbEdit
valē
SynonymsEdit
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
- 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
- (ambiguous) good-bye; farewell: vale or cura ut valeas
Middle EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Old French val, from Latin vallis. Compare valey.
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
vale (plural vales)
- valley (depression between hills)
- battlefield (place of battle)
- (figuratively) (A place of) hardship.
- (rare) An indentation or depression.
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “vāle, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
vale
- Alternative form of valen
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈva.le/
- Hyphenation: va‧le
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Portuguese vale, val, from Latin vallis, vallem (“valley”).
NounEdit
vale m (plural vales)
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From the verb valer (“to be worth”).
NounEdit
vale m (plural vales)
VerbEdit
vale
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of valer
- second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of valer
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin vallis, vallem. Compare Aromanian vali / vale.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
vale f (plural văi)
DeclensionEdit
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SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
A nominalisation of vale, third person singular active indicative of valer (“to be worth”).
NounEdit
vale m (plural vales)
Etymology 2Edit
See valer.
InterjectionEdit
vale
Usage notesEdit
In Mexico, the complete expression sale y vale is also used to mean "OK".
VerbEdit
vale
- inflection of valer:
Etymology 3Edit
From Latin valē (“be well, goodbye”).
InterjectionEdit
vale
- goodbye, be well
Further readingEdit
- “vale”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
SwedishEdit
NounEdit
vale ?
- Fix sea mark on land (Historical use in West Sweden)
AnagramsEdit
YolaEdit
VerbEdit
vale
- Alternative form of vall
ReferencesEdit
- 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