vale
English Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From Middle English vale, from Old French val (“valley”), from Latin vallis, valles.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
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 terms Edit
- Arnos Vale
- Ash Vale
- Ashton Vale
- Aylesbury Vale
- Birch Vale
- Blackmore Vale
- Clara Vale
- Cliffe Vale
- Ebbw Vale
- Furness Vale
- Maida Vale
- Merthyr Vale
- Moss Vale
- Ogmore Vale
- Stanford in the Vale
- Staunton in the Vale
- Streatham Vale
- Trent Vale
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Vale of Grwyney
- Vale of Neath
- Vale of White Horse
- Vale of York
- West Vale
Related terms Edit
Translations Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
Borrowed from Latin valē, singular imperative of valeō (“be well”).
Pronunciation Edit
Interjection Edit
vale
- (usually seen in obituaries) Farewell.
- Vale, Sarah Smith
Related terms Edit
Anagrams Edit
Aromanian Edit
Etymology Edit
From Latin vallis, vallem. Compare Romanian vale.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
vale f (definite articulation valea)
- Alternative form of vali
Czech Edit
Etymology Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Interjection Edit
vale
Related terms Edit
- 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 reading Edit
Dutch Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Audio (file)
Adjective Edit
vale
- inflection of vaal:
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)
Noun Edit
vale (genitive vale, partitive valet)
Declension Edit
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
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
Noun Edit
vale
- (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. |
Synonyms Edit
Derived terms Edit
Compounds Edit
- See also under vale-.
Related terms Edit
Further reading Edit
- "vale" in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish).
Anagrams Edit
Galician Edit
Verb Edit
vale
Haitian Creole Edit
Etymology Edit
From French avaler (“to swallow”).
Noun Edit
vale
- to swallow
Ingrian Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-Finnic *valëh. Cognates include Finnish vale and Estonian vale.
Pronunciation Edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑle/, [ˈʋɑɫe̞]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑle/, [ˈʋɑɫe̞]
- Rhymes: -ɑle
- Hyphenation: va‧le
Noun Edit
vale
Declension Edit
Declension of vale (type 6/lähe, no gradation, gemination) | ||
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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
Anagrams Edit
Latin Edit
Etymology Edit
From the verb valeō (“I am well, healthy”).
Pronunciation Edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯a.leː/, [ˈu̯äɫ̪eː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈva.le/, [ˈväːle]
Audio (Classical) (file)
Interjection Edit
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 notes Edit
- This is the singular form. When addressing a group, valēte is used.
Descendants Edit
- → English: vale
Verb Edit
valē
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
- (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)
- valley (depression between hills)
- battlefield (place of battle)
- (figurative) (A place of) hardship.
- (rare) An indentation or depression.
Derived terms Edit
Descendants Edit
References Edit
- “vāle, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2 Edit
Verb Edit
vale
- Alternative form of valen
Portuguese Edit
Pronunciation Edit
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ali, (Portugal) -alɨ, (Portugal, with apocope) -al
- Homophones: bale (Northern Portugal), val (Portugal)
- Hyphenation: va‧le
Etymology 1 Edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese vale, val, from Latin vallis (“valley”).
Alternative forms Edit
Noun Edit
vale m (plural vales)
Related terms Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
Deverbal from valer (“to be worth”).
Noun Edit
vale m (plural vales)
Etymology 3 Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb Edit
vale
- inflection of valer:
Romanian Edit
Etymology Edit
Inherited from Latin vallis, vallem. Compare Aromanian vali / vale.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
vale f (plural văi)
Declension Edit
Related terms Edit
Spanish Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
A nominalisation of vale, third person singular active indicative of valer (“to be worth”).
Noun Edit
vale m (plural vales)
Etymology 2 Edit
See valer.
Interjection Edit
vale
Usage notes Edit
- In Mexico, the complete expression sale y vale is also used to mean "OK".
Verb Edit
vale
- inflection of valer:
Etymology 3 Edit
Borrowed from Latin valē (“be well, goodbye”).
Interjection Edit
vale
- goodbye, be well
Further reading Edit
- “vale”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish Edit
Noun Edit
vale ?
- Fix sea mark on land (Historical use in West Sweden)
See also Edit
Anagrams Edit
Yola Edit
Verb Edit
vale
- 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