dale

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Quotations 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 Related terms 1.4 Anagrams 2 Danish 2.1 Noun 2.2 Etymology 2.3 Verb 3 Spanish 3.1 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Old English dæl, from Proto-Germanic *dalom. Cognate with Dutch dal, German Tal, Swedish dal.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /deɪl/
• Rhymes: -eɪl

[edit] Noun

dale (plural dales)

1. (British) a valley in an otherwise hilly area.

[edit] Quotations

• Through wood and dale the sacred river ran, - Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

[edit] Synonyms

• dell, dells
• vale
• valley

[edit] Translations

[edit] Related terms

• dollar

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: adel
• deal
• lade
• lead

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Noun

dale c.

1. Plural indefinite of dal.

[edit] Etymology

From Middle Low German dalen.

[edit] Verb

dale (imperative dal, infinitive at dale, present tense daler, past tense dalede, past participle har dalet)

1. fall
2. descend

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Verb

dale (infinitive: dar)

1. Compound of the informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of dar, da and the pronoun le.