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 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Pronunciation 2.1.2 Noun 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Pronunciation 2.2.2 Verb 2.2.2.1 Antonyms 3 Middle English 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Declension 3.2.2 Descendants 4 Spanish 4.1 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Middle English dale, from 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
• E.D. La.
• lade
• lead

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology 1

See dal.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /daːlə/, [ˈd̥æːlə]

[edit] Noun

dale c.

1. Plural indefinite of dal.

[edit] Etymology 2

From Middle Low German dalen.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /daːlə/, [ˈd̥æːlə]

[edit] Verb

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

1. fall
2. descend
3. go down
4. sink
5. decrease
6. fall off
7. subside
8. decline

[edit] Antonyms

• stige

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[edit] Middle English

[edit] Etymology

Old English dæl

[edit] Noun

dale

1. dale, valley

[edit] Declension

	Singular	Plural
nom.acc.	dale	dales
genitive	dale	dales
dative	dale	dalen

[edit] Descendants

• English: dale

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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.