dale

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

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Singular
dale

Plural
dales

dale (plural dales)

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

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[edit] Etymology 1

See dal.

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  • IPA: /daːlə/, [ˈd̥æːlə]

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dale c.

  1. Plural indefinite of dal.

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From Middle Low German dalen.

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  • IPA: /daːlə/, [ˈd̥æːlə]

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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
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Old English dæl

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dale

  1. dale, valley

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

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dale (infinitive: dar)

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