vale

English

Etymology 1

Middle English, from Old French val (“valley”), from Latin vallis, valles

Pronunciation

• enPR: vāl, IPA: /veɪl/, X-SAMPA: /veIl/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɪl
• Homophone: veil

Noun

vale (plural vales)

1. valley

Synonyms

• (valley): dale
• See also Wikisaurus:valley

Antonyms

• hill

Translations

valley

• Finnish: laakso (fi)
• German: Tal (de) n
• Hungarian: völgy (hu)

• Maltese: wied (mt) m
• Welsh: dyffryn (cy) m

Etymology 2

From Latin valē, singular imperative of valeō (“be well”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: väʹlā, IPA: /ˈvɑːleɪ/, X-SAMPA: /"vA:leI/

Interjection

vale

1. (usually seen in obituaries) farewell

   Vale, Sarah Smith

Related terms

• valediction
• valiant

Anagrams

• avel, eval, lave, leva, veal, vela, Vela

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Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin vallis. Compare Daco-Romanian vale.

Noun

vale f

1. valley

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Estonian

Adjective

vale (genitive vale, partitive valet)

1. false

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Fijian

Etymology

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

vale

1. house

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈʋɑle̞ˣ]
• Rhymes: -ɑle
• Hyphenation: va‧le

Alternative forms

• valhe

Noun

vale

1. lie, untruth, fabrication
2. As modifier in compound terms (vale-), false, virtual, pseudo-
   • valekuva = virtual image
   • valepuku = disguise
   • valeraskaus = false pregnancy

Declension

Declension of vale (type hame) singular plural nominative vale valeet genitive valeen valeiden valeitten partitive valetta valeita accusative vale valeen valeet 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

Synonyms

• (untruth): epätotuus, valhe

Derived terms

• valehdella

Related terms

• valheellinen

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Galician

Verb

vale

1. third-person singular present indicative of valer
2. second-person singular imperative of valer

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Italian

Verb

vale

1. Third-person singular present indicative of valere

Anagrams

• lave, leva, vela

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Latin

Etymology

From the verb valeō (“I am well, healthy”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈwa.leː/

• Audio (Classical)

  (file)

Interjection

valē!

1. goodbye, farewell

   Ave atque vale. (Hail and farewell.)

Usage notes

• This is the singular form. When addressing a group, valēte is used.

Verb

valē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of valeō

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Portuguese

Um vale.

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA: /ˈva.le/
• (Portugal) IPA: /ˈva.lɨ/

Etymology 1

From Latin valles (“valley”).

Noun

vale m (plural vales)

1. valley

Etymology 2

From the verb {{term|valer||to be [[worth|lang=pt}}.

Noun

vale m (plural vales)

1. voucher, coupon

Synonyms

• cupom

Verb

vale

1. Third person singular present indicative of valer]]

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin vallis.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈvale]

Noun

vale f (plural văi)

1. valley

Declension

declension of vale

	singular		plural
gender f	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	o vale	valea	niște văi	văile
genitive/dative	unei văi	văii	unor văi	văilor

Related terms

• vâlcea

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Spanish

Noun

vale m (plural vales)

1. voucher; IOU

Verb

vale (infinitive valer)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of valer.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of valer.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of valer.

Interjection

vale

1. (only Spain) okay

Usage notes

In Mexico, the complete expression "sale y vale" is also used to mean "OK".

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Swedish

Noun

vale

1. Fix sea mark on land (Historical use in West Sweden)