valde

See also: Valde and välde

Estonian

Noun

valde

1. partitive plural of vald

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Latin

Etymology

Clipping of validē.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯al.deː/, [ˈu̯äɫ̪d̪eː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈval.de/, [ˈväl̪d̪e]

Adverb

valdē (comparative valdius, superlative valdissimē)

1. very, very much, exceedingly
   • 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Samuelis I 2:22

     Hēlī autem erat senex valdē et audīvit omnia quae faciēbant fīliī suī ūniversō Isrāhēlī

     Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel;

2. strongly, vigorously, intensely

Usage notes

Used as an intensifier before adjectives or verbs.

References

• “valde”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “valde”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• valde in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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Latvian

Noun

valde f (5th declension)

1. board (of administration)
2. board (of directors)
3. authority
4. committee

Declension

Declension of valde (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	valde	valdes
accusative (akuzatīvs)	valdi	valdes
genitive (ģenitīvs)	valdes	valžu
dative (datīvs)	valdei	valdēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	valdi	valdēm
locative (lokatīvs)	valdē	valdēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	valde	valdes

Synonyms

• kolēģija
• padome
• komisija
• komiteja
• administrācija
• pārvalde
• vadība

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

valde

1. past tense of velja and velje
2. definite singular past participle of velja and velje
3. plural past participle of velja and velje

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Swedish

Adjective

valde

1. absolute definite natural masculine singular of vald.

Verb

valde

1. past tense of välja.

Anagrams

• Evald, avled