valde

See also: Valde and välde

Latin

Etymology

Clipping of validē.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

valdē (comparative valdius, superlative valdissimē)

1. very, very much, exceedingly
   • Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, 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. (deprecated template usage) past tense of velja
2. (deprecated template usage) definite singular past participle of velja
3. (deprecated template usage) plural past participle of velja

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Swedish

Adjective

valde

1. (deprecated template usage) definite natural masculine singular of vald

Verb

valde

1. (deprecated template usage) past tense of välja.

Anagrams

• Evald, avled