vale

See also: Vale, valé, valè, valê, valë, and vale-

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English *vale, from Old French val (“valley”), from Latin vallis, valles.

Pronunciation

• enPR: vāl, IPA^(key): /veɪl/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪl
• Homophone: veil

Noun

vale (plural vales)

1. (chiefly poetic) A valley.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Harte

     In those fair vales, by nature formed to please, / Where Guadalquiver serpentines with ease

   • a. 1854, James Montgomery, Hymn 214, The Issues of Life and Death,

     Beyond this vale of tears / There is a life above,

   • 19th c, Alfred Tennyson, The Palace of Art,

     "Make me a cottage in the vale," she said, / "Where I may mourn and pray.

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

• (valley): hill

Derived terms

• Vale of Glamorgan
• Vale of White Horse

Translations

valley

• Finnish: laakso (fi)
• French: val (fr) m
• German: Tal (de) n
• Hungarian: völgy (hu)

• Maltese: wied m
• Spanish: valle (es) m
• Welsh: dyffryn (cy) m

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: väʹlā, IPA^(key): /ˈvɑːleɪ/

Interjection

vale

1. (usually seen in obituaries) Farewell.

   Vale, Sarah Smith

Related terms

• valediction
• valiant

Anagrams

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

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Aromanian

Noun

vale f

1. Alternative form of vali

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Estonian

Adjective

vale (genitive vale, partitive valet)

1. false

Noun

vale (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. lie

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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

Alternative forms

• valhe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑleˣ/
• Rhymes: -ɑle
• Hyphenation: va‧le

Noun

vale

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

Declension

Inflection of vale (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)
nominative		vale	valeet
genitive		valeen	valeiden valeitten
partitive		valetta	valeita
illative		valeeseen	valeisiin valeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		vale	valeet
accusative	nom.	vale	valeet
	gen.	valeen
genitive		valeen	valeiden valeitten
partitive		valetta	valeita
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): valhe, epätotuus

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^(key): /ˈwa.leː/, [ˈwa.ɫeː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈva.le/, [ˈvaː.le]

• Audio (Classical)

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Interjection

valē

1. Goodbye, farewell.
   • Catullus, Catullus 101

     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

References

• vale in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vale in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “vale”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “vale” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) good-bye; farewell: vale or cura ut valeas
    

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Novial

Noun

vale c (plural vales)

1. valley

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Portuguese

Um vale.

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈva.le/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈva.lɨ/
• Hyphenation: va‧le

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese vale, val, from Latin vallis, vallem (“valley”).

Noun

vale m (plural vales)

1. valley

Related terms

• val

Etymology 2

From the verb valer (“to be worth”).

Noun

vale m (plural vales)

1. voucher, coupon

Synonyms

• (coupon): cupom (Brazil), cupão (Portugal)

Verb

vale

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of valer
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of valer

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin vallis, vallem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvale]

Noun

vale f (plural văi)

1. valley

Declension

declension of vale

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) vale	valea	(niște) văi	văile
genitive/dative	(unei) văi	văii	(unor) văi	văilor
vocative	vale, valeo		văilor

Related terms

• vâlcea

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Spanish

Noun

vale m (plural vales)

1. A voucher; an IOU.

Derived terms

valefacer (“to make an IOU”)

Verb

vale

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)