valle

See also: Valle, vallé, and vallë

Albanian

Etymology

Singularized plural of *vallë, from Proto-Albanian *walwā, a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn, wind, round”). Close to Latin volvō (“to roll”) Ancient Greek εἰλύω (eilúō, “to roll up, wrap”). See vjell and vjel.

Noun

válle f (plural valle, definite vallja, definite plural vallet)

1. folk dance (people holding each other's hands and going in circle)
2. group (of objects or people sitting in circle for council, debating etc)
3. a difficult or annoying enterprise

Declension

Declension of valle

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	valle	vallja	valle	vallet
accusative		vallen
dative	valleje	valles	valleve	valleve
ablative			vallesh

Derived terms

• vallëzoj

Related terms

• vjell
• vjel

Further reading

• “valle”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin vallis, vallem.

Noun

valle m (plural valles)

1. valley (elongated depression between hills or mountains)

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse vatle.

Noun

valle c (singular definite vallen, not used in plural form)

1. whey

References

• “valle” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

valle

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of vallen

Estonian

Noun

valle

1. illative singular of vale

Italian

Etymology

From Latin vallem, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Sicilian vaḍḍuni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈval.le/
• Rhymes: -alle
• Hyphenation: vàl‧le

Noun

valle f (plural valli)

1. valley

Related terms

• vallata
• vallea
• Valle d'Aosta
• valligiano

See also

• geografia

Anagrams

• vella

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwal.lɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈval.le]

Noun

valle

1. ablative singular of vallis (“valley”)

Noun

valle

1. vocative singular of vallum (“wall”)

Noun

valle

1. vocative singular of vallus (“stake”)

Leonese

Etymology

From Latin vallis, vallem.

Noun

valle m (plural valles)

1. valley

References

• “valle”, in Diccionario Castellano-Leonés / Leonés-Castellano [Spanish-Leonese / Leonese-Spanish Dictionary] (in Spanish), La Asociación L'Alderique, 2012–2025

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *vëlē.

Adjective

valle

1. fast

Inflection

Even e-stem, ll-l gradation
Attributive	vales
Nominative	valle
Genitive	vale
Attributive	vales
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	valle	vale
Accusative	valev	valijt
Genitive	vale	valij
Illative	valláj	valijda
Inessive	valen	valijn
Elative	vales	valijs
Comitative	valijn	valij
Abessive	valedagá valedagi	valijdagá valijdagi
Essive	vallen

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaʝe/ [ˈba.ʝe]

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaʝe/ [ˈba.ʝe] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /ˈbaʎe/ [ˈba.ʎe] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /ˈbaʃe/ [ˈba.ʃe] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈbaʒe/ [ˈba.ʒe] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aʝe

• Rhymes: -aʝe (most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -aʎe (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aʃe (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -aʒe (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: va‧lle
• Homophones: Valle, Batlle

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Latin vallem.

Noun

valle m (plural valles)

1. valley

   Synonym: cuenca

Derived terms

• hasta el valle de Josafat
• lirio de los valles
• lirio del valle
• Valle de la Muerte
• valle de lágrimas
• Valle de los Reyes

Etymology 2

Verb

valle

1. inflection of vallar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “valle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Anagrams

• llave