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
• Homophones: veil, vail, Vail

Noun

vale (plural vales)

1. (chiefly poetic) A valley.

   Synonyms: dale; see also Thesaurus:valley

   Antonym: hill

   • 1767, Walter Harte, “The Vision of Death”, in The Works of the English Poets, volume 16, published 1810, page 370:

     In those fair vales, by nature form'd to please, / Where Guadalquiver serpentines with ease,

   • 1832, Alfred Tennyson, The Palace of Art:

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

   • a. 1854, James Montgomery, “Hymn 214”, in The Issues of Life and Death:

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

Derived terms

Related terms

• valley

Translations

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: väʹlā, IPA^(key): /ˈvɑːleɪ/

  • Audio (Southern England)

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Interjection

vale

1. (usually seen in obituaries) Farewell.

   Vale, Sarah Smith

Related terms

• valediction
• valiant

Anagrams

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

Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin vallis, vallem. Compare Romanian vale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

vale f (definite articulation valea)

1. Alternative form of vali

Czech

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin valeo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -alɛ

Interjection

vale

1. (archaic, informal) farewell, good bye

   Synonyms: sbohem, see also ahoj

Related terms

Further reading

• vale in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• vale in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

vale

1. inflection of vaal:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *valëh. Cognate to Finnish valhe and Votic valõ. Possibly a derivation from valama, where the word originally might have meant "sausage poured into an intestine", which was then used idiomatically with the meaning of "lie".

Adjective

vale (genitive vale, partitive valet, comparative valem, superlative kõige valem)

1. false

Noun

vale (genitive vale, partitive valet)

1. lie

Declension

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *vale, 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
2. building

Finnish

Alternative forms

• valhe

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *valëh. Possibly from valaa (“to cast”) through val +‎ -e or rather the equivalent in Proto-Finnic. Cognate to Estonian vale.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

vale

1. (colloquial or dialectal) Alternative form of valhe (“lie; untruth; fabrication”)

Usage notes

Commonly used in compounds: see vale-.

Declension

Synonyms

• (untruth): palturi, soopa, valhe, epätotuus

Derived terms

Related terms

• valheellinen

Further reading

• “vale”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

Anagrams

• alve

Galician

Verb

vale

1. inflection of valer:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. inflection of valar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French avaler (“to swallow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vale/

Noun

vale

1. to swallow

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *valëh. Cognates include Finnish vale and Estonian vale.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑle/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑle/,
• Rhymes: -ɑle
• Hyphenation: va‧le

Noun

vale

1. lie, untruth

Declension

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 634

Italian

Verb

vale

1. third-person singular present indicative of valere

Anagrams

• lave, leva, vela

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯a.leː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈva.le/,

Interjection

valē

1. Goodbye, farewell.
   • a. 54 BC, Catullus, Catullus 101

     ave atque vale

     Hail and farewell

Usage notes

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

Descendants

• → English: vale

Verb

valē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of valeō

Synonyms

• ad Deum

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
• vale in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• vale in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) good-bye; farewell: vale or cura ut valeas
    

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French val, from Latin vallis. Compare valey.

Alternative forms

• vaile, vayle, wale

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaːl(ə)/

Noun

vale (plural vales)

1. valley (depression between hills)
2. battlefield (place of battle)
3. (figuratively) (A place of) hardship.
4. (rare) An indentation or depression.

Derived terms

• valen
• avalen

Descendants

• English: vale
• Scots: vale

References

• “vāle, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

vale

1. Alternative form of valen

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ali, (Portugal) -alɨ, (Portugal, with apocope) -al
• Homophones: bale (Northern Portugal), val (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: va‧le

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• val

Noun

vale m (plural vales)

1. valley

Related terms

Etymology 2

Deverbal from valer (“to be worth”).

Noun

vale m (plural vales)

1. voucher, coupon

   Synonyms: (Brazil) cupom, (Portugal) cupão

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vale

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

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vallis, vallem. Compare Aromanian vali / vale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

• Audio

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Noun

vale f (plural văi)

1. valley

Declension

Related terms

• vâlcea

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbale/
• Rhymes: -ale
• Syllabification: va‧le

Etymology 1

A nominalisation of vale, third person singular active indicative of valer (“to be worth”).

Noun

vale m (plural vales)

1. a voucher; an IOU

   vale de comida ― meal ticket

Etymology 2

See valer.

Interjection

vale

1. (Spain) okay

   Synonyms: dale, sale, okey

Usage notes

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

Verb

vale

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

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Latin valē (“be well, goodbye”).

Interjection

vale

1. goodbye, be well

Further reading

• “vale”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Noun

vale ?

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

See also

• tvi vale

Anagrams

• elva, lave, leva, vela

Yola

Verb

vale

1. Alternative form of vall
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:

     Vale a danceen.

     Set at dancing.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 74