valle

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”)^[1] Ancient Greek εἰλύω (eilúō, “to roll up, wrap”). See vjell and vjel.

valle 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

• vallëzoj

• vjell
• vjel

From Latin vallis, vallem.

valle m (plural valles)

1. valley (elongated depression between hills or mountains)

From Old Norse vatle.

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

1. whey

• “valle” in Den Danske Ordbog

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valle

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

valle

1. illative singular of vale

From Latin vallem, of uncertain origin.

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

valle f (plural valli)

1. valley

• vallata
• vallea
• Valle d'Aosta
• valligiano

• geografia

• vella

valle

1. ablative singular of vallis

From Latin vallis, vallem.

valle m (plural valles)

1. valley

• AEDLL

From Proto-Samic *vëlē.

valle

1. fast

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

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

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Latin vallem.

valle m (plural valles)

1. valley

   Synonym: cuenca

valle

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

• “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], 2024 December 10

• llave