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vale

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English

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A vale

Etymology 1

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

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Noun

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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,
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Translations
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Etymology 2

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

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Interjection

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vale

  1. (usually seen in obituaries) Farewell.
    Vale, Sarah Smith
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Anagrams

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Aromanian

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Etymology

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From Latin vallis, vallem. Compare Romanian vale.

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Noun

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vale f (definite articulation valea)

  1. Alternative form of vali

Czech

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Latin valeo.

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Interjection

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vale

  1. (archaic, informal) farewell, good bye
    Synonyms: sbohem, see also ahoj
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Related terms

Further reading

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  • “vale”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “vale”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

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Adjective

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vale

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

Estonian

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Etymology

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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

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

  1. false

Noun

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vale (genitive vale, partitive valet)

  1. lie

Declension

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Declension of vale (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative vale valed
accusative nom.
gen. vale
genitive valede
partitive valet valesid
illative valle
valesse 		valedesse
inessive vales valedes
elative valest valedest
allative valele valedele
adessive valel valedel
ablative valelt valedelt
translative valeks valedeks
terminative valeni valedeni
essive valena valedena
abessive valeta valedeta
comitative valega valedega

Fijian

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Etymology

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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

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vale

  1. house
  2. building

Finnish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *valëh. Cognate to Estonian vale. Perhaps equivalent to vala +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑleˣ/, [ˈʋɑ̝le̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ɑle
  • Hyphenation(key): va‧le

Noun

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vale

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

Usage notes

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Commonly used in compounds: see vale-.

Declension

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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
abessive valeetta valeitta
instructive — valein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of vale (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative valeeni valeeni
accusative nom. valeeni valeeni
gen. valeeni
genitive valeeni valeideni
valeitteni
partitive valettani valeitani
inessive valeessani valeissani
elative valeestani valeistani
illative valeeseeni valeisiini
valeihini
adessive valeellani valeillani
ablative valeeltani valeiltani
allative valeelleni valeilleni
essive valeenani valeinani
translative valeekseni valeikseni
abessive valeettani valeittani
instructive — —
comitative — valeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative valeesi valeesi
accusative nom. valeesi valeesi
gen. valeesi
genitive valeesi valeidesi
valeittesi
partitive valettasi valeitasi
inessive valeessasi valeissasi
elative valeestasi valeistasi
illative valeeseesi valeisiisi
valeihisi
adessive valeellasi valeillasi
ablative valeeltasi valeiltasi
allative valeellesi valeillesi
essive valeenasi valeinasi
translative valeeksesi valeiksesi
abessive valeettasi valeittasi
instructive — —
comitative — valeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative valeemme valeemme
accusative nom. valeemme valeemme
gen. valeemme
genitive valeemme valeidemme
valeittemme
partitive valettamme valeitamme
inessive valeessamme valeissamme
elative valeestamme valeistamme
illative valeeseemme valeisiimme
valeihimme
adessive valeellamme valeillamme
ablative valeeltamme valeiltamme
allative valeellemme valeillemme
essive valeenamme valeinamme
translative valeeksemme valeiksemme
abessive valeettamme valeittamme
instructive — —
comitative — valeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative valeenne valeenne
accusative nom. valeenne valeenne
gen. valeenne
genitive valeenne valeidenne
valeittenne
partitive valettanne valeitanne
inessive valeessanne valeissanne
elative valeestanne valeistanne
illative valeeseenne valeisiinne
valeihinne
adessive valeellanne valeillanne
ablative valeeltanne valeiltanne
allative valeellenne valeillenne
essive valeenanne valeinanne
translative valeeksenne valeiksenne
abessive valeettanne valeittanne
instructive — —
comitative — valeinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative valeensa valeensa
accusative nom. valeensa valeensa
gen. valeensa
genitive valeensa valeidensa
valeittensa
partitive valettaan
valettansa 		valeitaan
valeitansa
inessive valeessaan
valeessansa 		valeissaan
valeissansa
elative valeestaan
valeestansa 		valeistaan
valeistansa
illative valeeseensa valeisiinsa
valeihinsa
adessive valeellaan
valeellansa 		valeillaan
valeillansa
ablative valeeltaan
valeeltansa 		valeiltaan
valeiltansa
allative valeelleen
valeellensa 		valeilleen
valeillensa
essive valeenaan
valeenansa 		valeinaan
valeinansa
translative valeekseen
valeeksensa 		valeikseen
valeiksensa
abessive valeettaan
valeettansa 		valeittaan
valeittansa
instructive — —
comitative — valeineen
valeinensa

Synonyms

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Galician

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Verb

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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

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Etymology

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From French avaler (“to swallow”).

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Noun

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vale

  1. to swallow

Ingrian

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Etymology

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

Perhaps from vallaa (“to lie”) +‎ -e, if the verb is not a back-formation from the noun instead.

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Noun

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vale

  1. lie, untruth

Declension

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Declension of vale (type 6/lähe, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative vale valleet
genitive valleen vallein
partitive valetta valleita
illative valleesse valleisse
inessive vallees valleis
elative valleest valleist
allative valleelle valleille
adessive valleel valleil
ablative valleelt valleilt
translative valleeks valleiks
essive valleenna, valleen valleinna, vallein
exessive1) valleent valleint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

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References

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

Italian

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Verb

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vale

  1. third-person singular present indicative of valere

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Latin

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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valē

  1. Goodbye, farewell.

Usage notes

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

Descendants

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  • → English: vale

Verb

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valē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of valeō

Synonyms

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References

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  • “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[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) good-bye; farewell: vale or cura ut valeas

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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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.
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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vale

  1. Alternative form of valen

Portuguese

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Um vale.

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Etymology 1

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

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Noun

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vale m (plural vales)

  1. valley
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Etymology 2

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Deverbal from valer (“to be worth”).

Noun

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vale m (plural vales)

  1. voucher, coupon
    Synonyms: (Brazil) cupom, (Portugal) cupão

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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vale

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

Romanian

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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vale f (plural văi)

  1. valley

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative vale valea văi văile
genitive-dative văi văii văi văilor
vocative vale, valeo văilor
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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbale/ [ˈba.le]
  • Rhymes: -ale
  • Syllabification: va‧le

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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vale m (plural vales)

  1. a voucher; an IOU
    vale de comida ― meal ticket

Etymology 2

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See valer.

Interjection

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vale

  1. (Spain) okay
    Synonyms: dale, sale, okey
Usage notes
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  • In Mexico, the complete expression sale y vale is also used to mean "OK".

Verb

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vale

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

Etymology 3

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

Interjection

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vale

  1. goodbye, be well

Further reading

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Swedish

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Noun

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vale ?

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

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Anagrams

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Verb

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vale

  1. Alternative form of vall
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Vale a danceen.
      Set at dancing.

References

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  • 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
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