English

Proper noun

The Vale

1. (soccer) A nickname of Port Vale FC.

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: vāl, IPA^(key): /veɪl/
• 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

Translations

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

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

Aromanian

Noun

vale f

1. Alternative form of vali

Estonian

Adjective

vale ‎(genitive vale, partitive valet)

1. false

Noun

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

1. lie

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

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

Synonyms

• (untruth): valhe, epätotuus

Derived terms

• valehdella

Related terms

• valheellinen

Galician

Verb

vale

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

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): /ˈwa.leː/, [ˈwa.ɫeː]

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
• VALE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vale”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) good-bye; farewell: vale or cura ut valeas
    

Novial

Noun

vale ‎(plural vales)

1. valley

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

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin vallis, vallem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvale]

Noun

vale f ‎(plural văi)

1. valley

Declension

Related terms

• vâlcea

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".

Swedish

Noun

vale ?

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