vale

[veyl]

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noun

a valley.
the world, or mortal or earthly life: this vale of tears.

Origin of vale

1250–1300; Middle English < Old French val < Latin vallem, accusative of vallis, vallēs valley

Can be confusedvale veil

ave atque vale

[ah-we aht-kwe wah-le; English ey-vee at-kwee vey-lee, ah-vey aht-kwey vah-ley]

interjection Latin.

hail and farewell.

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Related Words

adieu dale dell dingle farewell glen

Examples from the Web for vale

Contemporary Examples

Of course the Lady Regent of the Vale was standing placidly beside the open Moon Door, the wind rustling her robes.
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Andrew Romano
May 19, 2014
She serves as acting commander of the 5th Military Police Battalion in the Vale do Paraíba, in São Paulo state.
Who’s Who at the Women in the World Summit in Brazil
The Daily Beast
December 1, 2012
Vania has headed Human Resources and Corporate Services, in addition to the Vale Foundation.
Who’s Who at the Women in the World Summit in Brazil
The Daily Beast
December 1, 2012
She lies buried beside her beloved Piozzi at Tremeirchion church in the Vale of Clwyd.
History's Most Memorable Mistress
Ian McIntyre
December 26, 2008

Historical Examples

A gift from one who is legging it out of this vale of tears.
The Devil's Dictionary
Ambrose Bierce
The eye could not pierce beyond them, and the imagination was in a manner embosomed in the vale.
Imogen
William Godwin
The vale of Tempe, Tivoli and Rome are earth and water, rocks and sky.
Essays, First Series
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Above this line, on the sides of the vale, everything is bare and brown and dry.
Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land
Henry Van Dyke
Yes, that is our dream: to turn all earth into the Vale of Ajalon at our pleasure.
With The Night Mail
Rudyard Kipling

British Dictionary definitions for vale

vale¹

noun

a literary word for valley

Word Origin

C13: from Old French val, from Latin vallis valley

vale²

sentence substitute

farewell; goodbye

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Word Origin and History for vale

n.

river-land between two ranges of hills, c.1300, from Old French val "valley," from Latin vallem (nominative vallis, valles) "valley." Vale of years "old age" is from "Othello." Vale of tears "this world as a place of trouble" is attested from 1550s.

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ave atque vale

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Examples from the Web for vale

Contemporary Examples

Of course the Lady Regent of the Vale was standing placidly beside the open Moon Door, the wind rustling her robes.

She serves as acting commander of the 5th Military Police Battalion in the Vale do Paraíba, in São Paulo state.

Vania has headed Human Resources and Corporate Services, in addition to the Vale Foundation.

She lies buried beside her beloved Piozzi at Tremeirchion church in the Vale of Clwyd.

Historical Examples

A gift from one who is legging it out of this vale of tears.

The eye could not pierce beyond them, and the imagination was in a manner embosomed in the vale.

The vale of Tempe, Tivoli and Rome are earth and water, rocks and sky.

Above this line, on the sides of the vale, everything is bare and brown and dry.

Yes, that is our dream: to turn all earth into the Vale of Ajalon at our pleasure.

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Word Origin

vale2

Word Origin and History for vale

n.

Origin of vale

vale¹

vale²