vale
[ veyl ]
/ veɪl /
noun
a valley.
the world, or mortal or earthly life: this vale of tears.
Nearby words
- valdez,
- valdivia,
- valdo,
- valdosta,
- valdés, armando palacio,
- vale of glamorgan,
- valediction,
- valediction forbidding mourning, a,
- valedictorian,
- valedictory
Origin of vale
1250–1300; Middle English < Old French val < Latin vallem, accusative of vallis, vallēs valley
ave atque vale
[ ah-we aht-kwe wah-le; English ey-vee at-kwee vey-lee, ah-vey aht-kwey vah-ley ]
/ ˈɑ wɛ ˈɑt kwɛ ˈwɑ lɛ; English ˈeɪ vi ˈæt kwi ˈveɪ li, ˈɑ veɪ ˈɑt kweɪ ˈvɑ leɪ /
interjection Latin.
hail and farewell.
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Examples from the Web for vale
vale
1/ (veɪl) /
noun
a literary word for valley
Word Origin for vale
C13: from Old French val, from Latin vallis valley
sentence substitute
farewell; goodbye
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vale
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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