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Webster 1913 Edition


Dale

Dale

(dāl)
,
Noun.
[AS.
dæl
; akin to LG., D., Sw., Dan., OS., & Goth.
dal
, Icel.
dalr
, OHG.
tal
, G.
thal
, and perh. to Gr.
θόλοσ
a rotunda, Skr.
dhāra
depth. Cf.
Dell
.]
1.
A low place between hills; a vale or valley.
Where mountaines rise, umbrageous
dales
descend.
Thomson.
2.
A trough or spout to carry off water, as from a pump.
Knight.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dale

DALE

,
Noun.
A low place between hills; a vale or valley.

Definition 2024


Dale

Dale

See also: dale and dále

English

Proper noun

Dale

  1. A surname for someone living in a dale.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.

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dale

dale

See also: Dale and dále

English

Noun

dale (plural dales)

  1. (chiefly Britain) a valley, many times in an otherwise hilly area.
  2. A trough or spout to carry off water, as from a pump.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)

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Danish

Etymology 1

See dal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daːlə/, [ˈd̥æːlə]

Noun

dale c

  1. plural indefinite of dal

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German dalen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daːlə/, [ˈd̥æːlə]

Verb

dale (imperative dal, infinitive at dale, present tense daler, past tense dalede, perfect tense har dalet)

  1. fall
  2. descend
  3. go down
  4. sink
  5. decrease
  6. fall off
  7. subside
  8. decline
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Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

dale

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of dalen

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Middle English

Etymology

Old English dæl

Noun

dale

  1. dale, valley

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Spanish

Verb

dale

  1. Compound of the informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of dar, da and the pronoun le.

Interjection

dale

  1. (Argentina) OK, okey dokey, right

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  • dale que dale

Venetian

Adjective

dale f

  1. feminine plural of dalo