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Webster 1913 Edition
Vale
Vale
(vāl)
, Noun.
[OE.
val
, F. val
, L. vallis
; perhaps akin to Gr. ἔλοσ
low ground, marsh meadow. Cf. Avalanche
, Vail
to lower, Valley
.] A tract of low ground, or of land between hills; a valley.
“ Make me a cottage in the vale.” Tennyson.
Beyond this
vale
of tears there is a life above. Montgomery.
In those fair
vales
, by nature formed to please. Harte.
☞ Vale is more commonly used in poetry, and valley in prose and common discourse.
Syn. – Valley; dingle; dell; dale.
Webster 1828 Edition
Vale
VALE
,Noun.
1.
A tract of low ground or of land between hills; a valley. [Vale is used in poetry, and valley in prose and common discourse.]In those fair vales, by nature form'd to please.
2.
A little trough or canal; as a pump vale to carry off the water from a ship's pump.3.
Vales, money given to servants. [avails.] [Not used in America.]Definition 2024
valê
valê
Friulian
Verb
valê
- (intransitive) to be worth
Conjugation
- Rule: a lengthens to â in certain conjugations.
Conjugation of valê (second conjugation)
| infinitive | valê | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | valint | ||||||
| past participle | valût | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo o | tu tu | lui al/jê e | nô o | vô o | lôr a | |
| present | vâl | valis | vâl | valìn | valês | valin | |
| imperfect | valevi | valevis | vâleve | valevin | valevis | valevin | |
| simple past | valei | valeris | valè | valerin | valeris | valerin | |
| future | valarai | valarâs | valarà | valarìn | valarês | valaran | |
| subjunctive | jo o | tu tu | lui al/jê e | nô o | vô o | lôr a | |
| present | vali | valis | vali | valìn | valês | valin | |
| imperfect | valès | valessis | vâlès | valessin | valessis | valessin | |
| conditional | jo o | tu tu | lui al/jê e | nô o | vô o | lôr a | |
| present | valarès | valaressis | valarès | valaressin | valaressis | valaressin | |
| imperative | – | tu | – | nô | vô | – | |
| — | vâl | — | valìn | valêt | — | ||
Derived terms
- valude