dale

English Online Dictionary. What means dale‎? What does dale mean?

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: dāl, IPA^(key): /deɪl/
• Rhymes: -eɪl

Etymology 1

From Middle English dale, from Old English dæl, from Proto-West Germanic *dal, from Proto-Germanic *dalą.

Noun

dale (plural dales)

1. (chiefly British, slightly dated outside Yorkshire etc.) A valley, often in an otherwise hilly area.

   Synonyms: dell, dells, vale
2. The sunken or grooved portion of the surface of a vinyl record.

   Antonym: hill

Derived terms

Related terms

• dollar

Translations

Etymology 2

Related to Low German daal or Dutch daal (“lowers, descends”) and French dalle (“trough; conduit”). Attested in English since the seventeenth century.

Noun

dale (plural dales)

1. (archaic) A trough or spout to carry off water, as from a pump.

References

• “dale”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• ALDE, Adel, Deal, Dela, E.D. La., Lade, Leda, adle, deal, lade, lead

Albanian

Alternative forms

• daleni (Plural)

Etymology 1

From dal (“I exit, go out”); see dal for more.

Interjection

dale

1. come out, get out (as a request, plea or as an order)

Etymology 2

Short form of ndal (“I halt, stop, rest, hold up”). See ndal and dal for more.

Interjection

dale

1. wait, stay, hold up

   Synonym: ndal

2. don't hurry, relax, chill

Related terms

Further reading

• [2] interjection dale (dále) (plural daleni (dáleni)) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

Danish

Etymology 1

See dal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daːlə/, [ˈd̥æːlə]

Noun

dale c

1. indefinite plural 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

Antonyms

• stige

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

dale

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of dalen

Anagrams

• adel, lade

Gothic

Romanization

dale

1. Romanization of 𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌴

Middle English

Alternative forms

• (Early ME) dæle, deale

Etymology

From Old English dæl, from Proto-West Germanic *dal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daːl/, /dɛːl/, /dal/

Noun

dale (plural dales)

1. A dale or valley.
2. (rare) A hole or barrow.

Declension

Related terms

• dalke (probably)

Descendants

• English: dale
• Scots: dale, daal

References

• “dāle, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.

Mogum

Noun

dale

1. daughter

References

• Association pour la Promotion de la Langue Mogum, 2012, Usunoŋten nasarawe 1. Transition de mogoum en français.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑ.le/

Adjective

dale

1. inflection of deal:
   1. strong accusative feminine singular
   2. strong instrumental masculine/neuter singular
   3. strong nominative/accusative masculine/feminine plural
   4. weak nominative feminine/neuter singular
   5. weak accusative neuter singular

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdale/ [ˈd̪a.le]
• Rhymes: -ale
• Syllabification: da‧le

Interjection

dale

1. (Argentina) OK, okey dokey, right

   Synonyms: vale, (Mexico) sale, okey

Derived terms

Verb

dale

1. inflection of dar:
   1. second-person singular imperative combined with le
   2. second-person singular voseo imperative combined with le

Further reading

• “dale”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• dali

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish dale.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdale/ [ˈd̪aː.lɛ]
• Rhymes: -ale
• Syllabification: da‧le

Noun

dale (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜒ)

1. unprovoked attack (verbal or physical)

   Synonyms: tira, sabak, banat

2. (colloquial) speaking out of turn

   Synonyms: satsat, daldal, tsismis

Derived terms

Interjection

dale (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜒ)

1. go ahead!; go on!

   Synonyms: sige, sulong

Anagrams

• dela

Venetan

Adjective

dale f

1. feminine plural of dalo