Vale

Pronunciation

• enPR: vāl, IPA: /veɪl/
• Rhymes: -eɪl
• Homophones: veil

Middle English, from Old French val ("valley"), from Latin vallis, valles

Full definition of vale

Noun

1. (mostly, poetic) A valley.
• unknown date HarteIn those fair vales, by nature formed to please,
  Where Guadalquiver serpentines with ease
• a. 1854 James Montgomery (editor), Hymn 214, The Issues of Life and Death,Beyond this vale of tears
  There is a life above,
• 19th c, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, ,"Make me a cottage in the vale," she said,
  "Where I may mourn and pray.

Synonyms

• (valley) dale

Antonyms

• (valley) hill

Pronunciation

• enPR: väʹlā, IPA: /ˈvɑːleɪ/

From Latin valē, singular imperative of valeō ("be well").

Interjection

1. (usually seen in obituaries) Farewell. Vale, Sarah Smith

Related terms

• valediction
• valiant

Anagrams

• avel, eval, lave, leva, veal, vela, Vela