vale

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see also: Vale

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Pronunciation

• enPR: vāl, IPA: /veɪl/, [veɪɫ]

Noun

vale (plural vales)

1. (mostly, poetic) A valley.
   • 1767, Walter Harte, The Vision of Death, The Amaranth, Or Religious Poems, 1810, The Works of the English Poets, Volume 16, page 370 ↗,

     In those fair vales, by nature form'd to please, / Where Guadalquiver serpentines with ease,

   • ante 1854 James Montgomery, Hymn 214, The Issues of Life and Death,

     Beyond this vale of tears / There is a life above,

   • 19th c, Alfred Tennyson, The Palace of Art,

     "Make me a cottage in the vale," she said, / "Where I may mourn and pray.

Synonyms

• (valley) dale
  • See also Thesaurus:valley

Antonyms

• (valley) hill

Related terms

• valley

Translations

• French: val
• German: Tal
• Spanish: valle

Pronunciation

• enPR: väʹlā, IPA: /ˈvɑːleɪ/

Interjection

1. (usually, seen in obituaries) Farewell.

   Vale, Sarah Smith

Related terms

• valediction
• valiant

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Vale

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Proper noun

1. (football, informal) Port Vale FC.
2. An unincorporated community in Avery County, North Carolina.
3. A small area in Catawba County, North Carolina.
4. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, North Carolina.
5. A city/county seat in Malheur County, Oregon.
6. A census-designated place in Butte County, South Dakota.
7. An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
8. Surname

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