vale
nouninterjectionattested in dialogue
- //veɪl//
- /[veɪɫ]/
- //ˈvɑːleɪ//
A valley.
noun
- 1
A valley.
In those fair vales, by nature form'd to please, / Where Guadalquiver serpentines with ease,
"Make me a cottage in the vale," she said, / "Where I may mourn and pray.
Beyond this vale of tears / There is a life above,
The short sweet turfage of the hills renders "Portland mutton" almost as famous as Welsh, while the luxuriance of the vales lends itself to the breeding of fine cattle.
Etymology
From Middle English vale, from Old French val (“valley”), from Latin vallis, valles. Displaced native Old English dell.
interjection
- 1
Farewell.
Vale, Sarah Smith
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin valē, singular imperative of valeō (“be well”).
Forms
- plural
- vales