dale en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /deɪl/
- /deu/ (Multicultural-London-English)
- dāl
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle English dale, from Old English dæl, from Proto-West Germanic *dal, from Proto-Germanic *dalą.
Meanings
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(UK, qualifier:slightly dated outside Yorkshire etc.) A valley, often in an otherwise hilly area.
Over hill, over dale / As we hit the dusty trail, / And those caissons go rolling along.
1908, Edmund Louis Gruber, The Caissons Go Rolling Along:Five miles meandering with a mazy motion, / Through wood and dale the sacred river ran, / Then reached the caverns measureless to man, / And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean: [...]
1797, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “Kubla Khan: Or A Vision in a Dream”, in Christabel: Kubla Khan, a Vision: The Pains of Sleep, London: […] John Murray, […], by William Bulmer and Co. […], published 1816, →OCLC, page 57:And we will all the pleasures prove / That hills and valleys, dales and fields, / Woods, or steepy mountain yields
c. 1587, Christopher Marlowe, The Passionate Shepherd to His Love:The country about Nuncombe Putney is perhaps as pretty as any in England. It is beyond the river Teign, between that and Dartmoor, and is so lovely in all its variations of rivers, rivulets, broken ground, hills and dales, old broken, battered, time-worn timber, green knolls, rich pastures, and heathy common, that the wonder is that English lovers of scenery know so little of it.
1869 May, Anthony Trollope, “The Clock House at Nuncombe Putney”, in He Knew He Was Right, volume I, London: Strahan and Company, […], →OCLC, page 113:
- The sunken or grooved portion of the surface of a vinyl record.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dales | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
Wharfedale · Warradale · Paschendale · Allendale North · Peak Dale · Glenaladale · Huntingdale · Coledale · Cloverdale · Pearsondale · Fairdale · Walton-le-Dale · Forrestdale · Swaledale · Brucedale · Forestdale · Lawndale · Springdale Heights · North Lilydale · Harrisdale · Lindendale · Calderdale · Archdale · Avondale · Dove Dale · Rochdale · Castle Dale · Dandongadale · Lovedale · Point Lonsdale · Wallacedale · Armadale · Tindall · Hawkesdale · Lauderdale · Foxdale · Coomberdale · Erindale · Karridale · Kerrisdale · Deepdale · Parkdale · Reidsdale · Veresdale Scrub · rundale · Allendale · Airedale · Scarsdale · Riverdale · Gelliondale · Annandale · Teviotdale · Clarksdale · Pikedale · Berriedale · Priestdale · Lake Lonsdale · Murraydale · Lucedale · Jarrahdale · Strathdale · Lonsdale · Allandale · dalesman · Levendale · Hilldale · Dentdale · Ravensdale · Avondale Heights · Armidale · Palmdale · Limedale · Lilydale · Conondale · Lidsdale · Drysdale · Mortdale · Hermidale · Verrierdale · Miller's Dale · Elmsdale · Borrowdale · Nashdale · Boynedale · Monsildale · Gumdale · Nether Wyresdale · Hornsdale · Omadale · Kewdale · Woodsdale · Dale · Borderdale · Underdale · Thornton-le-Dale · Boisdale · Ewingsdale · Hillsdale · Hollisdale · Iredale · Milbrodale · Veresdale · Allendale East · Netherdale · Angledale · Westdale · Forbesdale · Ferndale · daleside · Thorpdale · Honesdale · Eskdale · Tingledale · Rosedale · Toothdale · Rochedale South · Denby Dale · Lenox Dale · Marshdale · Furnissdale · Greendale · Winburndale · Springdale · Newton Dale · Fordsdale · Irvingdale · Silverdale · Gormandale · Hughesdale · Dalton · Cozaddale · Aspendale Gardens · Attadale · Townsendale · Bedfordale · Grassdale · Ellendale · Wilkesdale · Scotsdale · Aspendale · Windale · Flowerdale · Dales Creek · Coaldale · Helendale · Kingsdale · Ferodale · Sunnydale · Weardale · Annadale · Balldale · Rochedale · Nithsdale · Bairnsdale · Carpendale · Landsdale · Oakdale · Martin Dales · Taradale · Ribblesdale · Chippendale · Williamsdale · Smythesdale · Tweeddale · Axedale · Corndale · Teesdale · Martindale · Bevendale · Brookdale · over hill and dale · Meldale · Evandale · Redesdale · Drysdale River · Banksiadale · Tyndale · Leafdale · Coverdale · Berridale · Tivendale · Peace Dale · West Scottsdale · East Bairnsdale · acre-dale · Archdale Junction · Thorndale · Monsal Dale · Glenn Dale · Longville in the Dale · Glendale · North Scottsdale · Grovedale · Darley Dale · Paynedale · Kentdale · Derbyshire Dales · Shannondale · Thorpdale South · Thornton Dale · Roslindale · Sunningdale · Dovedale · Stockdale · pissdale · Crossdale · Brendale · Daysdale · Pearcedale · Hiamdale · Carindale · Percydale · up hill and down dale · Lucindale · Turondale · daleman · Fountaindale · Rythdale · Wensleydale · Birkdale · Blythdale · Rockdale · Laughtondale · Clydesdale · Scottsdale · Nidderdale · Gladysdale · Lowesdale · Camdale · Moffatdale · Chapel-le-Dale
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Translations (49)
cs údolí (valley) · ota دره (valley) · da dal (valley) · cy dyffryn (valley) · no dal (valley) · gmw-rfr Dahl (valley) · gsw Dàl (valley) · sl dolína (valley) · fo dalur (valley) · nl vallei (valley) · it valle (valley) · be далі́на (valley) · gsw Tau (valley) · uk доли́на (valley) · ccc kajs̈hopi (valley) · es valle (valley) · sh udolina (valley) · nl dal (valley) · bar Thoi (valley) · sh dol (valley) · ar ثَنِيَّة (valley) · sv dal (valley) · is dalur (valley) · nn dal (valley) · fa دره (valley) · pdc Daal (valley) · de Tal (valley) · az dərə (valley) · li doal (valley) · cs dol (valley) · gsw Doal (valley) · lb Dall (valley) · fi laakso (valley) · sh dolina (valley) · bg долина (valley) · pt vale (valley) · cy dôl (valley) · tr vadi (valley) · ru доли́на (valley) · ja 谷 (valley) · enm dale (valley) · af dal (valley) · gsw Daal (valley) · eu ibar (valley) · fr vallon (valley) · pdc Waelli (valley) · cmn 山谷 (valley) · gl val (valley) · pl dolina (valley)