vale

C2+ Topic:Nature & Landscape

US /veɪl/ UK /veɪl/ See IPA manual

Homophones

vail /veɪl/ veil /veɪl/

Minimal pairs

Sounds like bail /v/ vs /b/ Sounds like whale /v/ vs /w/

Meanings

1

noun
a valley, especially in literary or poetic usage

Mist gathered in the quiet vale below the hills.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a valley, especially in... valley dale glen dell hollowdingle

Opposites

hill mountain peak

Word family

Related forms valley

Etymology

From Old French val, from Latin vallis ('valley'); chiefly poetic or literary in modern English.

val Old French vallis Latin

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Topics

Nature & Landscape Register & Style

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