"dale" meaning in English

See dale in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /deɪl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dale.wav [Southern-England] Forms: dales [plural]
enPR: dāl Rhymes: -eɪl Etymology: From Middle English dale, from Old English dæl, from Proto-West Germanic *dal, from Proto-Germanic *dalą. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dale}} Middle English dale, {{inh|en|ang|dæl}} Old English dæl, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*dal}} Proto-West Germanic *dal, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*dalą}} Proto-Germanic *dalą Head templates: {{en-noun}} dale (plural dales)
  1. (slightly dated, chiefly British) A valley, often in an otherwise hilly area. Tags: British Synonyms: dell, dells, vale Translations (valley): dal (Afrikaans), ثَنِيَّة (ṯaniyya) [feminine] (Arabic), ibar (Basque), Thoi (Bavarian), далі́на (dalína) [feminine] (Belarusian), долина (dolina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), kajs̈hopi (Chamicuro), 山谷 (shāngǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), údolí [neuter] (Czech), dol [masculine] (Czech), dal [common-gender] (Danish), dal [neuter] (Dutch), vallei [feminine] (Dutch), dalur [masculine] (Faroese), laakso (Finnish), vallon [masculine] (French), val [masculine] (Galician), Tal [neuter] (German), Dàl [Alemannic-German] (German), Doal [Alemannic-German] (German), Tau [Alemannic-German] (German), Daal [Alemannic-German] (German), Dahl [Palatine, Rhine-Franconian] (German), dalur [masculine] (Icelandic), valle [feminine] (Italian), (tani) (alt: たに) (Japanese), doal (Limburgish), Dall [masculine] (Luxembourgish), dale (Middle English), dal [masculine] (Norwegian), dal [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), دره (dere) (Ottoman Turkish), Daal (Pennsylvania German), Waelli (Pennsylvania German), دره (dare) (Persian), dolina (Polish), vale [masculine] (Portuguese), доли́на (dolína) [feminine] (Russian), dol (Serbo-Croatian), dolina (Serbo-Croatian), udolina (Serbo-Croatian), dolína [feminine] (Slovene), valle [masculine] (Spanish), dal [common-gender] (Swedish), vadi (Turkish), доли́на (dolýna) [feminine] (Ukrainian), dyffryn (Welsh), dôl (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-dale-en-noun-4l7u-KvH Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 8 18 Disambiguation of 'valley': 100 0
  2. The sunken or grooved portion of the surface of a vinyl record.
    Sense id: en-dale-en-noun-RHE3xCsb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: dollar

Noun

IPA: /deɪl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dale.wav [Southern-England] Forms: dales [plural]
enPR: dāl Rhymes: -eɪl Etymology: Related to Low German daal or Dutch daal (“lowers, descends”) and French dalle (“trough; conduit”). Attested in English since the seventeenth century. Etymology templates: {{cog|nds|daal}} Low German daal, {{cog|nl|daal|t=lowers, descends}} Dutch daal (“lowers, descends”), {{cog|fr|dalle|t=trough; conduit}} French dalle (“trough; conduit”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} dale (plural dales)
  1. (archaic) A trough or spout to carry off water, as from a pump. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-dale-en-noun-HANIMwrb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for dale meaning in English (10.9kB)

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "acre-dale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Airedale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Annandale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Borrowdale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Calderdale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Castle Dale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Chapel-le-Dale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Clarksdale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Clydesdale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Coverdale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Cozaddale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "daleside"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Darley Dale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Denby Dale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Derbyshire Dales"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Eskdale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Helendale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Honesdale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Limedale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Lucedale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Miller's Dale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Monsal Dale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Newton Dale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Nidderdale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Nithsdale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Peak Dale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Ribblesdale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Riverdale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Rochdale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Sunningdale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Swaledale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Teesdale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Teviotdale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Thornton-le-Dale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Thornton Dale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Tindall"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Tweeddale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "up hill and down dale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Weardale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Wensleydale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Wharfedale"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "dale"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English dale",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "dæl"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English dæl",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*dal"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *dal",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*dalą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *dalą",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English dale, from Old English dæl, from Proto-West Germanic *dal, from Proto-Germanic *dalą.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dales",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "dale (plural dales)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dollar"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "74 8 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1908, Edmund Louis Gruber, The Caissons Go Rolling Along",
          "text": "Over hill, over dale / As we hit the dusty trail, / And those caissons go rolling along.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A valley, often in an otherwise hilly area."
      ],
      "id": "en-dale-en-noun-4l7u-KvH",
      "links": [
        [
          "valley",
          "valley"
        ],
        [
          "hilly",
          "hilly"
        ],
        [
          "area",
          "area"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "slightly dated",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slightly dated, chiefly British) A valley, often in an otherwise hilly area."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dell"
        },
        {
          "word": "dells"
        },
        {
          "word": "vale"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "valley",
          "word": "dal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ṯaniyya",
          "sense": "valley",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ثَنِيَّة"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "valley",
          "word": "ibar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "bar",
          "lang": "Bavarian",
          "sense": "valley",
          "word": "Thoi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "dalína",
          "sense": "valley",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "далі́на"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "dolina",
          "sense": "valley",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "долина"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ccc",
          "lang": "Chamicuro",
          "sense": "valley",
          "word": "kajs̈hopi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shāngǔ",
          "sense": "valley",
          "word": "山谷"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "valley",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "údolí"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "valley",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "valley",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "dal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "valley",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "dal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "valley",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vallei"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "valley",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dalur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "valley",
          "word": "laakso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "valley",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vallon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "valley",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "val"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "valley",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Tal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "gsw",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "valley",
          "tags": [
            "Alemannic-German"
          ],
          "word": "Dàl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "gsw",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "valley",
          "tags": [
            "Alemannic-German"
          ],
          "word": "Doal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "gsw",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "valley",
          "tags": [
            "Alemannic-German"
          ],
          "word": "Tau"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "gsw",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "valley",
          "tags": [
            "Alemannic-German"
          ],
          "word": "Daal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "gmw-rfr",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "valley",
          "tags": [
            "Palatine",
            "Rhine-Franconian"
          ],
          "word": "Dahl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "valley",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dalur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "valley",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "valle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "alt": "たに",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tani",
          "sense": "valley",
          "word": "谷"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "li",
          "lang": "Limburgish",
          "sense": "valley",
          "word": "doal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "valley",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Dall"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "valley",
          "word": "dale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "valley",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "valley",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "dere",
          "sense": "valley",
          "word": "دره"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pdc",
          "lang": "Pennsylvania German",
          "sense": "valley",
          "word": "Daal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pdc",
          "lang": "Pennsylvania German",
          "sense": "valley",
          "word": "Waelli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "dare",
          "sense": "valley",
          "word": "دره"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "valley",
          "word": "dolina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "valley",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dolína",
          "sense": "valley",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "доли́на"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "valley",
          "word": "dol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "valley",
          "word": "dolina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "valley",
          "word": "udolina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "valley",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dolína"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "valley",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "valle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "valley",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "dal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "valley",
          "word": "vadi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "dolýna",
          "sense": "valley",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "доли́на"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "valley",
          "word": "dyffryn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "valley",
          "word": "dôl"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hill"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The sunken or grooved portion of the surface of a vinyl record."
      ],
      "id": "en-dale-en-noun-RHE3xCsb",
      "links": [
        [
          "vinyl record",
          "vinyl record"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/deɪl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dale.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/01/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dale.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dale.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/01/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dale.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dale.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "dāl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dale"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "daal"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German daal",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "daal",
        "t": "lowers, descends"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch daal (“lowers, descends”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "dalle",
        "t": "trough; conduit"
      },
      "expansion": "French dalle (“trough; conduit”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Related to Low German daal or Dutch daal (“lowers, descends”) and French dalle (“trough; conduit”). Attested in English since the seventeenth century.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dales",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "dale (plural dales)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1853, John Fincham, An Outline of Ship Building in Four Parts, page 40",
          "text": "The pump-dale scupper is that to which the dale leads, that conveys the water from the pumps to the side on the lower deck of large ships.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A trough or spout to carry off water, as from a pump."
      ],
      "id": "en-dale-en-noun-HANIMwrb",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) A trough or spout to carry off water, as from a pump."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/deɪl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dale.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/01/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dale.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dale.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/01/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dale.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dale.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "dāl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dale"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪl",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪl/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "acre-dale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Airedale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Annandale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Borrowdale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Calderdale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Castle Dale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chapel-le-Dale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Clarksdale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Clydesdale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Coverdale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Cozaddale"
    },
    {
      "word": "daleside"
    },
    {
      "word": "Darley Dale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Denby Dale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Derbyshire Dales"
    },
    {
      "word": "Eskdale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Helendale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Honesdale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Limedale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lucedale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Miller's Dale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Monsal Dale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Newton Dale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Nidderdale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Nithsdale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Peak Dale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ribblesdale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Riverdale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Rochdale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sunningdale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Swaledale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Teesdale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Teviotdale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Thornton-le-Dale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Thornton Dale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tindall"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tweeddale"
    },
    {
      "word": "up hill and down dale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Weardale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wensleydale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wharfedale"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "dale"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English dale",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "dæl"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English dæl",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*dal"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *dal",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*dalą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *dalą",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English dale, from Old English dæl, from Proto-West Germanic *dal, from Proto-Germanic *dalą.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dales",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "dale (plural dales)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "dollar"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1908, Edmund Louis Gruber, The Caissons Go Rolling Along",
          "text": "Over hill, over dale / As we hit the dusty trail, / And those caissons go rolling along.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A valley, often in an otherwise hilly area."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "valley",
          "valley"
        ],
        [
          "hilly",
          "hilly"
        ],
        [
          "area",
          "area"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "slightly dated",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slightly dated, chiefly British) A valley, often in an otherwise hilly area."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dell"
        },
        {
          "word": "dells"
        },
        {
          "word": "vale"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hill"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The sunken or grooved portion of the surface of a vinyl record."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vinyl record",
          "vinyl record"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/deɪl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dale.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/01/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dale.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dale.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/01/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dale.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dale.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "dāl"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "valley",
      "word": "dal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṯaniyya",
      "sense": "valley",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ثَنِيَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "valley",
      "word": "ibar"
    },
    {
      "code": "bar",
      "lang": "Bavarian",
      "sense": "valley",
      "word": "Thoi"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dalína",
      "sense": "valley",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "далі́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dolina",
      "sense": "valley",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "долина"
    },
    {
      "code": "ccc",
      "lang": "Chamicuro",
      "sense": "valley",
      "word": "kajs̈hopi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shāngǔ",
      "sense": "valley",
      "word": "山谷"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "valley",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "údolí"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "valley",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dol"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "valley",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "dal"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "valley",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dal"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "valley",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vallei"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "valley",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dalur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "valley",
      "word": "laakso"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "valley",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vallon"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "valley",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "val"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "valley",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Tal"
    },
    {
      "code": "gsw",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "valley",
      "tags": [
        "Alemannic-German"
      ],
      "word": "Dàl"
    },
    {
      "code": "gsw",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "valley",
      "tags": [
        "Alemannic-German"
      ],
      "word": "Doal"
    },
    {
      "code": "gsw",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "valley",
      "tags": [
        "Alemannic-German"
      ],
      "word": "Tau"
    },
    {
      "code": "gsw",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "valley",
      "tags": [
        "Alemannic-German"
      ],
      "word": "Daal"
    },
    {
      "code": "gmw-rfr",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "valley",
      "tags": [
        "Palatine",
        "Rhine-Franconian"
      ],
      "word": "Dahl"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "valley",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dalur"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "valley",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "valle"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たに",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tani",
      "sense": "valley",
      "word": "谷"
    },
    {
      "code": "li",
      "lang": "Limburgish",
      "sense": "valley",
      "word": "doal"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "valley",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dall"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "valley",
      "word": "dale"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "valley",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dal"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "valley",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "dere",
      "sense": "valley",
      "word": "دره"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdc",
      "lang": "Pennsylvania German",
      "sense": "valley",
      "word": "Daal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdc",
      "lang": "Pennsylvania German",
      "sense": "valley",
      "word": "Waelli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dare",
      "sense": "valley",
      "word": "دره"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "valley",
      "word": "dolina"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "valley",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vale"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dolína",
      "sense": "valley",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "доли́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "valley",
      "word": "dol"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "valley",
      "word": "dolina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "valley",
      "word": "udolina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "valley",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dolína"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "valley",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "valle"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "valley",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "dal"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "valley",
      "word": "vadi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dolýna",
      "sense": "valley",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "доли́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "valley",
      "word": "dyffryn"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "valley",
      "word": "dôl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dale"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪl",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪl/1 syllable"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "daal"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German daal",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "daal",
        "t": "lowers, descends"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch daal (“lowers, descends”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "dalle",
        "t": "trough; conduit"
      },
      "expansion": "French dalle (“trough; conduit”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Related to Low German daal or Dutch daal (“lowers, descends”) and French dalle (“trough; conduit”). Attested in English since the seventeenth century.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dales",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "dale (plural dales)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1853, John Fincham, An Outline of Ship Building in Four Parts, page 40",
          "text": "The pump-dale scupper is that to which the dale leads, that conveys the water from the pumps to the side on the lower deck of large ships.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A trough or spout to carry off water, as from a pump."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) A trough or spout to carry off water, as from a pump."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/deɪl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dale.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/01/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dale.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dale.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/01/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dale.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dale.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "dāl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dale"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.