"dingle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɪŋɡl̩/ Audio: en-us-dingle.ogg [US], en-au-dingle.ogg [Australia] Forms: dingles [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪŋɡəl Etymology: From Middle English dingle (“a deep hollow; dell”), from Old English *dyngel, a diminutive of Old English dung (“dungeon; pit”), equivalent to dung + -le (diminutive suffix). Compare Saterland Frisian Dongel (“hollow tooth, cavity”), English dimble (“a dingle, glen, retired place”). Related to dungeon. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dingle|t=a deep hollow; dell}} Middle English dingle (“a deep hollow; dell”), {{inh|en|ang|*dyngel}} Old English *dyngel, {{der|en|ang|dung|t=dungeon; pit}} Old English dung (“dungeon; pit”), {{suf|en|dung|le|id2=diminutive|pos2=diminutive suffix}} dung + -le (diminutive suffix), {{cog|stq|Dongel|t=hollow tooth, cavity}} Saterland Frisian Dongel (“hollow tooth, cavity”), {{m+|en|dimble|t=a dingle, glen, retired place}} English dimble (“a dingle, glen, retired place”), {{m|en|dungeon}} dungeon Head templates: {{en-noun}} dingle (plural dingles)
  1. A small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley. Wikipedia link: Dingle (disambiguation) Categories (place): Landforms Related terms: dingle-dangle (english: etymologically unrelated) Translations (small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley): дол (dol) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Waldschlucht [feminine] (German), fothair [feminine] (Irish), anfratto [masculine] (Italian), dol [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), newal [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), nihal [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), gelî [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), глубо́кая лощи́на (glubókaja loščína) [feminine] (Russian), лощи́на (loščína) [feminine] (Russian), glyn [masculine] (Welsh)

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