dale
pronunciation
How to pronounce dale in British English:
UK [deɪl]
How to pronounce dale in American English:
US [del]
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- Noun:
- an open river valley (in a hilly area)
Word Origin
- dale
- dale: [OE] Both dale and dell [OE] come ultimately from the Germanic base *dal- (which also produced German tal, ultimate source of English dollar). Dale goes back to the Germanic derivative *dalam, *dalaz, dell to the derivative *daljō. Cognate forms such as Old Norse dalr ‘bow’ and, outside Germanic, Greek thólos show that the underlying meaning of the word family is ‘bend, curve’. Those members which mean ‘valley’ (including Gothic dals, which also signified ‘ditch’) were no doubt named from their rounded, hollowed-out shape.=> dell, dollar
- dale (n.)
- Old English dæl "dale, valley, gorge," from Proto-Germanic *dalan "valley" (cognates: Old Saxon, Dutch, Gothic dal, Old Norse dalr, Old High German tal, German Tal "valley"), from PIE *dhel- "a hollow" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic dolu "pit," Russian dol "valley"). Preserved by Norse influence in north of England.
Example
- 1. But this isn 't a plug for dale carnegie .
- 2. The picture above was taken on site by dale .
- 3. I for you will not fear goes over hill and dale .
- 4. Hill and dale , doth boast thy blessing .
- 5. I don 't want the happy dale laundry ! I want the happy dale sanitarium !