English Explanatory Dictionary

dale

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A valley, often in an otherwise hilly area.
  2. The sunken or grooved portion of the surface of a vinyl record.
noun
  1. A trough or spout to carry off water, as from a pump.
name
  1. A surname from Middle English for someone living in a dale.
  2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  4. A female given name transferred from the surname.
  5. A hamlet in Ainstable parish, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5444).
  6. A village and community in west Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM8005).
  7. A village in Fjaler, Vestland, Norway.
  8. A village in Vaksdal, Vestland, Norway.
  9. A village in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
  10. A woreda in Ethiopia.
  11. A community in Port Hope, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.
  12. A number of places in the United States:

Pronunciation

/deu/ dāl /deɪl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dale.wav

Word forms

dale dales Dayle

Etymology

From Middle English dale, from Old English dæl, from Proto-West Germanic *dal, from Proto-Germanic *dalą.

Synonyms

dell dells vale

Antonyms

hill

Related words

dollar Stanton by Dale

Derived words

acre-dale Airedale Allandale Allendale Allendale East Allendale North Angledale Annadale Annandale Archdale Archdale Junction Armadale Armidale Aspendale Aspendale Gardens Attadale Avondale Avondale Heights Axedale Bairnsdale Balldale Banksiadale Bedfordale Berridale Berriedale Bevendale Birkdale Blythdale Boisdale Borderdale Borrowdale Boynedale Brendale Brookdale Brucedale Calderdale Camdale Carindale Carpendale Castle Dale Chapel-le-Dale Chippendale Clarksdale Cloverdale Clydesdale Coaldale Coledale Conondale Coomberdale Corndale Coverdale Cozaddale Crossdale Dale daleman Dales Creek daleside dalesman Dalton Dandongadale
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