different between dale vs dalk

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: d?l, IPA^(key): /de?l/
• Rhymes: -e?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English dale, from Old English dæl, from Proto-Germanic *dal?. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Doal, Dutch dal, German Low German Daal, German Tal, Swedish dal, Danish dal, Norwegian dal, Icelandic dalur.

Noun

dale (plural dales)

1. (chiefly Britain) A valley, often in an otherwise hilly area.

   Synonyms: dell, dells, vale
2. The sunken or grooved portion of the surface of a vinyl record.

   Antonym: hill

Derived terms

Related terms

• dollar

Translations

Etymology 2

Related to Low German daal or Dutch daal (“lowers, descends”) and French dalle (“trough; conduit”). Attested in English since the seventeenth century.

Noun

dale (plural dales)

1. (archaic) A trough or spout to carry off water, as from a pump.

References

Anagrams

• ALDE, Adel, Deal, Dela, E.D. La., Leda, adle, deal, lade, lead

Albanian

Alternative forms

• daleni (Plural)

Etymology 1

From dal (“I exit, go out”); see dal for more.

Interjection

dale

1. come out, get out (as a request, plea or as an order)

Etymology 2

Short form of ndal (“I halt, stop, rest, hold up”) (from n- +? dal). See ndal and dal for more.

Interjection

dale

1. wait, stay, hold up

   Synonym: ndal

2. don't hurry, relax, chill

Related terms

Further reading

• [2] interjection dale (dále) (plural daleni (dáleni)) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

Danish

Etymology 1

See dal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da?l?/, [?d?æ?l?]

Noun

dale c

1. indefinite plural of dal

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German dalen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da?l?/, [?d?æ?l?]

Verb

dale (imperative dal, infinitive at dale, present tense daler, past tense dalede, perfect tense har dalet)

1. fall
2. descend
3. go down
4. sink
5. decrease
6. fall off
7. subside
8. decline

Antonyms

• stige

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

dale

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of dalen

Anagrams

• adel, lade

Gothic

Romanization

dale

1. Romanization of ????????????????

Middle English

Alternative forms

• (Early ME) dæle, deale

Etymology

From Old English dæl, from Proto-Germanic *dala-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da?l/, /d??l/, /dal/

Noun

dale (plural dales)

1. A dale or valley.
2. (rare) A hole or barrow.

Declension

Related terms

• dalke (probably)

Descendants

• English: dale
• Scots: dale, daal

References

• “d?le, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dale/, [?d?a.le]

Verb

dale

1. Compound of the informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of dar, da and the pronoun le.

Interjection

dale

1. (Argentina) OK, okey dokey, right

   Synonyms: (Mexico) sale, vale

Derived terms

• dale que dale

Venetian

Adjective

dale f

1. feminine plural of dalo

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English dalke, dalk, from Old English dalc (“clasp, buckle, brooch, bracelet”), from Proto-Germanic *dalkaz (“clasp, pin”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?elg- (“to stick; needle, pin”). Cognate with Icelandic dálkur (“cloak-pin”), Latin falx (“scythe”). Doublet of falx.

Noun

dalk (plural dalks)

1. A pin; brooch; clasp

Etymology 2

From Middle English dalke; perhaps a diminutive of dale, dell. In that case from Old English *daluc, from Proto-Germanic *dalukaz.

Alternative forms

• delk

Noun

dalk (plural dalks)

1. (now rare) A hollow or depression.
   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 120:

     On a sunny September morning, with the trees still green, but the asters and fleabanes already taking over in ditch and dalk, Van set out for Ladoga, N.A.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch dadelijk, whence also the Afrikaans doublet dadelik (“immediately”). For a possible sense shift from “immediately” to “possibly” compare dialectal English drekly from directly. Note, however, that the Dutch adjective also used to mean “really, actually, indeed” (for which now daadwerkelijk, inderdaad); from this the Afrikaans sense can be derived simply through semantic weakening.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dalk/

Adverb

dalk

1. perchance, perhaps, possibly

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English dalc, from Proto-Germanic *dalkaz.

Noun

dalk

1. Alternative form of dalke (“brooch”)

Etymology 2

From Old English *daluc.

Noun

dalk

1. Alternative form of dalke (“depression”)