different between dale vs doll

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

From Doll, a popular pet form of Dorothy. The dollar sense is a shortening of the word.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d?l/, /d?l/
• Rhymes: -?l

Noun

doll (plural dolls)

1. A toy in the form of a human.

   Hyponym: action figure

2. (slang, sometimes offensive) An attractive young woman
3. (US, Australia) A term of endearment: darling, sweetheart.
4. (US, obsolete) A dollar.
5. (US, dated, now possibly offensive) A good-natured, cooperative or helpful girl.
   • 2017, Chunk in "Skate-lebrity", The ZhuZhus

     Ow! These things are defective. Pipsqueak, be a doll, I need a new pair, pronto!

6. The smallest or pet pig in a litter.
7. A kind of barrier used in horse racing.
   • 1885, William Day, The Racehorse in Training (page 87)

     On a beautiful spring morning, after the “dolls and chains” had been removed to allow the horses room to pass through, in galloping “across the flat,” […]

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• golliwog
• puppet
• teddy, teddy bear
• doll on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• LOL'd, LOLd, lol'd, lold

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin d?lium.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?do?/

Noun

doll m (plural dolls)

1. stream, jet
2. pitcher, vase

Derived terms

• endoll

German

Etymology

Occasionally found in older texts, but chiefly introduced to standard German during the 20th century from Central German and German Low German dialects, from northern Middle High German dol and Middle Low German dol. Doublet of toll (“great; crazy”), which compare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?l/

Adjective

doll (comparative doller, superlative am dollsten)

1. (informal) firm, hard, forceful, strong (of actions, also of emotions)

2. (colloquial, chiefly in negation or sarcastically) good, great, satisfactory

3. (colloquial, with Ding) extraordinary, remarkable

Usage notes

• The word is readily attestable in written representations of spoken and informal German. The sense “firm, hard” is now also found occasionally in more standard prose, chiefly as an adverb (see below).

Declension

Adverb

doll

1. (informal) firmly, hard, forcefully, vehemently, strong (of actions, also of emotions)

Further reading

• “doll” in Duden online

Plautdietsch

Adjective

doll

1. mad, angry, furious
2. rabid