different between vale vs ville

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English vale, from Old French val (“valley”), from Latin vallis, valles.

Pronunciation

• enPR: v?l, IPA^(key): /ve?l/, [ve??]
• Rhymes: -e?l
• Homophones: veil, vail

Noun

vale (plural vales)

1. (chiefly poetic) A valley.

   Synonyms: dale; see also Thesaurus:valley

   Antonym: hill

Derived terms

Related terms

• valley

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin val?, singular imperative of vale? (“be well”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: vä?l?, IPA^(key): /?v??le?/

Interjection

vale

1. (usually seen in obituaries) Farewell.

   Vale, Sarah Smith

Related terms

• valediction
• valiant

Anagrams

• Leva, Veal, Vela, avel, eval, lave, leva, veal, vela

Aromanian

Noun

vale f (definite articulation valea)

1. Alternative form of vali

Czech

Etymology

Ultimately taken from Latin valeo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?val?]
• Rhymes: -al?

Interjection

vale

1. (archaic, informal) farewell, good bye

Synonyms

• sbohem; see ahoj

Related terms

Further reading

• vale in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• vale in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *valeh. Cognate to Finnish valhe and Votic valõ. Possibly a derivation from valama, where the word originally might have meant "sausage poured into an intestine", which was then used idiomatically with the meaning of "lie".

Adjective

vale (genitive vale, partitive valet)

1. false

Noun

vale (genitive vale, partitive valet)

1. lie

Declension

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *vale, from Proto-Oceanic *pale, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

Noun

vale

1. house
2. building

Finnish

Alternative forms

• valhe

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *valeh. Possibly from valaa (“to cast”) through val +? -e or rather the equivalent in Proto-Finnic. Cognate to Estonian vale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???le?/, [???le?(?)]
• Rhymes: -?le
• Syllabification: va?le

Noun

vale

1. (colloquial) A lie; an untruth; a fabrication.
2. As modifier in compound terms (vale-), false, virtual, pseudo-, fake

   valekuva = virtual image

   valepuku = disguise

   valeraskaus = false pregnancy

Declension

Synonyms

• (untruth): valhe, epätotuus

Derived terms

• valehdella

Compounds

Related terms

• valheellinen

Anagrams

• alve

Galician

Verb

vale

1. third-person singular present indicative of valer
2. second-person singular imperative of valer

Ingrian

Noun

vale

1. lie (untruth)

Italian

Verb

vale

1. third-person singular present indicative of valere

Anagrams

• lave, leva, vela

Latin

Etymology

From the verb vale? (“I am well, healthy”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?u?a.le?/, [?u?ä??e?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?va.le/, [?v??l?]

Interjection

val?

1. Goodbye, farewell.
   • a. 54 BC, Catullus, Catullus 101

     ave atque vale

     Hail and farewell

Usage notes

• This is the singular form. When addressing a group, val?te is used.

Descendants

• ? English: vale

Verb

val?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of vale?

Synonyms

• ad Deum

References

• vale in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vale in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vale in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• vale in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /?va.le/
• Hyphenation: va?le

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese vale, val, from Latin vallis, vallem (“valley”).

Noun

vale m (plural vales)

1. valley

Related terms

• val

Etymology 2

From the verb valer (“to be worth”).

Noun

vale m (plural vales)

1. voucher, coupon

   Synonyms: (Brazil) cupom, (Portugal) cupão

Verb

vale

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of valer
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of valer

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin vallis, vallem. Compare Aromanian vali.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?vale]

Noun

vale f (plural v?i)

1. valley

Declension

Related terms

• vâlcea

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bale/, [?ba.le]

Etymology 1

A nominalisation of vale, third person singular active indicative of valer (“to be worth”).

Noun

vale m (plural vales)

1. a voucher; an IOU

Derived terms

• valefacer (“to make an IOU”)
• vale de comida (“meal ticket”)

Etymology 2

See valer.

Interjection

vale

1. (Spain) okay

Usage notes

In Mexico, the complete expression sale y vale is also used to mean "OK".

Verb

vale

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of valer.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of valer.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of valer.

Etymology 3

From Latin val? (“be well, goodbye”).

Interjection

vale

1. goodbye, be well

Swedish

Noun

vale ?

1. Fix sea mark on land (Historical use in West Sweden)

Anagrams

• elva, lave, leva, vela

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin villa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vij/

Noun

ville f (plural villes)

1. city
2. town

Synonyms

• citai

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse vilja, from Proto-Germanic *wiljan?, cognate with English will, German wollen. The Germanic verbs goes back to Proto-Indo-European *welh?-, which is also the source of Latin vol?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vil?/, [??il?], [??el?]

Verb

ville (present tense vil, past tense ville, past participle villet)

1. (transitive) to want to, be willing to
2. (auxiliary, in the present tense) shall, will (with the infinitive, expresses future tense)
3. (auxiliary, in the past tense) should, would (with the infinitive, expresses conditional mood)

Inflection

Derived terms

• ville vide at
• ville vide af
• ville til at
• vil du tænke dig
• verden vil bedrages
• om du vil
• ikke ville høre tale om
• hvis du endelig vil vide det
• hverken ville eje eller have
• det vil sige

References

• “ville” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “ville,4” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Estonian

Noun

ville

1. illative singular of vile

French

Etymology

From Middle French ville, from Old French ville, vile, inherited from Latin v?lla (“country house”). Doublet of villa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vil/
• Rhymes: -il
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): [v?l]

Noun

ville f (plural villes)

1. town, city

Synonyms

• (city): cité

Derived terms

Further reading

• “ville” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

ville f pl

1. plural of villa

Latin

Noun

ville

1. vocative singular of villus

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French ville, vile,

Noun

ville f (plural villes)

1. city or town

Descendants

• French: ville

Norman

Etymology

From Old French ville, from Latin v?lla (“country house”).

Noun

ville f (plural villes)

1. town

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Adjective

ville

1. definite singular of vill
2. plural of vill

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vilja, from Proto-Germanic *wiljan?, from Proto-Indo-European *welh?-.

Verb

ville (present tense vil, simple past ville, past participle villet, present participle villende)

1. to want to, be willing to, shall, will, should
2. would

References

• “ville” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

ville

1. definite singular of vill
2. plural of vill

Verb

ville

1. past tense of vilja and vilje

Old French

Alternative forms

• vile
• vill (rare)

Etymology

From Latin v?lla.

Noun

ville f (oblique plural villes, nominative singular ville, nominative plural villes)

1. city or town

Descendants

• Middle French: ville
  • French: ville
• Norman: ville

See also

• cité
• vilage

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?l??/

Verb

ville

1. past tense of vilja.