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dale¹

  • /deɪl/ US, UK
  • /dɛj(ə)l/ British, Southern, Standard
  • /dæɪ(.ə)l/ Australia, New Zealand
  • /del/ Scotland
  • /deːl/ Wales

Rhymes with -eɪl

Where it comes from

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

noun dales

  1. UK A valley, often in an otherwise hilly area. And we will all the pleasures prove / That hills and valleys, dales and fields, / Woods, or steepy mountain yields

    Similar: dell, dells, vale

  2. The sunken or grooved portion of the surface of a vinyl record.

    Opposite: hill

dale²

  • /deɪl/ US, UK
  • /dɛj(ə)l/ British, Southern, Standard
  • /dæɪ(.ə)l/ Australia, New Zealand
  • /del/ Scotland
  • /deːl/ Wales

Rhymes with -eɪl

Where it comes from

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

noun dales

  1. archaic A trough or spout to carry off water, as from a pump. The pump-dale scupper is that to which the dale leads, that conveys the water from the pumps to the side on the lower deck of large ships.

Dale³

  • /deɪl/

Rhymes with -eɪl

proper noun Dayle

  1. A surname from Middle English for someone living in a dale.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A female given name transferred from the surname.
  4. A hamlet in Ainstable parish, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5444).
  5. A village and community in west Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM8005).
  6. A village in Fjaler, Vestland, Norway.
  7. A village in Vaksdal, Vestland, Norway.
  8. A village in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
  9. A woreda in Ethiopia.
  10. A community in Port Hope, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.
  11. An unincorporated community in Hamilton County, Illinois.
  12. A township in McLean County, Illinois.
  13. A town in Spencer County, Indiana.
  14. An unincorporated community in Boone County, Indiana.
  15. A township in O'Brien County, Iowa.
  16. A township in Kingman County, Kansas.
  17. A former community in Tobacco Township, Gladwin County, Michigan.
  18. A ghost town in Clay County, Minnesota.
  19. A township in Cottonwood County, Minnesota.
  20. A township in Atchison County, Missouri.
  21. A ghost town in Custer County, Nebraska.
  22. A hamlet in Wyoming County, New York.
  23. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.
  24. An unincorporated community in Grant County, Oregon.
  25. A borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
  26. An unincorporated community in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
  27. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Beaufort County, South Carolina.
  28. An unincorporated community in Caldwell County, Texas.
  29. An unincorporated community in Tyler County, West Virginia.
  30. A town and census-designated place therein, in Outagamie County, Wisconsin.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: glen, dell, valley, moory, dyer, dial, tach, marc, tac, add, tacs, dai, del, give, gave, louise

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noun valley

Españolvalle
日本語谷 tani
中文山谷 shāngǔ
Portuguêsvale
Françaisvallon
DeutschTal
Italianovalle
Русскийдоли́на dolína
العربيةثَنِيَّة ṯaniyya

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@misc{dale_2026,
  title = {dale},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dale},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}