jale

See also: Jale and jalé

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a Common Slavic žalĩ. Compare Romanian jale.

Noun

jale f

  1. grief, sadness, distress

Antonyms

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin illae, nominative feminine plural of ille.

Pronoun

jale f (pl) (feminine singular jala)

  1. (third-person feminine plural pronoun) they

See also

Middle English

Noun

jale

  1. (Late Middle English) Alternative form of gayole

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

jale

  1. locative singular of jala (water)

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʒa.le/
  • (file)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic жаль (žalĭ), from Proto-Slavic *žalь. Compare Aromanian jali.

Noun

jale f (uncountable)

  1. grief, distress
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hungarian zsálya.

Noun

jale f (uncountable)

  1. (botany) common sage (Salvia officinalis)
    Synonym: salvie
Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

jale (Cyrillic spelling јале)

  1. vocative singular of jal

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxale/ [ˈxa.le]
  • Rhymes: -ale
  • Syllabification: ja‧le

Etymology 1

Deverbal from jalar.

Noun

jale m (plural jales)

  1. (Mexico slang) job, work
  2. (Peru, slang) sex appeal
  3. (Peru, slang) charisma, pull
  4. (Peru) recruitment, signing up (in the context of being called to join an organization, sports club, political party, etc.)

Verb

jale

  1. inflection of jalar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ژاله (žâle).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒale/
  • Hyphenation: ja‧le

Noun

jale (definite accusative jaleyi, plural jaleler)

  1. (dated) dew
    Synonyms: çiy, çiğ, kırağı, şebnem
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