Difficulty Level
intermediate
Translations
🇩🇪 Tal
, 🇪🇸 valle
, 🇮🇹 valle
, 🇵🇹 vale
, 🇨🇳 山谷
, 🇯🇵 渓谷
, 🇰🇷 계곡
, 🇸🇦 وادي
, 🇮🇳 घाटी
Usage Examples
- La vallée est entourée de montagnes verdoyantes.
- Ils ont planté des vignes dans la vallée au printemps.
- La vallée se trouve à l'est du petit village.
Etymology
**Etymology**
The French noun *vallée* comes from the Latin *vallis* “valley”, which entered Old French as *val* (later *valle*). By the 12th‑13th centuries it had acquired the feminine suffix *‑ée*, yielding *vallée*, a form that survived into Modern French. The spelling shift from *valle* to *vallée* reflects the Middle French orthographic change that added a doubled “l” and the vowel accent to indicate the long vowel.
Synonyms
ravine
creux
dépression
val
vaux
coulée
bassin
Antonyms
montagne
colline
sommet
plateau
cime
