dingle

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

A small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley.

Adj

Having good weather.

Opposto di

mank, manky

sinonimi

dell

valley

gorge

canyon

ravine

glen

gully

cirque

Traduzioni

dol

gelî

newal

nihal

ravine

λαγκάδα

στενή κοιλάδα

dingle

الوادي المشجّر

derecik

sot

vall petita

Waldschlucht

χαράδρα

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈdɪŋɡl̩/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: dingle

Ereditato da inglese antico: *dyngel

Affine saterfriesisch: Dongel

In summary

From Middle English dingle (“a deep hollow; dell”), from Old English *dyngel, a diminutive of Old English dung (“dungeon; pit”), equivalent to dung + -le (diminutive suffix). Compare Saterland Frisian Dongel (“hollow tooth, cavity”), English dimble (“a dingle, glen, retired place”).
Related to dungeon.