dell

Meaning

A small, deep, and wooded valley or sunken area of ground, especially in the form of a natural hollow.

Synonyms

valley

dale

vale

dingle

glen

ravine

glade

defile

chasm

small valley

cirque

dales

dene

Guy

meadow

vales

valleys

Translations

valle

vallon

valletta

vallis

Tal

vallée

vale

Mulde

valle

enges Tal

Wellental

vall petita

Dachkehle

Schnittlinie zweier Dachflächen

vall

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɛl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: delle

Inherited from Old English: dell

In summary

From Middle English delle, del, from Old English dell (“small dale”), from Proto-West Germanic *dalljā, from Proto-Germanic *daljō. Cognate to Proto-Slavic *dolъ (“below, down; valley, pit”), Welsh dôl (“meadow, dale”) and English dale.