What does the term "Vale" mean when someone dies?

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and where does it come from? I've read some death notices, etc, that say "Vale............" and the person's name?

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"Vale" is the Latin for "Goodbye"

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Vale Meaning

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Vale Definition

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It means farewell, or goodbye in Latin.

So the Salutatorian greets the people who have come to watch the graduation. That is usually the person with the second highest grade point average. Their speech comes first.

The valedictorian is usually the person in a graduation class that has the highest grade point average and they usually give the final speech at a graduation, telling the audience and the school farewell - after pontificating on several non-essential things.

In classical Latin, the word is pronounced with the initial V sounding like an English W. In Medieval (or Church Latin), the initial V is pronounced as a V.

It must be understood that there was no V sound, per se, in Classical Latin, the V is pronounced as a U, or W.

So, taking a look at another Latin thingy, the man whom you know as Julius Caesar is spelled in Classical Latin as Ivlivs with the initial letter being an i, and Caesar is pronounced much the way it is in German, Kaiser.

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What does the term "Vale" mean when someone dies?
and where does it come from? I've read some death notices, etc, that say "Vale............" and the person's name?

Answer 6

My last name is Vale and it means farewell/ goodbye (latin) and is pronounced the same way as veil is. It also means valley or from the valley.

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Is that pronounced as Valay? or just vale and in veil? anyone?

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vale 2 |ˈvälā| archaic
exclamation
farewell.
noun
a written or spoken farewell.
ORIGIN Latin, literally ‘be well!, be strong!,’ imperative of valere.

Answer 10

It can also be used as a noun, as in "vale of tears."