vaillance
French
Etymology
From Old French vaillance, from vaillant + -ance, or possibly from Late Latin valentia, from Latin valens.
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɑ̃s
Noun
vaillance f (plural vaillances)
- (usually in the singular) valiance, courage, bravery
Further reading
- “vaillance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Alternative forms
- vaillaunce (Anglo-Norman)
- vaillancie (Anglo-Norman)
- vaillauncie (Anglo-Norman)
- valiauns (Anglo-Norman)
- valaunce (Anglo-Norman)
Etymology
From vaillant + -ance, or possibly from Late Latin valentia, from Latin valens.
Noun
vaillance f (oblique plural vaillances, nominative singular vaillance, nominative plural vaillances)
- value; worth
- valiance; chivalry; bravery
Descendants
- → English: valiance
- French: vaillance