vaillant
French
Etymology
Old present participle of the verb valoir (compare the modern form valant): from Old French vaillant, from Latin valentem, accusative singular of valēns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va.jɑ̃/
- Homophone: vaillants
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -jɑ̃
Adjective
vaillant (feminine vaillante, masculine plural vaillants, feminine plural vaillantes)
- valiant
- (Quebec, Acadian) hardworking
- (Louisiana) nice
- (Louisiana) healthy
Derived terms
- à cœur vaillant rien d'impossible
- ne pas avoir un sou vaillant
Related terms
- valoir
Further reading
- “vaillant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Alternative forms
- vaillaunt, vailaunt, valiaunt, vaylant (Anglo-Norman)
- vailliant, vailant
Etymology
From Latin valentem, accusative singular of valēns.
Adjective
vaillant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vaillant or vaillante)
- valuable; having value
- valiant; brave
Verb
vaillant
- present participle of valoir
Declension
Declension of vaillant
| Number | Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Subject | vaillanz | vaillant | vaillant |
| Oblique | vaillant | vaillant | vaillant | |
| Plural | Subject | vaillant | vaillanz | vaillant |
| Oblique | vaillanz | vaillanz | vaillant |
Related terms
- valoir
- valur
Descendants
- → English: valiant
- French: vaillant