valens
See also: Valens
Danish
Noun
valens c (singular definite valensen, plural indefinite valenser)
- valence
- (graph theory) degree, valency
- (chemistry) valence, number of (single) bonds an atom will make in stable compounds
- Carbon, hydrogen og oxygen har valenser på hhv. 4, 1 og 2.
- (grammar) valence, maximal number of arguments
Declension
Declension of valens
common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | valens | valensen | valenser | valenserne |
genitive | valens' | valensens | valensers | valensernes |
References
- “valens” in Den Danske Ordbog
Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of valeō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯a.lens/, [ˈu̯äɫ̪ẽːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈva.lens/, [ˈväːlens]
Participle
valēns (genitive valentis, comparative valentior, superlative valentissimus, adverb valenter); third-declension one-termination participle
- strong, vigorous, healthy
Declension
Third-declension participle.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | valēns | valentēs | valentia | ||
Genitive | valentis | valentium | |||
Dative | valentī | valentibus | |||
Accusative | valentem | valēns | valentēs valentīs | valentia | |
Ablative | valente valentī1 | valentibus | |||
Vocative | valēns | valentēs | valentia |
1When used purely as an adjective.
- comparative: valentior, superlative: valentissimus
Descendants
- Asturian: valiente
- → English: valent
- Old French: vaillant, vaillaunt, vailaunt, valiaunt, vaylant; vailliant, vailant
- → English: valiant
- French: vaillant
- Friulian: valent
- Italian: valente
- Old Occitan: valen
- Occitan: valent
- Old Portuguese: valente
- Galician: valente
- Portuguese: valente
- Spanish: valiente
References
- “valens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “valens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- valens in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “valens”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “valens”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Swedish
Noun
valens c
- valence, valency
Declension
Declension of valens | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | valens | valensen | valenser | valenserna |
Genitive | valens | valensens | valensers | valensernas |
Noun
valens
- definite genitive singular of val.
- definite genitive plural of val.
Anagrams
- alvens, elvans, lavens, navels, slaven, svalen, valsen