valor
See also: valör and valôr
English
Alternative forms
- valour
Etymology
From Middle English valour, from Anglo-Norman valour, from Latin valor. Doublet of valure. Compare Spanish valor and valer.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈvælɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ælə(ɹ)
Noun
valor (usually uncountable, plural valors) (American spelling)
- Value; worth.
- Strength of mind in regard to danger; that quality which enables a person to encounter danger with firmness
- Synonyms: bravery, courage, prowess, intrepidity
Related terms
English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂welh₁- (2 c, 0 e)
Translations
value, worth — see value
strength of mind in regard to danger — see valour
Anagrams
- orval, roval, volar
Asturian
Etymology
From Late Latin valor, valorem (“value”), from Latin valeō (“I am strong”).
Noun
valor m (plural valores)
- value (numerical quantity measured, assigned or computed)
- price; cost
- value (quality that renders something desirable or valuable)
- value (the degree of importance one gives to something)
- courage; bravery
- (music) value (the relative duration of a musical note)
Related terms
- valiosu
- valir
- valorar
- valerosu
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin valōrem, a noun based on Latin valēre.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
valor m (plural valors)
- value; worth
- El mes de febrer de 1888, doncs, Eduard Toda ja ha reunit un fons bibliogràfic de valor considerable.
- February 1888, therefore, Eduard Toda set up a bibliographic database of considerable value
- El mes de febrer de 1888, doncs, Eduard Toda ja ha reunit un fons bibliogràfic de valor considerable.
Derived terms
- valorar
Related terms
- valdre / valer
- valent
References
- “valor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “valor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “valor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “valor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese valor, from Late Latin valōrem, accusative of valor, from Latin valeō (“I am strong”).
Noun
valor m (plural valores)
- price; cost
- value (quality that renders something desirable or valuable)
- value (the degree of importance one gives to something)
- value (numerical quantity measured, assigned or computed)
- courage; bravery
- (music) value (the relative duration of a musical note)
Related terms
- valer
- valioso
- valorar
- valoroso
Further reading
- “valor” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Interlingua
Noun
valor (plural valores)
- value (quantity, level)
Ladin
Etymology
From Late Latin valor, valōrem, from Latin valeō.
Noun
valor m (plural valores)
- value
Latin
Etymology
Found in Late Latin, from valeō (“I am worth, I am strong”) + -or. Compare with the classical valētūdō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯a.lor/, [ˈu̯äɫ̪ɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈva.lor/, [ˈväːlor]
Noun
valor m (genitive valōris); third declension
- (Late Latin) value, worth
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | valor | valōrēs |
| Genitive | valōris | valōrum |
| Dative | valōrī | valōribus |
| Accusative | valōrem | valōrēs |
| Ablative | valōre | valōribus |
| Vocative | valor | valōrēs |
Descendants
- Albanian: vlerë
- Asturian: valor
- Catalan: valor
- English: valor, valour
- French: valeur
- Friulian: valôr
- Galician: valor
- Interlingua: valor
- Italian: valore
- Norman: valeu
- Ladin: valor
- Occitan: valor
- Portuguese: valor
- Romanian: valoare
- Romansch: valur, valour
- Sardinian: balore, valore
- Sicilian: valuri
- Spanish: valor
- → Cebuano: balor
References
- “valor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- valor 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)
- valor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Old French
Noun
valor m (oblique plural valors, nominative singular valors, nominative plural valor)
- Alternative form of valur
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese valor, from Late Latin valōrem.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /vaˈloʁ/ [vaˈloh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /vaˈloɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /vaˈloʁ/ [vaˈloχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /vaˈloɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /vɐˈloɾ/
- Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
- Hyphenation: va‧lor
Noun
valor m (plural valores)
- value (numerical quantity measured, assigned or computed)
- O valor do pi é 3,14.
- The value of pi is 3.14.
- value (the degree of importance one gives to something)
- price; cost
- Synonyms: custo, preço
- value (quality that renders something desirable or valuable)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:valor.
Derived terms
- valoração
- valorado
- valorar
- valorativo
- valores
- valorímetro
- valorização
- valorizado
- valorizador
- valorizar
- valorizável
- valorosamente
- valorosidade
- valoroso
- valorzinho
Related terms
- valer
- valente
Descendants
- Kadiwéu: iniwaló
Further reading
- “valor” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish valor, from Late Latin valōrem, accusative of valor, from Latin valeō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈloɾ/ [baˈloɾ]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: va‧lor
Noun
valor m (plural valores)
- value (all senses) (clarification of this definition is needed)
- (finance) security
- worth
- Synonym: valía
- courage
- Synonyms: coraje, arrojo, decisión, agallas
- Antonyms: cobardía, miedo, temor
Derived terms
- autovalor
- avalorar
- bolsa de valores
- eigenvalor
- mercado de valores
- valeroso
- valor absoluto
- valor añadido
- valorar
- valor característico
- valor de mercado
- valor esperado
- valor facial
- valorización
- valorizar
- valor nominal
- valor preestablecido
- valor propio
- valor sentimental
- valor venal
Related terms
- avaluar
- devaluar
- evaluar
- valencia
- valentía
- valer
- valiente
Descendants
- → Cebuano: balor
See also
- costo
- precio
- cuantía
- monto
Further reading
- “valor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
- volar