valor

See also: valôr

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Old French valor, valur, valour, from Latin valor. Compare Spanish valor and valer.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈvælɚ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ælə(ɹ)

Noun

valor (usually uncountable, plural valors) (American spelling)

  1. Value; worth.
  2. Strength of mind in regard to danger; that quality which enables a person to encounter danger with firmness
    Synonyms: bravery, courage, prowess, intrepidity
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Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin valor, valorem (value), from Latin valeō (I am strong).

Noun

valor m (plural valores)

  1. value (numerical quantity measured, assigned or computed)
  2. price; cost
  3. value (quality that renders something desirable or valuable)
  4. value (the degree of importance one gives to something)
  5. courage; bravery
  6. (music) value (the relative duration of a musical note)

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan valor, from Late Latin valōrem, accusative of valor, from Latin valeō.

Noun

valor m (plural valors)

  1. 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

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Further reading


Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese valor, from Late Latin valōrem, accusative of valor, from Latin valeō (I am strong).

Noun

valor m (plural valores)

  1. price; cost
  2. value (quality that renders something desirable or valuable)
  3. value (the degree of importance one gives to something)
  4. value (numerical quantity measured, assigned or computed)
  5. courage; bravery
  6. (music) value (the relative duration of a musical note)

Further reading


Interlingua

Noun

valor (plural valores)

  1. value (quantity, level)

Ladin

Etymology

From Late Latin valor, valōrem, from Latin valeō.

Noun

valor m (plural valores)

  1. value

Latin

Etymology

Found in Late Latin, from valeō (I am strong) + -or. Compare with the classical valētūdō.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwa.lor/, [ˈwa.ɫɔr]

Noun

valor m (genitive valōris); third declension

  1. (Late Latin) value

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative valor valōrēs
Genitive valōris valōrum
Dative valōrī valōribus
Accusative valōrem valōrēs
Ablative valōre valōribus
Vocative valor valōrēs

Descendants

References


Old French

Noun

valor m (oblique plural valors, nominative singular valors, nominative plural valor)

  1. Alternative form of valur

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese valor, from Late Latin valōrem, accusative of valor, from Latin valeō (I am strong).

Pronunciation

  • (Paulista) IPA(key): /va.ˈloɾ/, /va.ˈloɹ/
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /va.ˈloɾ/, /va.ˈloɻ/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /vɐ.ˈloɾ/
  • Hyphenation: va‧lor

Noun

valor m (plural valores)

  1. value (numerical quantity measured, assigned or computed)
    O valor de pi é 3,14.
    The value of pi is 3,14.
  2. value (the degree of importance one gives to something)
  3. price; cost
  4. value (quality that renders something desirable or valuable)

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:valor.

Synonyms

Derived terms

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/

Noun

valor m (plural valores)

  1. value (all senses) (clarification of this definition is needed)
  2. (finance) security
  3. worth
  4. courage

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

See also

Anagrams

Further reading

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