valor

See also: valör and valôr

English

Alternative forms

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/
  • (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
English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂welh₁-‎ (2 c, 0 e)

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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

Borrowed from Late Latin valōrem, a noun based on Latin valēre.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

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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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)

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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 worth, I am strong) + -or. Compare with the classical valētūdō.

Pronunciation

Noun

valor m (genitive valōris); third declension

  1. (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

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)

  1. 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/

  • Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
  • Hyphenation: va‧lor

Noun

valor m (plural valores)

  1. value (numerical quantity measured, assigned or computed)
    O valor do pi é 3,14.
    The value of pi is 3.14.
  2. value (the degree of importance one gives to something)
  3. price; cost
    Synonyms: custo, preço
  4. value (quality that renders something desirable or valuable)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:valor.

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/ [baˈloɾ]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: va‧lor

Noun

valor m (plural valores)

  1. value (all senses) (clarification of this definition is needed)
  2. (finance) security
  3. worth
    Synonym: valía
  4. courage
    Synonyms: coraje, arrojo, decisión, agallas
    Antonyms: cobardía, miedo, temor

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