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Webster 1913 Edition


Valor

Val′or

,
Noun.
[OE.
valour
, OF.
valor
,
valur
,
valour
, F.
valeur
, LL.
valor
, fr. L.
valere
to be strong, or worth. See
Valiant
.]
[Written also
valour
.]
1.
Value; worth.
[Obs.]
“The valor of a penny.”
Sir T. More.
2.
Strength of mind in regard to danger; that quality which enables a man to encounter danger with firmness; personal bravery; courage; prowess; intrepidity.
For contemplation he and
valor
formed.
Milton.
When
valor
preys on reason,
It eats the sword it fights with.
Shakespeare
Fear to do base, unworthy things is
valor
.
B. Jonson.
3.
A brave man; a man of valor.
[R.]
Ld. Lytton.
Syn. – Courage; heroism; bravery; gallantry; boldness; fearlessness. See
Courage
, and
Heroism
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Valor

VAL'OR

,
Noun.
[L. valor, valeo, to be strong, to be worth.]
Strength of mind in regard to danger; that quality which enables a man to encounter danger with firmness; personal bravery; courage; intrepidity; prowess.
When valor preys on reason, it eats the sword it fights with.
For contemplation he and valor form'd.
Ad valorem, in commerce, according to the value; as an ad valorem duty.

Definition 2024


valor

valor

See also: valôr

English

Alternative forms

Noun

valor (usually uncountable, plural valors) (American)

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

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin valor (value), from 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)

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin valor, valōrem.

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

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese valor, from Latin valor (value), from 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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Ladin

Etymology

From Latin valor, valōrem.

Noun

valor m (plural valores)

  1. value

Latin

Etymology

From valeō (I am strong).

Pronunciation

Noun

valor m (genitive valōris); third declension

  1. 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

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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 Latin valor (value), from 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 usage examples of this term, see Citations:valor.

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • valorzinho (diminutive)

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Descendants

  • Kadiwéu: iniwaló

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [β̞a̠ˈlo̞ɾ]

Etymology

From Latin valore, singular ablative of valor (value), from valeō (I am strong).

Noun

valor m (plural valores)

  1. value (all senses)
  2. (finance) security
  3. worth
  4. courage

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