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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
It eats the sword it fights with.
valor
preys on reason,It eats the sword it fights with.
Shakespeare
Fear to do base, unworthy things is
valor
. B. Jonson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Valor
VAL'OR
,Noun.
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)
- Value; worth.
- Strength of mind in regard to danger; that quality which enables a person to encounter danger with firmness; personal bravery; courage; prowess; intrepidity.
Related terms
Translations
value, worth — see value
strength of mind in regard to danger — see valour
Anagrams
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin valor (“value”), from 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
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.
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese valor, from Latin valor (“value”), from 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
Latin
Etymology
From valeō (“I am strong”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwa.lor/
Noun
valor m (genitive valōris); third declension
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
- 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, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “valor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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 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)
- value (numerical quantity measured, assigned or computed)
- O valor de pi é 3,14.
- The value of pi is 3,14.
- O valor de pi é 3,14.
- value (the degree of importance one gives to something)
- price; cost
- value (quality that renders something desirable or valuable)
Quotations
For usage examples of this term, see Citations:valor.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- valorzinho (diminutive)
Related terms
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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)
Derived terms
Terms derived from valor
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