valoir

French

Etymology

From an Old French valoir, from Latin valere, present active infinitive of valeō.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /valwaʁ/, SAMPA: /va.lwaR/

Verb

valoir

1. to be worth

Related terms

• vaillant
• valence
• valeur
• valide
• valoriser

Conjugation

   Conjugation of valoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		valoir			avoir valu
gerund		en valant			en ayant valu
present participle		valant
past participle		valu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	vaux	vaux	vaut	valons	valez	valent
	imperfect	valais	valais	valait	valions	valiez	valaient
	past historic1	valus	valus	valut	valûmes	valûtes	valurent
	future	vaudrai	vaudras	vaudra	vaudrons	vaudrez	vaudront
	conditional	vaudrais	vaudrais	vaudrait	vaudrions	vaudriez	vaudraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	vaille	vailles	vaille	valions	valiez	vaillent
	imperfect1	valusse	valusses	valût	valussions	valussiez	valussent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	-	—	-	-	—
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Old French

Etymology

from Latin valeō

Verb

valoir

1. to have value; to be worth
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Qui plus de çant mars d'arjant vaut

     Which is worth more than 100 marks of silver

Derived terms

• vaillant

Descendants

• French: valoir