valuable

English

Etymology

value +‎ -able

Pronunciation

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Adjective

valuable (comparative more valuable, superlative most valuable)

1. having a great value.

   That ring over there is very valuable

Synonyms

• worthly

Translations

having a great value

• Arabic: قيم (qáyyim) m, ثمين (ṯamīn) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 寶貴 (cmn), 宝贵 (cmn) (bǎoguì), 貴重 (cmn), 贵重 (cmn) (guìzhòng), 有價值 (cmn), 有价值 (cmn) (yǒujiàzhí)

• Czech: hodnotný (cs) m
• Dutch: waardevol (nl)
• Finnish: arvokas (fi)
• French: précieux (fr)
• German: wertvoll (de)
• Gujarati: kimti
• Hindi: kimti
• Hungarian: értékes (hu)
• Irish: mórluachach (ga), luachmhar (ga)
• Italian: prezioso (it)
• Japanese: 貴重な (きちょうな, kichō na)

• Jèrriais: vaillabl'ye m and f
• Korean: 값비싼 (ko) (gapbissan), 귀중한 (ko) (貴重한, gwijunghan)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: به‌نرخ

• Latin: pretiosus (la)
• Polish: wartościowy (pl)
• Portuguese: valioso (pt)
• Romanian: valoros (ro), prețios (ro)
• Russian: ценный (ru) (tsénnyj) m
• Scottish Gaelic: prìseil (gd), luachmhor (gd), fiach (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian: dragòcjen (sh), vrijédan (sh)
• Slovene: vredno m
• Spanish: valioso (es)
• Swedish: värdefull (sv)
• Telugu: విలువైన (viluvaina)

Antonyms

• worthless

Noun

valuable (plural valuables)

1. a personal possession such as jewellery, of relatively great monetary value; — usually used in plural form.

Translations

personal possession of relatively great monetary value

• French: valeur (fr)
• German: Wertgegenstand (de) m, Wertsache (de) f

• Korean: 귀중품 (ko) (貴重品, gwijungpum)
• Serbo-Croatian: dragòcjenōst (sh) f