valor

See also: valör and valôr

English

Alternative forms

• valour

Etymology

From Middle English valour, from Anglo-Norman valour, from Latin valor. Doublet of valure. Compare Spanish valor and valer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvælɚ/

• Audio (US):

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• 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

Translations

value, worth — see value

strength of mind in regard to danger — see valour

Anagrams

• orval, roval, volar

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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)

Related terms

• valiosu
• valir
• valorar
• valerosu

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Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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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

Derived terms

• valorar

Related terms

• valdre / valer
• valent

References

• “valor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “valor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “valor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “valor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese valor, from Late Latin valōrem, accusative of valor, from Latin valeō (“I am strong”).

Noun

valor m (plural es)

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)

Related terms

• valer
• valioso
• valorar
• valoroso

Further reading

• “valor”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

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Interlingua

Noun

valor (plural valores)

1. value (quantity, level)

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Ladin

Etymology

From Late Latin valor, valōrem, from Latin valeō.

Noun

valor m (plural valores)

1. value

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Latin

Etymology

Found in Late Latin, from valeō (“I am worth, I am strong”) +‎ -or. Compare with the classical valētūdō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯a.lor/, [ˈu̯äɫ̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈva.lor/, [ˈväːlor]

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

• Albanian: vlerë
• Asturian: valor
• Catalan: valor
• English: valor, valour
• French: valeur
• Friulian: valôr
• Galician: valor
• Interlingua: valor
• Italian: valore
• Norman: valeu
• Ladin: valor
• Occitan: valor
• Portuguese: valor
• Romanian: valoare
• Romansch: valur, valour
• Sardinian: balore, valore
• Sicilian: valuri
• Spanish: valor
  • → Cebuano: balor

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.

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Old French

Noun

valor oblique singular, m (oblique plural valors, nominative singular valors, nominative plural valor)

1. Alternative form of valur

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese valor, from Late Latin valōrem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vaˈloʁ/ [vaˈloh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vaˈloʁ/ [vaˈloh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /vaˈloɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /vaˈloʁ/ [vaˈloχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /vaˈloɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈloɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈloɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈloɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈlo.ɾi/

• IPA^(key): /va.ˈloɾ/, /va.ˈloɻ/
• 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

• valoração
• valorado
• valorar
• valorativo
• valores
• valorímetro
• valorização
• valorizado
• valorizador
• valorizar
• valorizável
• valorosamente
• valorosidade
• valoroso
• valorzinho

 

Related terms

• valer
• valente

Descendants

• Kadiwéu: iniwaló

Further reading

• “valor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish valor, from Late Latin valōrem, accusative of valor, from Latin valeō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈloɾ/ [baˈloɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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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

Derived terms

• autovalor
• avalorar
• bolsa de valores
• eigenvalor
• mercado de valores
• valeroso
• valor absoluto
• valor característico
• valor de mercado
• valor esperado
• valor facial
• valor nominal
• valor preestablecido
• valor propio
• valor sentimental
• valor venal
• valorar
• valorización
• valorizar

 

Related terms

• avaluar
• devaluar
• evaluar
• valencia
• valentía
• valer
• valiente

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: balor

See also

• costo
• precio
• cuantía
• monto

Anagrams

• volar

Further reading

• “valor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014