vaillant

French

Etymology

Old present participle of the verb valoir (compare the modern form valant): from Old French vaillant, from Latin valentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.jɑ̃/
• Homophone: vaillants

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• Rhymes: -jɑ̃

Adjective

vaillant (feminine vaillante, masculine plural vaillants, feminine plural vaillantes)

1. (obsolete) valuable, which has legal tender

   ne pas avoir un sou vaillant ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. valiant

   Synonyms: brave, courageux

   à cœur vaillant rien d'impossible ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. (Quebec, Acadia) hardworking
4. (Louisiana) nice
5. (Louisiana) healthy

Derived terms

• vaillamment

Related terms

• valoir

Further reading

• “vaillant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Old French

Alternative forms

• vaillaunt, vailaunt, valiaunt, vaylant (Anglo-Norman)
• vailliant, vailant

Etymology

From Latin valentem, accusative singular of valēns.

Adjective

vaillant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vaillant or vaillante)

1. valuable; having value
2. valiant; brave

Verb

vaillant

1. present participle of valoir

Declension

	Case	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	subject	vaillants	vaillant	vaillant
	oblique	vaillant			vaillant	vaillant
plural	subject	vaillant	vaillanzs		vaillant
	oblique	vaillants			vaillanzs	vaillant

Related terms

• valoir
• valur

Descendants

• → English: valiant
• French: vaillant