valoir
French
Etymology
From Middle French valoir, from Old French valoir, valeir, from Latin valēre, present active infinitive of valeō, from Proto-Italic *walēō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti, from *h₂welh₁- (“to rule, be strong”).
Pronunciation
Verb
valoir
- (intransitive) to be worth
- (transitive) to earn, to win, to bring (something of value)
- (reflexive) to be the same, to have no difference between
Conjugation
infinitive | simple | valoir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | valant /va.lɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | valu /va.ly/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | vaux /vo/ |
vaux /vo/ |
vaut /vo/ |
valons /va.lɔ̃/ |
valez /va.le/ |
valent /val/ |
imperfect | valais /va.lɛ/ |
valais /va.lɛ/ |
valait /va.lɛ/ |
valions /va.ljɔ̃/ |
valiez /va.lje/ |
valaient /va.lɛ/ | |
past historic2 | valus /va.ly/ |
valus /va.ly/ |
valut /va.ly/ |
valûmes /va.lym/ |
valûtes /va.lyt/ |
valurent /va.lyʁ/ | |
future | vaudrai /vo.dʁe/ |
vaudras /vo.dʁa/ |
vaudra /vo.dʁa/ |
vaudrons /vo.dʁɔ̃/ |
vaudrez /vo.dʁe/ |
vaudront /vo.dʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | vaudrais /vo.dʁɛ/ |
vaudrais /vo.dʁɛ/ |
vaudrait /vo.dʁɛ/ |
vaudrions /vo.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
vaudriez /vo.dʁi.je/ |
vaudraient /vo.dʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | vaille /vaj/ |
vailles /vaj/ |
vaille /vaj/ |
valions /va.ljɔ̃/ |
valiez /va.lje/ |
vaillent /vaj/ |
imperfect2 | valusse /va.lys/ |
valusses /va.lys/ |
valût /va.ly/ |
valussions /va.ly.sjɔ̃/ |
valussiez /va.ly.sje/ |
valussent /va.lys/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
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Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “valoir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Alternative forms
- valloir (less common)
Etymology
From Latin valēre, present active infinitive of valeō.
Verb
valoir
Descendants
- French: valoir
References
- valoir on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin valēre, present active infinitive of valeō.
Verb
valoir
- 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
- Qui plus de çant mars d'arjant vaut
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | valoir | avoir valu | |||||
gerund | en valant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | valant | ||||||
past participle | valu | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | vail, val | vaus | vaut | valons, vaillons | valez, vailliez | valent, vaillent |
imperfect | valoie, valeie | valoies, valeies | valoit, valeit | valiiens, valiens | valiiez, valiez | valoient, valeient | |
preterite | valui, vaus | valus, vausis | valu, vaust | valumes, vausimes | valustes, vausistes | valurent, vaustrent | |
future | vaudrai | vaudras | vaudra | vaudrons | vaudroiz, vaudreiz, vaudrez | vaudront | |
conditional | vaudroie, vaudreie | vaudroies, vaudreies | vaudroit, vaudreit | vaudriiens, vaudriens | vaudriiez, vaudriez | vaudroient, vaudreient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | vaille | vailles | vaille | vailliens, vaillons | vailliez | vaillent |
imperfect | valusse, vausisse | valusses, vausisses | valust, vausist | valussons, valussiens, vausissons, vausissiens | valussoiz, valussez, valussiez, vausissoiz, vausissez, vausissiez | valussent, vausissent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
Derived terms
Descendants
- French terms inherited from Middle French
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