valour

English

Alternative forms

• valor

Etymology

From Middle English valour, from Anglo-Norman valour, from Latin valor. Doublet of valure.

Pronunciation

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈvælə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈvælɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ælə(ɹ)

Noun

valour (usually uncountable, plural valours) (British spelling)

1. Individually sustained verve or passion.

   Synonym: prowess

   Valor wins the battle, not death!

2. Value; worth.
3. Strength of mind in regard to danger; the quality that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness; a feeling of upstanding bravery against adversity.

   Synonyms: bravery, courage, prowess, intrepidity

4. (dated) A brave man; a man of valour.

Derived terms

• discretion is the better part of valour

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂welh₁- (2 c, 0 e)

Translations

value — see value

strength of mind in regard to danger

• Arabic: مُرُوءَة (ar) f (murūʔa), بَسَالَة (basāla)
• Armenian: խիզախություն (hy) (xizaxutʻyun)
• Belarusian: до́блесць f (dóbljescʹ), адва́га f (adváha), му́жнасць f (múžnascʹ), му́жства n (múžstva), хра́брасць f (xrábrascʹ)
• Bulgarian: до́блест (bg) f (dóblest), хра́брост (bg) f (hrábrost), сърца́тост (bg) f (sărcátost)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勇氣 / 勇气 (zh) (yǒngqì)

• Czech: chrabrost f, odvaha (cs) f, udatnost f
• Danish: tapperhed (da) c, mod (da) n
• Dutch: heldhaftigheid (nl)
• Finnish: urheus (fi), urhoollisuus (fi), uljaus (fi)
• French: héroïsme (fr) m, courage (fr) m
• Georgian: სიქველე (sikvele), ვაჟკაცობა (važḳacoba), მამაცობა (mamacoba), გმირობა (gmiroba)
• German: Tapferkeit (de) f, Heldenmut (de) m, Mannhaftigkeit (de) f
• Hindi: वीरता (hi) f (vīrtā), साहस (hi) m (sāhas)
• Japanese: 勇気 (ja) (ゆうき, yūki)
• Korean: 용기(勇氣) (ko) (yonggi)
• Latin: virtus (la) f
• Macedonian: ју́наштво n (júnaštvo), до́блест f (dóblest), хра́брост f (hrábrost)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: edelmodighet m

• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: доблѥсть f (dobljestĭ)

• Polish: dzielność (pl) f, męstwo (pl) n, waleczność (pl) f, odwaga (pl) f
• Portuguese: bravura (pt) f, valentia (pt) f
• Romanian: curaj (ro) n
• Russian: до́блесть (ru) f (dóblestʹ), отва́га (ru) f (otvága), му́жество (ru) n (múžestvo), хра́брость (ru) f (xrábrostʹ), герои́зм (ru) m (geroízm)
• Sanskrit: शवस् (sa) n (śavas)
• Scottish Gaelic: tapachd f
• Slovak: chrabrosť f, odvaha f
• Spanish: valor (es) m, valía (es) f, valer (es) m, valoría (es) f
• Swedish: tapperhet (sv) c, mod (sv) n
• Telugu: వీరత్వము (te) (vīratvamu)
• Turkish: cesaret; yüreklilik
• Ukrainian: до́блесть f (dóblestʹ), відва́га f (vidváha), му́жність f (múžnistʹ), хоро́брість f (xoróbristʹ)
• Vietnamese: dũng cảm (vi), lòng dũng cảm

a brave man; a man of valour

• Bulgarian: герой (bg) m (geroj)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勇者 (zh) (yǒngzhě)

• Hindi: वीर (hi) m (vīr), साहसी (hi) (sāhsī)
• Macedonian: ју́нак m (júnak), хе́рој m (héroj)
• Polish: bohater (pl) m
• Russian: геро́й (ru) m (gerój)

Anagrams

• louvar, ovular

Old French

Noun

valour oblique singular, f (oblique plural valours, nominative singular valour, nominative plural valours)

1. Late Anglo-Norman spelling of valur

   Flatour est un soubtil enchanteour;
   Car par son vein enchantement
   Fait croire au dame et au seignour
   Que sur tous autres de valour
   Sont plus digne et plus excellent.

   Flattery is a subtle enchanter,
   For by its vain enchantment
   It makes damsels and lords alike believe
   That above all other valorous people
   Are more worthy and more excellent.