valour

English

Alternative forms

• valor

Etymology

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Borrowed from Anglo-Norman valour, from continental Old French valor, from Latin valor.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈvælə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ælə(ɹ)

Noun

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

1. Value; worth.
2. Strength of mind in regard to danger; the quality which enables a person to encounter danger with firmness

   Synonyms: bravery, courage, prowess, intrepidity

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

Derived terms

• discretion is the better part of valour

Translations

value — see value

strength of mind in regard to danger

• Arabic: مُرُوءَة (ar) f (murūʔa), بَسَالَة (basāla)
• Armenian: խիզախություն (hy) (xizaxutʻyun)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勇氣／勇气 (zh) (yǒngqì), 勇气 (zh) (yǒngqì)

• Danish: tapperhed (da) c, mod (da) n
• Dutch: heldhaftigheid
• Finnish: urheus (fi), urhoollisuus (fi)
• French: héroïsme (fr) m, courage (fr) m
• Georgian: სიქველე (sikvele), ვაჟკაცობა (važḳacoba), მამაცობა (mamacoba), გმირობა (gmiroba)
• German: Tapferkeit (de) f, Heldenmut m, Mannhaftigkeit f
• Japanese: 勇気 (ja) (ゆうき, yūki)
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• Korean: 용기 (ko) (yonggi)
• Macedonian: јунаштво n (junaštvo)
• Norwegian: edelmodighet m
• 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)
• Scottish Gaelic: tapachd f
• Spanish: valor (es)
• Telugu: వీరత్వము (te) (vīratvamu)
• Vietnamese: dũng cảm (vi), lòng dũng cảm

a brave man; a man of valour

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勇者 (zh) (yǒngzhě)

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• Macedonian: јунак m (junak)
• Russian: геро́й (ru) m (gerój)

Anagrams

• louvar, ovular

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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.