valve

See also: Valve

English

Etymology

From Middle English valve, from Latin valva (“double door, valve”). Doublet of valva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvælv/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ælv

Noun

valve (plural valves)

Valve1

Valve 3D

1. A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe.

   shut off the valve

   open the valve

2. A device that admits fuel and air into the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, or one that allows combustion gases to exit.
3. (anatomy) One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or control the flow in the opposite direction

   the ileocolic, mitral, and semilunar valves

4. One of the leaves of a folding-door, or a window-sash.
5. (Britain) A vacuum tube.
6. (botany) One of the pieces into which certain fruits naturally separate when they dehisce.
7. (botany) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, such as in the barberry.
8. (biology) One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.
9. (biology) One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.

Derived terms

• aortic valve
• atrioventricular valve
• bag valve mask
• ball valve
• Bauhin's valve
• bicuspid valve
• blow valve
• butterfly valve
• check valve
• clack valve
• colic valve
• demand valve
• D valve
• escape valve
• Eustachian valve
• exhaust valve
• flapper valve
• Fleming valve
• foot valve
• freeze valve
• gate valve
• heart valve
• ileocaecal valve
• ileocecal valve
• intake valve
• jockey valve
• Kingston valve
• leaf valve
• mitral valve
• needle valve
• non-return valve: see: non-return
• overhead valve
• pilot valve
• piston valve
• plug valve
• poppet valve
• pressure valve
• pulmonary valve
• pulmonic valve
• puppet valve
• pyloric valve
• relief valve
• retaining valve
• return valve
• reversing valve
• safety-valve
• safety valve
• screw valve
• scum valve
• semilunar valve
• side valve
• slide valve
• snifting valve
• stop valve
• suction valve
• swing check valve
• tail valve
• Thebesian valve
• thermionic valve
• toggle valve
• tricuspid valve
• triple valve
• Tulpius valve
• Tulp's valve
• vacuum valve
• valved
• valveless
• valve of Thebesius
• valve of Varolius
• valve oil
• valve snail
• valve train
• valvoplasty
• vein valve
• Wade-Dahl-Till valve

 

Descendants

• → Cantonese: 嘩佬／哗佬 (waa1 lou2)
• → Japanese: バルブ (barubu)
• → Thai: วาล์ว (waao)

Translations

device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid

• Afrikaans: ventiel
• Arabic: صِمَام‎ (ṣimām)

  Egyptian Arabic: محبس‎ m (máḥbas), بلف‎ m (balf)

• Armenian: փական (hy) (pʿakan), կափույր (hy) (kapʿuyr)
• Asturian: válvula f
• Azerbaijani: klapan
• Basque: balbula
• Belarusian: кла́пан m (klápan), ве́нтыль m (vjéntylʹ)
• Bengali: কপাটক (kopaṭok)
• Bulgarian: кла́пан (bg) m (klápan), вентил (bg) m (ventil)
• Catalan: vàlvula f
• Central Melanau: nganga
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 閥門／阀门 (zh) (fámén)

• Czech: ventil (cs) m
• Danish: ventil c
• Dutch: ventiel (nl) n
• Esperanto: valvo
• Estonian: ventiil, klapp
• Finnish: venttiili (fi)
• French: clapet (fr) m, soupape (fr) f
• Galician: válvula f
• Georgian: სარქველი (sarkveli)
• German: Ventil (de) n, Armatur (de) f, Hahn (de) m, Wasserhahn (de) m, Schieber (de) m
• Hebrew: שַׁסְתּוֹם‎ (he) m
• Hindi: वाल्व (vālv)
• Hungarian: szelep (hu)
• Icelandic: ventill (is) m
• Ido: valvo (io)
• Indonesian: katup (id), injap (id), klep (id), pentil (id)
• Italian: valvola (it) f
• Japanese: バルブ (barubu)
• Khmer: សន្ទះបិទបើក (sɑɑntĕəhbətbaək)
• Korean: 밸브 (baelbeu)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: derîçe (ku) n

• Latvian: ventilis m, krāns m
• Lithuanian: sklendė f
• Luhya: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: вентил m (ventil)
• Malay: injap
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norman: cliavette f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ventil m

  Nynorsk: ventil m

• Polish: zawór (pl) m, wentyl (pl) m
• Portuguese: válvula (pt) f
• Romanian: ventil (ro) n
• Russian: ве́нтиль (ru) m (véntilʹ), кла́пан (ru) m (klápan), задви́жка (ru) f (zadvížka), засло́нка (ru) f (zaslónka)
• Scottish Gaelic: cìochag f, pìob-chòmhla f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: вѐнтӣл m

  Roman: vèntīl (sh) m

• Sinhalese: වෑල්ව (wǣlwa)
• Slovak: chlopňa f, ventil m
• Slovene: ventil m
• Spanish: válvula (es) f, llave (es) f
• Swahili: valvu class 9/10
• Swedish: ventil (sv) c
• Tagalog: balbula, tudlang
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Telugu: కవాటము (te) (kavāṭamu)
• Thai: วาล์ว (th) (waao), ลิ้น (th) (lín)
• Tibetan: གཅུས་འགོག (gcus 'gog) (water), ཕུ་འགྲོ (phu 'gro) (air)
• Turkish: sibop (tr), supap (tr), valf (tr), vana (tr)
• Ukrainian: кла́пан m (klápan), ве́нтиль m (véntylʹ)
• Uzbek: klapan (uz)
• Vietnamese: van (vi)

device in an internal combustion engine

• Bulgarian: кла́пан (bg) m (klápan)
• Catalan: vàlvula f
• Central Melanau: nganga
• Czech: ventil (cs) m
• Dutch: klep (nl)
• Estonian: klapp
• Finnish: venttiili (fi)
• French: soupape (fr) f
• Georgian: სარქველი (sarkveli), დარაბა (daraba)
• German: Ventil (de) n
• Indonesian: katup (id), klep (id)
• Latvian: vārsts m
• Malay: injap
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ventil m

  Nynorsk: ventil m

• Polish: zawór (pl) m
• Portuguese: válvula (pt) f
• Russian: кла́пан (ru) m (klápan)
• Scottish Gaelic: cìochag f, pìob-chòmhla f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: вѐнтӣл m

  Roman: vèntīl (sh) m

• Swedish: ventil (sv) c
• Tagalog: tudlang
• Telugu: కొలిమితిత్తి యొక్క మూత (kolimititti yokka mūta)
• Thai: วาล์ว (th) (waao), ลิ้น (th) (lín)
• Turkish: supap (tr)

in anatomy

• Asturian: válvula f
• Berawan: ngangah (Central)
• Bulgarian: кла́па (bg) f (klápa)
• Catalan: vàlvula f
• Central Melanau: nganga
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瓣膜 (zh) (bànmó)

• Czech: chlopeň f
• Esperanto: valvo
• Finnish: läppä (fi)
• French: valvule (fr) f
• Galician: válvula f
• German: Klappe (de) f
• Hungarian: billentyű (hu)
• Indonesian: katup (id)
• Irish: comhla f
• Kanowit: nganga
• Korean: 판막 (ko) (panmak)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: derîçe (ku) f

• Malay: injap
• Norwegian: klaff m
• Persian: دریچه‎ (fa) (dariče)
• Polish: zastawka (pl) f
• Portuguese: válvula (pt) f, valva (pt) f
• Romanian: valvă (ro) f
• Russian: кла́пан (ru) m (klápan)
• Scottish Gaelic: cìochag f, pìob-chòmhla f, duilleag-dhoras
• Sekapan: nganga
• Spanish: válvula (es) f
• Swedish: klaff (sv)
• Tagalog: palaypay-butas
• Telugu: కవాటము (te) (kavāṭamu)
• Thai: ลิ้น (th) (lín)
• Turkish: kapak (tr)
• Ukrainian: кла́пан m (klápan)

vacuum tube — see vacuum tube

Verb

valve (third-person singular simple present valves, present participle valving, simple past and past participle valved)

1. (transitive) To control (flow) by means of a valve.

Anagrams

• Velva

Estonian

Etymology

From valvama +‎ -e.

Noun

valve (genitive valve, partitive valvet)

1. guard, watch

Declension

Declension of valve (ÕS type 6/mõte, length gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	valve	valved
accusative	valve	valved
genitive	valve	valvete
partitive	valvet	valveid
illative	valvesse	valvetesse valveisse
inessive	valves	valvetes valveis
elative	valvest	valvetest valveist
allative	valvele	valvetele valveile
adessive	valvel	valvetel valveil
ablative	valvelt	valvetelt valveilt
translative	valveks	valveteks valveiks
terminative	valveni	valveteni
essive	valvena	valvetena
abessive	valveta	valveteta
comitative	valvega	valvetega

Finnish

Etymology

valvoa +‎ -e

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑlʋeˣ/, [ˈʋɑ̝lʋe̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑlʋe
• Syllabification^(key): val‧ve

Noun

valve

1. awakeness; the state of being awake

Declension

Inflection of valve (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)
nominative		valve	valveet
genitive		valveen	valveiden valveitten
partitive		valvetta	valveita
illative		valveeseen	valveisiin valveihin
		singular	plural
nominative		valve	valveet
accusative	nom.	valve	valveet
	gen.	valveen
genitive		valveen	valveiden valveitten
partitive		valvetta	valveita
inessive		valveessa	valveissa
elative		valveesta	valveista
illative		valveeseen	valveisiin valveihin
adessive		valveella	valveilla
ablative		valveelta	valveilta
allative		valveelle	valveille
essive		valveena	valveina
translative		valveeksi	valveiksi
instructive		—	valvein
abessive		valveetta	valveitta
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of valve (type hame)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative valveeni valveeni accusative nom. valveeni valveeni gen. valveeni genitive valveeni valveideni valveitteni partitive valvettani valveitani inessive valveessani valveissani elative valveestani valveistani illative valveeseeni valveisiini valveihini adessive valveellani valveillani ablative valveeltani valveiltani allative valveelleni valveilleni essive valveenani valveinani translative valveekseni valveikseni instructive — — abessive valveettani valveittani comitative — valveineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative valveesi valveesi accusative nom. valveesi valveesi gen. valveesi genitive valveesi valveidesi valveittesi partitive valvettasi valveitasi inessive valveessasi valveissasi elative valveestasi valveistasi illative valveeseesi valveisiisi valveihisi adessive valveellasi valveillasi ablative valveeltasi valveiltasi allative valveellesi valveillesi essive valveenasi valveinasi translative valveeksesi valveiksesi instructive — — abessive valveettasi valveittasi comitative — valveinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative valveemme valveemme accusative nom. valveemme valveemme gen. valveemme genitive valveemme valveidemme valveittemme partitive valvettamme valveitamme inessive valveessamme valveissamme elative valveestamme valveistamme illative valveeseemme valveisiimme valveihimme adessive valveellamme valveillamme ablative valveeltamme valveiltamme allative valveellemme valveillemme essive valveenamme valveinamme translative valveeksemme valveiksemme instructive — — abessive valveettamme valveittamme comitative — valveinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative valveenne valveenne accusative nom. valveenne valveenne gen. valveenne genitive valveenne valveidenne valveittenne partitive valvettanne valveitanne inessive valveessanne valveissanne elative valveestanne valveistanne illative valveeseenne valveisiinne valveihinne adessive valveellanne valveillanne ablative valveeltanne valveiltanne allative valveellenne valveillenne essive valveenanne valveinanne translative valveeksenne valveiksenne instructive — — abessive valveettanne valveittanne comitative — valveinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative valveensa valveensa accusative nom. valveensa valveensa gen. valveensa genitive valveensa valveidensa valveittensa partitive valvettaan valvettansa valveitaan valveitansa inessive valveessaan valveessansa valveissaan valveissansa elative valveestaan valveestansa valveistaan valveistansa illative valveeseensa valveisiinsa valveihinsa adessive valveellaan valveellansa valveillaan valveillansa ablative valveeltaan valveeltansa valveiltaan valveiltansa allative valveelleen valveellensa valveilleen valveillensa essive valveenaan valveenansa valveinaan valveinansa translative valveekseen valveeksensa valveikseen valveiksensa instructive — — abessive valveettaan valveettansa valveittaan valveittansa comitative — valveineen valveinensa

Antonyms

• uni

Derived terms

• olla valveilla
• valvetila

Further reading

• "valve" in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish).

French

Etymology

From Latin valva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /valv/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

valve f (plural valves)

1. valve

Derived terms

• valve cardiaque

Further reading

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈval.ve/
• Rhymes: -alve
• Hyphenation: vàl‧ve

Noun

valve f

1. plural of valva