valve

English

Etymology

From Latin valva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvælv/

Noun

valve (plural valves)

1. A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe.
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. (Britain) A vacuum tube.
5. (botany) One of the pieces into which certain fruits naturally separate when they dehisce.
6. (botany) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, such as in the barberry.
7. (biology) One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.
8. (biology) One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.

Derived terms

Terms derived from valve

• exhaust valve
• heart valve
• ileocecal valve
• intake valve

• mitral valve
• non-return valve: see: non-return
• safety valve
• semilunar valve

• toggle valve
• valved
• valveless

• valve oil
• valvoplasty
• vein valve

Translations

device that controls flow of gas or fluid

• Afrikaans: ventiel
• Arabic: صِمَام‏‎ (ṣimām)
• Armenian: փական (hy) (pʿakan), կափույր (hy) (kapʿuyr)
• Asturian: válvula f
• Azeri: klapan
• Basque: balbula
• Belarusian: кла́пан m (klápan), ве́нтыль m (vjéntylʹ)
• Bengali: কপাটক (kôpaṭôk)
• Bulgarian: кла́пан (bg) m (klápan), вентил (bg) m (ventil)
• Catalan: vàlvula f
• Central Melanau: nganga
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 閥門 (zh), 阀门 (zh) (fámén)

• Czech: ventil (cs) m
• Danish: ventil c
• Dutch: ventiel (nl)
• 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 f, Hahn (de) m, Wasserhahn (de) m, Schieber (de) m
• Hebrew: שַׁסְתּוֹם‏‎ (he) m
• Hindi: वाल्व (vālv)
• Hungarian: szelep (hu)
• Ido: valvo (io)
• Indonesian: katup (id), katup (id), injap (id)
• Italian: valvola (it) f
• Japanese: バルブ (barubu)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 밸브 (baelbeu)

• 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
• 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 (vǣlva)
• Slovak: chlopňa f, ventil m
• Slovene: ventil m
• Spanish: válvula (es) f, llave (es) f
• Swedish: ventil (sv) c
• Tagalog: balbula, tudlang
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Telugu: కవాటము (te) (kavāṭamu)
• Thai: วาล์ว (th) (waao)
• Turkish: supap (tr), valf (tr)
• Ukrainian: кла́пан m (klápan), ве́нтиль m (véntylʹ)
• Uzbek: klapan (uz)
• Vietnamese: van (vi)

device in an internal combustion engine

• Catalan: vàlvula f
• Central Melanau: nganga
• Estonian: klapp
• Finnish: venttiili (fi)
• German: Ventil (de) n
• Indonesian: katup (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

• Tagalog: tudlang
• Telugu: కొలిమితిత్తి యొక్క మూత (kolimititti yokka mūta)
• Turkish: supap (tr)

in anatomy

• Asturian: válvula f
• Berawan: ngangah (Central)
• Catalan: vàlvula f
• Central Melanau: nganga
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瓣膜 (zh) (bànmó)

• Czech: chlopeň f
• Esperanto: valvo
• Finnish: läppä (fi)
• French: valve (fr) f
• Galician: válvula f
• German: Klappe (de) f
• Indonesian: katup (id)
• Irish: comhla f

• Kanowit: nganga
• Korean: 판막 (ko) (panmak)
• Malay: injap
• Norwegian: klaff m
• Polish: zastawka 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
• Tagalog: palaypay-butas
• Telugu: కవాటము (te) (kavāṭamu)
• Turkish: kapak (tr)

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

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Estonian

Noun

valve (genitive valve, partitive valvet)

1. guard, watch

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Finnish

Noun

valve

1. 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		—	valveineen

Antonyms

• uni

Derived terms

• olla valveilla

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French

Etymology

From Latin valva.

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /valv/

Noun

valve f (plural valves)

1. valve

Derived terms

• valve cardiaque

Further reading

• “valve” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Italian

Noun

valve f

1. plural of valva