valor

Alternative forms

• valour

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman and Old French valor, valur, valour, from Latin valor. Compare Spanish valor and valer.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈvælɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ælə(ɹ)

Noun

valor (usually uncountable, plural valors) (American)

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

   Synonyms: bravery, courage, prowess, intrepidity

Anagrams

• orval, roval, volar

Etymology

From Latin valor (“value”), from valeō (“I am strong”).

Noun

valor m (plural valores)

1. value (numerical quantity measured, assigned or computed)
2. price; cost
3. value (quality that renders something desirable or valuable)
4. value (the degree of importance one gives to something)
5. courage; bravery
6. (music) value (the relative duration of a musical note)

Etymology

From Latin valor, valōrem.

Noun

valor m (plural valors)

1. value; worth
   • El mes de febrer de 1888, doncs, Eduard Toda ja ha reunit un fons bibliogràfic de valor considerable.

     February 1888, therefore, Eduard Toda set up a bibliographic database of considerable value

Etymology

From Old Portuguese valor, from Latin valor (“value”), from valeō (“I am strong”).

Noun

valor m (plural valores)

1. price; cost
2. value (quality that renders something desirable or valuable)
3. value (the degree of importance one gives to something)
4. value (numerical quantity measured, assigned or computed)
5. courage; bravery
6. (music) value (the relative duration of a musical note)

Noun

valor (plural valores)

1. value (quantity, level)

Etymology

From Latin valor, valōrem.

Noun

valor m (plural valores)

1. value

Etymology

Found in Late Latin, from valeō (“I am strong”). Compare with the classical valētūdō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwa.lor/, [ˈwa.ɫɔr]

Noun

valor m (genitive valōris); third declension

1. value

References

• valor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• valor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• valor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Noun

valor m (oblique plural valors, nominative singular valors, nominative plural valor)

1. Alternative form of valur

Etymology

From Old Portuguese valor, from Latin valor (“value”), from valeō (“I am strong”).

Pronunciation

• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /va.ˈloɾ/, /va.ˈloɹ/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /va.ˈloɾ/, /va.ˈloɻ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐ.ˈloɾ/
• Hyphenation: va‧lor

Noun

valor m (plural valores)

1. value (numerical quantity measured, assigned or computed)

   O valor de pi é 3,14.

   The value of pi is 3,14.

2. value (the degree of importance one gives to something)
3. price; cost
4. value (quality that renders something desirable or valuable)

Etymology

From Latin valore, singular ablative of valor (“value”), from valeō (“I am strong”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [β̞a̠ˈlo̞ɾ]

Noun

valor m (plural valores)

1. value (all senses)
2. (finance) security
3. worth
4. courage

See also

• costo
• precio
• cuantía
• monto