valor

See also: valör and valôr

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈvælɚ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ælə(ɹ)

Noun

valor (usually uncountable, plural valors)

1. US standard spelling of valour.

Derived terms

• discretion is the better part of valor
• pot-valor
• valorless

Translations

valour — see valour

Anagrams

• orval, roval, volar

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin valor, valorem (“value”), from Latin valeō (“to be strong or sound”).

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)

Related terms

• valerosu
• valiosu
• valir
• valorar

Further reading

• “valor”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
• García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “valor”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin valōrem, a noun based on Latin valēre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [bəˈlur]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [vəˈlor]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [bəˈlor]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [vaˈlor]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [baˈlor]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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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

Derived terms

• valorar

Related terms

• valdre / valer
• valent

References

• “valor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “valor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “valor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “valor”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish valor (“value”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: va‧lor

Noun

valor

1. value

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese valor, from Late Latin valōrem, accusative of valor, from Latin valeō (“to be 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)

Related terms

• valer
• valioso
• valorar
• valoroso

Further reading

• “valor”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Interlingua

Noun

valor (plural valores)

1. value (quantity, level)

Ladin

Etymology

From Late Latin valor, valōrem, from Latin valeō.

Noun

valor m (plural valores)

1. value

Latin

Etymology

Found in Late Latin, from valeō (“to be worth, to be strong”) +‎ -or. Compare with the classical valētūdō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwa.ɫɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvaː.lor]

Noun

valor m (genitive valōris); third declension

1. (Late Latin) value, worth

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	valor	valōrēs
genitive	valōris	valōrum
dative	valōrī	valōribus
accusative	valōrem	valōrēs
ablative	valōre	valōribus
vocative	valor	valōrēs

Descendants

• Albanian: vlerë
• Asturian: valor
• Catalan: valor
• English: valor, valour
• French: valeur f
• Friulian: valôr
• Galician: valor
• Interlingua: valor
• Italian: valore
• Norman: valeu
• Ladin: valor
• Occitan: valor
• Portuguese: valor
• Romanian: valoare
• Romansh: valur, valour
• Sardinian: balore, valore
• Sicilian: valuri
• Spanish: valor
  • → Cebuano: balor
  • → Tagalog: balor

References

• “valor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "valor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “valor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old French

Noun

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

1. alternative form of valur

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese valor, from Late Latin valōrem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vaˈloʁ/ [vaˈloh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vaˈloʁ/ [vaˈloh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /vaˈloɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /vaˈloʁ/ [vaˈloχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /vaˈloɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈloɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈloɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈloɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈlo.ɾi/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Homophone: valou (non-rhotic accents)
• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
• Hyphenation: va‧lor

Noun

valor m (plural valores)

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

   O valor do pi é 3,14.

   The value of pi is 3.14.

   • 2011, Wes McDermott, Criando Arte de Jogos 3D Para iPhone Com Unity, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 231:

     Você pode configurar quantas vezes o seu jogo vai executar seu ciclo de renderização. Por padrão, é definido e limitado a 30 FPS. Você pode alterar esse valor para renderizar a diferentes velocidades de projeção, como 60 FPS.

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2. value (the degree of importance one gives to something)
3. price; cost

   Synonyms: custo, preço

4. value (quality that renders something desirable or valuable)
5. amount, sum

   Synonym: montante

   O valor será depositado em sua conta ainda hoje.

   The sum will be deposited into your account by the end of the day.

Derived terms

• valoração
• valorado
• valorar
• valorativo
• valores
• valorímetro
• valorização
• valorizado
• valorizador
• valorizar
• valorizável
• valorosamente
• valorosidade
• valoroso
• valorzinho

Related terms

• valente
• valer

Descendants

• → Kadiwéu: iniwaló
• → Tetum: valór

Further reading

• “valor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “valor”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “valor”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “valor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish valor, from Late Latin valōrem, from Latin valeō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈloɾ/ [baˈloɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: va‧lor

Noun

valor m (plural valores)

1. value (all senses) (clarification of this definition is needed)
2. (finance) security
3. worth

   Synonym: valía

4. courage

   Synonyms: coraje, arrojo, decisión, agallas

   Antonyms: cobardía, miedo, temor

Derived terms

• autovalor
• avalorar
• bolsa de valores
• de valor
• eigenvalor
• mercado de valores
• teoría del valor
• teoría del valor-trabajo
• título valor
• valeroso
• valor absoluto
• valor añadido
• valor característico
• valor de cambio
• valor de mercado
• valor de uso
• valor de verdad
• valor esperado
• valor facial
• valor nominal
• valor normal
• valor preestablecido
• valor propio
• valor relativo
• valor sentimental
• valor venal
• valorar
• valorización
• valorizar

Related terms

• avaluar
• devaluar
• evaluar
• valencia
• valentía
• valer
• valiente

Descendants

• → Cebuano: balor

See also

• costo
• precio
• cuantía
• monto

Further reading

• “valor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• volar