la

feminine

/va.lœʁ/

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Translation

value, worth; valour

Word origin

From Latin valor ('worth, value'), from valere ('to be strong, to be worth'). The same root gives English 'value' and 'valour'.

Origin: Latin
Root: valor
English cognates: value, valour

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluralvaleurs

Examples

sentimentale .

This painting has great sentimental value for me.

The value of the house has doubled in ten years.

L'honnêteté ' transmise.

Honesty is a value my parents passed on to me.

défendu patrie .

He defended his homeland with valour.

' .

These old coins no longer have any value.

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This word is part of lesson 25.