lavaleur

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

tableau 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.

vieilles ' .

These old coins no longer have any value.

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This word is part of lesson 32.