"valid" in seven languages
Meaningvalid
Spanish
válido
/ˈbalido/
learned
French
valide
/valid/
learned
For tickets and documents French often says valable.
Italian
valido
/ˈvalido/
learned
Portuguese
válido
/ˈvalidu/
learned
Romanian
valabil
/vaˈlabil/
other source · French valable (from Latin VALĒRE 'to be worth')
Said of tickets and documents; valid exists too, for arguments and legal acts.
Catalan
vàlid
/ˈbalit/
learned
English
valid
/ˈvælɪd/
from Latin/French · French valide, Latin VALIDUM
English → ItalianvalidvalidoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
VALIDUM‘strong (VALĒRE 'to be strong, be worth')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A learned word everywhere, from VALĒRE 'to be strong'. French also says valide of a healthy, able-bodied person, close to the Latin sense.
English relatives: validate, invalid, value, valor
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In a sentence
- esTu billete ya no es válido.
- frTon billet n'est plus valide.
- itIl tuo biglietto non è più valido.
- ptSua passagem não é mais válida.
- roBiletul tău nu mai este valabil.
- caEl teu bitllet ja no és vàlid.
- enYour ticket is no longer valid.
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