"value, worth" in seven languages
Meaningvalue, worth
Spanish
valor
/baˈloɾ/
masc.inherited
Also 'courage'.
French
valeur
/valœʁ/
fem.inherited
Italian
valore
/vaˈlore/
masc.inherited
Portuguese
valor
/vaˈloh/
masc.inherited
Romanian
valoare
/vaˈlo̯are/
fem.borrowed · Italian valore / French valeur
Catalan
valor
/bəˈlo/
masc.inherited
English
value
/ˈvælju/
other source · Old French value (from valoir, Latin VALĒRE)
English → Italianvalue, worthvaloreNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: valor, value, evaluate.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
VALŌREM (Late Latin)‘worth’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
French nouns from Latin -ŌREM end in -eur and are feminine (la valeur, la couleur), while Spanish and Italian keep them masculine (el valor, il valore). English value comes from a different form, the participle of valoir.
English relatives: valor, value, evaluate
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In a sentence
- esEste anillo tiene un gran valor sentimental.
- frCette bague a une grande valeur sentimentale.
- itQuesto anello ha un grande valore affettivo.
- ptEste anel tem um grande valor sentimental.
- roInelul acesta are o mare valoare sentimentală.
- caAquest anell té un gran valor sentimental.
- enThis ring has great sentimental value.