valoir

French

Etymology

From Middle French valoir, from Old French valoir, valeir, from Latin valēre, present active infinitive of valeō, from Proto-Italic *walēō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti, from *h₂welh₁- (“to rule, be strong”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /va.lwaʁ/
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  • Rhymes: -waʁ

Verb

valoir

  1. (intransitive) to be worth
  2. (transitive) to earn, to win, to bring (something of value)
  3. (reflexive) to be the same, to have no difference between

Conjugation
Conjugation of valoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle valant
/va.lɑ̃/
past participle valu
/va.ly/
infinitive
simple valoir
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple valant
/va.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present vaux
/vo/		 vaux
/vo/		 vaut
/vo/		 valons
/va.lɔ̃/		 valez
/va.le/		 valent
/val/
imperfect valais
/va.lɛ/		 valais
/va.lɛ/		 valait
/va.lɛ/		 valions
/va.ljɔ̃/		 valiez
/va.lje/		 valaient
/va.lɛ/
past historic2 valus
/va.ly/		 valus
/va.ly/		 valut
/va.ly/		 valûmes
/va.lym/		 valûtes
/va.lyt/		 valurent
/va.lyʁ/
future vaudrai
/vo.dʁe/		 vaudras
/vo.dʁa/		 vaudra
/vo.dʁa/		 vaudrons
/vo.dʁɔ̃/		 vaudrez
/vo.dʁe/		 vaudront
/vo.dʁɔ̃/
conditional vaudrais
/vo.dʁɛ/		 vaudrais
/vo.dʁɛ/		 vaudrait
/vo.dʁɛ/		 vaudrions
/vo.dʁi.jɔ̃/		 vaudriez
/vo.dʁi.je/		 vaudraient
/vo.dʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present vaille
/vaj/		 vailles
/vaj/		 vaille
/vaj/		 valions
/va.ljɔ̃/		 valiez
/va.lje/		 vaillent
/vaj/
imperfect2 valusse
/va.lys/		 valusses
/va.lys/		 valût
/va.ly/		 valussions
/va.ly.sjɔ̃/		 valussiez
/va.ly.sje/		 valussent
/va.lys/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — — — — — —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).
Conjugation of se valoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle se valant
/sə va.lɑ̃/
past participle valu
/va.ly/
infinitive
simple se valoir
compound s'être + past participle
gerund1
simple se valant
/sə va.lɑ̃/
compound s'étant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present me vaux
/mə vo/		 te vaux
/tə vo/		 se vaut
/sə vo/		 nous valons
/nu va.lɔ̃/		 vous valez
/vu va.le/		 se valent
/sə val/
imperfect me valais
/mə va.lɛ/		 te valais
/tə va.lɛ/		 se valait
/sə va.lɛ/		 nous valions
/nu va.ljɔ̃/		 vous valiez
/vu va.lje/		 se valaient
/sə va.lɛ/
past historic2 me valus
/mə va.ly/		 te valus
/tə va.ly/		 se valut
/sə va.ly/		 nous valûmes
/nu va.lym/		 vous valûtes
/vu va.lyt/		 se valurent
/sə va.lyʁ/
future me vaudrai
/mə vo.dʁe/		 te vaudras
/tə vo.dʁa/		 se vaudra
/sə vo.dʁa/		 nous vaudrons
/nu vo.dʁɔ̃/		 vous vaudrez
/vu vo.dʁe/		 se vaudront
/sə vo.dʁɔ̃/
conditional me vaudrais
/mə vo.dʁɛ/		 te vaudrais
/tə vo.dʁɛ/		 se vaudrait
/sə vo.dʁɛ/		 nous vaudrions
/nu vo.dʁi.jɔ̃/		 vous vaudriez
/vu vo.dʁi.je/		 se vaudraient
/sə vo.dʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of s'être + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of s'être + past participle
future perfect future of s'être + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present me vaille
/mə vaj/		 te vailles
/tə vaj/		 se vaille
/sə vaj/		 nous valions
/nu va.ljɔ̃/		 vous valiez
/vu va.lje/		 se vaillent
/sə vaj/
imperfect2 me valusse
/mə va.lys/		 te valusses
/tə va.lys/		 se valût
/sə va.ly/		 nous valussions
/nu va.ly.sjɔ̃/		 vous valussiez
/vu va.ly.sje/		 se valussent
/sə va.lys/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — — — — — —
compound — simple imperative of s'être + past participle — simple imperative of s'être + past participle simple imperative of s'être + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Middle French

Alternative forms
  • valloir (less common)

Etymology

From Latin valēre, present active infinitive of valeō.

Verb

valoir

  1. to be worth; to have a certain value
  2. (of a person) to have merit; to be have positive qualities

Descendants

References
  • valoir on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin valēre, present active infinitive of valeō.

Verb

valoir

  1. to have value; to be worth

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of valoir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive valoir avoir valu
gerund en valant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle valant
past participle valu
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present vail, val vaus vaut valons, vaillons valez, vailliez valent, vaillent
imperfect valoie, valeie valoies, valeies valoit, valeit valiiens, valiens valiiez, valiez valoient, valeient
preterite valui, vaus valus, vausis valu, vaust valumes, vausimes valustes, vausistes valurent, vaustrent
future vaudrai vaudras vaudra vaudrons vaudroiz, vaudreiz, vaudrez vaudront
conditional vaudroie, vaudreie vaudroies, vaudreies vaudroit, vaudreit vaudriiens, vaudriens vaudriiez, vaudriez vaudroient, vaudreient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present vaille vailles vaille vailliens, vaillons vailliez vaillent
imperfect valusse, vausisse valusses, vausisses valust, vausist valussons, valussiens, vausissons, vausissiens valussoiz, valussez, valussiez, vausissoiz, vausissez, vausissiez valussent, vausissent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— — — — — —

Derived terms

Descendants
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