valour

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman valour, from continental Old French valor, from Latin valor.

Pronunciation
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  • IPA(key): /ˈvælə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -ælə(ɹ)

Noun

valour (usually uncountable, plural valours) (British spelling)

  1. Value; worth.
  2. Strength of mind in regard to danger; the quality which enables a person to encounter danger with firmness
    Synonyms: bravery, courage, prowess, intrepidity
  3. (dated) A brave man; a man of valour.
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Translations
value — see value

Anagrams

Old French

Noun

valour f (oblique plural valours, nominative singular valour, nominative plural valours)

  1. Late Anglo-Norman spelling of valur
    • Flatour est un soubtil enchanteour;
      Car par son vein enchantement
      Fait croire au dame et au seignour
      Que sur tous autres de valour
      Sont plus digne et plus excellent.
      Flattery is a subtle enchanter,
      For by its vain enchantment
      It makes damsels and lords alike believe
      That above all other valorous people
      Are more worthy and more excellent.
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