Valentine

Definitions: Valentine

Valentine

Noun

1. A sweetheart chosen to receive a greeting on Saint Valentine's Day; "will you be my valentine?".

2. A card sent or given (as to a sweetheart) on Saint Valentine's Day.

"Valentine" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be strong", "vigorous", "healthy".

Date "valentine" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1374. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Dream Interpretation	To dream that you are sending valentines, foretells that you will lose opportunities of enriching yourself. For a young woman to receive one, denotes that she will marry a weak, but ardent lover against the counsels of her guardians. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Health	The patient supine and the hips flexed by means of a double inclined plane: used in irrigating the urethra. (references)
Literature	Valentine A corruption of galantin (a lover, a dangler), a gallant. St. Valentine was selected for the sweet-hearts' saint because of his name. Similar changes are seen in gallant and valiant. Valentine. One of the Two Gentlemen of Verona; his serving-man is Speed. The other gentleman is Proteus, whose serving-man is Launce. (Shakespeare: Two Gentlemen of Verona. Valentine, in Congreve's Love for Love. Betterton's great character. Valentine (The Brave). Brother of Orson and the son of Bellisant, sister of King Pepin and wife of Alexander, Emperor of Constantinople. The twin brothers were born in a wood, near Orleans, and while their mother went in search of Orson, who had been carried off by a bear, Pepin happened to see Valentine and took him under his charge. He married Clerimond, niece of the Green Knight. (Valentine and Orson. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Slang in 1811	VALENTINE. The first woman seen by a man, or man seen by a woman, on St. Valentine's day, the 14th of February, when it is said every bird chuses his mate for the ensuing year. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Endearment	True lover's knot, plighted love; love tale, love token, love letter; billet-doux, valentine.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Valentine

English words defined with "valentine": Henry Valentine Miller ♦ Valentine Day. (references)

Specialty definitions using "valentine": 69201 ♦ 79854 ♦ ANTIMONY ♦ Bellisant ♦ Clerimond ♦ Flowers and Trees ♦ Orson ♦ Pacolet ♦ Valentine scale. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Valentine" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Manx (Valentine).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Is there a sign on my forehead or is it written in every bathroom from here to Tarn-Vedra about what an easy dupe Beka Valentine is? (Andromeda; writing credit: John Cranna) Hello Funny Valentine!! (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen) I can't believe I'm making out with Jimmy Valentine. (Shag; writing credit: Lanier Laney; Terry Sweeney) Damn it Valentine, you never plan ahead, you never take the long view, I mean here it is Monday and I'm already thinking of Wednesday It is Monday right? (Tremors; writing credit: S.S. Wilson; Brent Maddock)
Lyrics	Chances are you think my heart's your Valentine ("Chances Are"; performing artist: Johnny Mathis)
Clever	On a display of "I love you only" Valentine cards: Now available in multi-packs. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Valentine (1996) La Robe mauve de Valentine (1969) The Dickie Valentine Show (1966) NBC Valentine Greeting (1940) The Return of Jimmy Valentine (1936)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	175 Easy-To-Do Valentine Crafts (reference) Funny Money: A Mystery Featuring Tony Valentine (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	National Valentine Collectors Bulletin (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown (reference) Shirley Valentine (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Caveman's Valentine (Soundtrack) [SOUNDTRACK] (reference) Valentine Heartache (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Camp at Valentine Triangulation party of Wilbur Porter.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		The true and lively pourtraicture of Valentine Greatrakes.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Sierra Leone	Valentine Strasser, launched a military coup, which sent Momoh into exile in Guinea and established the National Provisional Ruling Council (NPRC) as the ruling authority in Sierra Leone. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Valentine" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 89.29% of the time. "Valentine" is used about 252 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	89.29%	225	20,080
Noun (singular)	10.71%	27	66,962
Total	100.00%	252	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "valentine" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Valentine	First name Female	1,000	3,235
Valentine	First name Male	5,000	1,041
Valentine	Last name	16,000	751
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

"Valentine" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be strong", "vigorous", "healthy".

The following table summarizes names related to "Valentine."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Valentina	Female	Ancient Roman	Valentine
Valentin	Male	Czech	Valentine
Val	Male, Female	English	Valentine
Valentine	Male	English	N/A
Valentin	Male	French	Valentine
Valentin	Male	German	Valentine
Bálint	Male	Hungarian	Valentine
Valentina	Female	Italian	Valentine
Valentino	Male	Italian	Valentine
Walenty	Male	Polish	Valentine
Valentin	Male	Romanian	Valentine
Valentina	Female	Romanian	Valentine
Valentin	Male	Russian	Valentine
Valentina	Female	Russian	Valentine
Valentin	Male	Scandinavian	Valentine
Ualan	Male	Scottish	Valentine
Valentín	Male	Spanish	Valentine
Folant	Male	Welsh	Valentine
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

1. Valentine, NE (city, FIPS 49950)
Location: 42.87368 N, 100.54990 W
Population (1990): 2826 (1332 housing units)
Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 69201
Country: USA

2. Valentine, TX (town, FIPS 74648)
Location: 30.58913 N, 104.49503 W
Population (1990): 217 (121 housing units)
Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 79854
Country: USA

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Expressions: Valentine

Expressions using "valentine": Henry Valentine Miller ♦ valentine card ♦ valentine day. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "valentine": valentine-ish.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Valentine

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
valentine day	2,753
valentine	2,227
stacy valentine	2,069
valentine day gift	1,822
valentine flower	1,650
valentine day gift basket	1,093
valentine candy	1,039
valentine rose	728
valentine gift	685
valentine card	397
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Valentine

Language		Translations for "valentine"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		Kartolinë Për Ditën E Shën Valentinit, I Dashur (affable, affected, affectionate, amiable, baby, beloved, caring, darling, dear, debonair, fond, friendly, genial, gentle, good, good natured, kind, kindly, love, pleasant, precious, sweetheart, sweetie, Sweeting, sweety, Truelove, warm), E Dashura (inamorata). (various references)

Arabic		‏محبوبة مختار, ‏بطاقة معايدة للحبيب أو الحبيبة. (various references)

Bulgarian		�'ъзлюбен Избран За 14 Февруари. (various references)

Czech		Valentinka, Valentin, Miláèek (darling, dear, favorite, favourite, heartthrob, honey, inamorato, love, pet, sweetheart, sweetie, Sweeting). (various references)

French		Valentin (Valentin). (various references)

German		Valentinskarte (valentine card). (various references)

Greek		Ερωμένη, �'αλεντίνοσ, Ανώνυμο Ερωτικό �"ράμμα. (various references)

Hebrew		ְ�"וב (Truelove). (various references)

Hungarian		Szeretõ (fond, light-o'-love, lover, loving, mistress, paramour), Kedves (affable, amiable, beloved, bland, comely, darling, dear, ducky, expensive, friendly, gentle, good-natured, kind, lady love, likable, lovable, loveable, lovely, lover, loving, marrow, mild, nice, paramour, suave, sweet, valuable), Bálint. (various references)

Indonesian		tanda kasih. (various references)

Italian		Innamorato (beau, in love, lover, sweetheart, Truelove), Biglietto Di San Valentino. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		バル�"ツル酸 (ballerina, ballet, barbituric acid, baroque, barrel, browse, bulb, vacuum tube volt meter, Valentine Day, Valentino Garavani, valley, valve, valve head, valve volt, volley, volleyball). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		バレンタイン . (various references)

Manx		Valentine, myrneen (boy, honey, sweetheart, well-beloved), kaart Laa'l Valentine. (various references)

Pig Latin		alentinevay.(various references)

Portuguese		Relativo A Namorado. (various references)

Romanian		Scrisoare De Dragoste, Ales Al Inimii, Aleasã A Inimii. (various references)

Russian		�'озлюбленный (Sweeting, Truelove), �'озлюбленная (Dona). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		voljen (beloved, loved), dan svetog valentina (valentine day). (various references)

Spanish		Valentín, Tarjeta Amorosa, Enamorado (admirer, amorous, enamored, enamoured, in love, lovesick). (various references)

Swedish		Valentinbrev. (various references)

Turkish		Sevgililer Günü Kartı, Sevgililer Günü Hediyesi, Sevgililer Günü (st valentine's day, st. valentine's day). (various references)

Ukranian		Коханий (Sweeting, Truelove), Любовне Послання. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Valentine

Derivations
	Words beginning with "valentine": valentines. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Valentine" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Balentine, Ballintine, faentine, Salentin, valantine, valentile, valentime, valentin, valentino, valentire, valetine, valintine, vallentine. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Valentine"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "valentine" (pronounced va"luntī'n)
6	-l u n t ī' n	Eglantine.
5	-u n t ī' n	byzantine, serpentine, turpentine.
3	-t ī' n	Palatine.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Valentine

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-l-n-n-t-v"
	-1 letter: venetian.
	-2 letters: elative, enliven, lenient, lineate, naivete, veinlet, ventail.
	-3 letters: alevin, alvine, entail, innate, invent, lateen, leaven, lenten, levant, linnet, native, neaten, tenail, teniae, tineal, valine, veinal, velate, venial, venine, vineal.
	-4 letters: alien, aline, alive, anele, anent, anile, anvil, eaten, elain, elate, elint, elite, enate, entia, event, evite, inane, inlet, laten, leant, leave, levin, liane, lieve, linen, liven, naevi, naive, navel, nieve, nival, telae, telia, tenia, tinea, valet, veena, venae, venal, venin, vinal, vitae, vital.
	-5 letters: alee, alit, anil, ante, anti, eave, elan, etna, even, evil, ilea, lain, lane, late, lati, lave, lean, leet, lent, leva, lien, line, linn, lint, lite, live, nail, nave, neat, nene, neve, nevi, nine, nite, tael, tail, tain, tale, tali, teal, teel, teen, tela, tele, tile, tine, vail, vain, vale, vane, veal, veil, vein, vela, vena, vent, vial, vile, vina, vine, vita.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-e-i-l-n-n-t-v"
	+1 letter: valentines.
	+2 letters: nonrelative.
	+3 letters: antiviolence, interleaving, nonrelatives, unventilated.
	+4 letters: cantilevering, convertiplane, environmental, inadvertently, inattentively, inviolateness, nonequivalent, nonevaluative, plaintiveness, valiantnesses.
	+5 letters: convertiplanes, evangelization, inevitableness, nonequivalents, nonspeculative.
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