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Definition: Valour |
ValourNoun1. The qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle); "he showed great heroism in battle"; "he received a medal for valor". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "valour" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Synonyms: ValourSynonyms: gallantry (n), heroism (n), valiance (n), valiancy (n), valor (n), valorousness (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Valour |
| Specialty definitions using "valour": Achish, Allemand, Ambree ♦ Dirlos ♦ Friar John ♦ Gildippe ♦ Othni ♦ Ysolde. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "valour": valor. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Follow. But! Follow only if ye be men of valour, for the entrance to this cave is guarded by a creature so foul, so cruel that no man yet has fought with it and lived! (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman; John Cleese) | |
Movie/TV Titles | A Man of Valour (1963) Man of Valour (1949) Salute to Valour (1937) For Valour (1928) Woman of Valour (1995) | |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Their valour became unspeakable. |
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| "Valour" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.29% of the time. "Valour" is used about 85 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 (singular) | 95.29% | 81 | 36,835 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 3.53% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.18% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 85 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "valour": medal of valour ♦ pot valour ♦ woman of valour. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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 |
knight valour | 17 |
for valour | 12 |
2 knight valour | 9 |
arms valour | 4 |
suit valour | 3 |
road valour | 2 |
legend valour | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "valour"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | vlerë (amount, asset, avail, caliber, calibre, denomination, feck, merit, price, purchase, quality, rate, valor, value, worth), trimëri (belligerency, bravery, daring, gallantry, hardihood, hardiness, intrepidity, stoutness, valiancy, valor), trim (baresark, berserk, berserker, brave, cant, courageous, dare devil, daring, Dauntless, Doughty, fearless, gallant, game, Hardy, lion-hearted, manful, plucky, reckless, spunky, stouthearted, valiant, valor, valorous), guxim (audacity, boldness, courage, dare, daring, doughtiness, fearlessness, fortitude, forwardness, guts, hardihood, hardiness, heart, intrepidity, mettle, nerve, pluck, spirit, spunk, stoutness, valor, valorous). (various references) | |
Arabic | جراءة (audacity, bravery, courage, daring, hardiness, temerity, valor), شجاعة (assurance, brace, bravery, brawler, courage, fortitude, gut, guts, hardiness, heroism, manhood, nerve, pluck, prowess, sand, spirit, spunk, stoutness, valor), بسالة (courage, gallantry, intrepidity, valor), بطش (assault, force, valor, violence). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | смелост (audacity, boldness, bravery, courage, daring, enterprise, gallantry, hardihood, hardiness, manliness, pluck, sand, spirit, valor), храброст (bravery, gallantry, spirit, valiancy, valor), доблест (heroism, valor). (various references) | |
Czech | udatnost (bravery, gallantry, valiancy, valor), odvaha (boldness, courage, daring, doughtiness, grit, guts, high spirits, mettle, nerve, spirit, spunk, valor), chrabrost (valor). (various references) | |
Finnish | urheus (bravery, courage), miehuullisuus (bravery, manliness). (various references) | |
French | valeur (value), courage, bravoure. (various references) | |
German | Mut (audacity, boldness, braveness, courage, gameness, gaminess, grit, hardihood, hardiness, heart, nerve, pluck, pluckiness, spirit, spirits, spunkiness, valor). (various references) | |
Greek | γενναιότησ (braveness, courageousness, gallantry, generousness, pluck, stoutness, valiancy, valor, valorousness), γενναιότητα (braveness, bravery, courage, courageousness, fortitude, gallantry, generousness, pluck, prowess, stoutness, valiancy, valor, valorousness), ανδρεία (bravery, courage, prowess, stalwarthness, stoutness, valor). (various references) | |
Hebrew | עוז רוח (audacity, courage, daring, fortitude), עוז (forcel, fortress, glory, heroism, main, might, power, strength, vehemence, vigour), אמץ לב (bravery, courage, heroism, pluck, spunk), אבירות (chivalry, courage, knighthood). (various references) | |
Hungarian | vitézség (gallantry, heroism, prowess, valiancy, valor). (various references) | |
Indonesian | keberanian (bravery, courage, daring, gallantry, mettle, spunk, valiance, valor). (various references) | |
Italian | valori (item of value, object of value, securities, valor, valuable, valuables, worth), valore (account, bravery, courage, denomination, denomination of banknotes, gallantry, investment in securities, limit, mask, merit, price, purchase, security, stock, valor, value, worth, worthiness), coraggio (bravery, courage, grit, guts, hardihood, heart, manliness, mettle, nerve, pluck, stoutness, valiancy, valor). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 豪胆 (boldness, courage, hardihood), 武勇 (bravery, military prowess), 剛胆 (boldness, courage, hardihood), 勇気 (boldness, bravery, courage, nerve). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぶゆう (bravery, military prowess), "うた" (boldness, courage, hardihood), ゆうき (boldness, bravery, courage, definite period or term, departed soul, evocation, evoke, ghost, nerve, organic, revenant, spirit). (various references) | |
Manx | treanid (braveness, doughtiness, exploit, feat, heroics, starkness, strength, valiantness), erroort (prowess). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alourvay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | valentia (bravery, Doughty, force, gallantry, manganese, prowess, valiancy, valor), coragem pessoal (valor), bravura (bravery, chivalry, courage, derring-do, exploit, gallantry, valiancy, valor). (various references) | |
Romanian | vrednicie (application, assiduity, diligence, efficiency, honor, honour, sedulousness, valor), vitejie (bravery, courage, doughtiness, gallantry, spunk, stoutness, valor), curaj (boldness, bravery, chins up, come on, courage, fearlessness, fortitude, gallantry, go, grit, gut, hardihood, manliness, nerve, pluck, recklessness, spirit, spunk, stomach, stoutness, valor), bravurã (bravery, courage, gallantry, prowess, valiance, valor). (various references) | |
Russian | доблесть (doughtiness, heroism, prowess, valiancy, valor). (various references) | |
Scottish | treubhantas (bravery), gaisge (bravery, feats of arms). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | junaštvo (bravery, gallantry, heroism, prowess, valor), hrabrost (bravery, courage, doughtiness, fortitude, gallantry, gut, hardihood, heart, mettle, morale, nerve, pluck, sportsmanship, spunk, valor). (various references) | |
Spanish | valor (amount, bravery, caliber, calibre, cost, courage, denomination, gallantry, guts, importance, item of value, nerve, object of value, price, prowess, spirit, stature, valor, valuable, value, weight, worth). (various references) | |
Swedish | tapperhet (bravery, courage, gallantry, nerve, prowess, valor). (various references) | |
Turkish | yüreklilik (courage, pecker, pluck, spunk), kahramanlık (achievements, bravery, deed, exploit, feat, gallantry, heroism, prowess, valor), cesaret (audacity, bear up, boldness, bravery, chivalry, courage, daring, doughtiness, enterprise, fearlessness, fortitude, gallantry, grit, gumption, guts, hardihood, hardiness, heart, nerve, pecker, pluck, prowess, sand, spirit, spunk, stoutness, ticker, valiantness, valor). (various references) | |
Turkmen | edermenlik. (various references) | |
Ukranian | доблесть (heroism, prowess, valor). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tính dũng cảm khi say rượu (pot valour). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Nehemiah Chapter 11, Verse 14 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et fratres eorum potentes nimis centum viginti octo et praepositus eorum Zabdihel filius potentium |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And their brethren, mighty men of valor, a hundred twenty and eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And their brothers, men of war, a hundred and twenty-eight; and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim. |
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| Language | Nehemiah Chapter 11, Verse 14 |
| Bulgarian | и братята им, силни и храбри мъже, сто и двадесет и осем души; а Завдиил, син на "едолим, бе надзирател над тях. |
| Cebuano | Ug ang ilang mga kaigsoonan, gamhanang mga tawo sa kaisug, may usa ka gatus kaluhaan ug walo: ug ang ilang magtatan-aw mao si Zabdiel, anak nga lalake ni Gedolim. |
| Chinese | 還 有 他 們 弟 兄 大 能 的 勇 士 、 共 一 百 二 十 八 名 ． " 基 多 琳 的 ' 子 '' 巴 第 業 是 他 們 的 長 官 。 |
| Croatian | i njihove braæe, sposobnih za boj: stotinu dvadeset i osam. Zapovjednik nad njima bio je Zabdiel, sin Hagedolimov. |
| Danish | og hans Brødre, dygtige Mænd 128. Deres Befalingsmand var Zabdiel, Gedolims Søn. |
| Dutch | En hun broederen, dappere helden, waren honderd acht en twintig; en opziener over hen was Zabdiel, de zoon van Gedolim. |
| Finnish | sekä heidän veljensä, jotka olivat sotaurhoja, sata kaksikymmentä kahdeksan miestä. Heidän päällysmiehenään oli Sabdiel, Gedolimin poika. |
| French | et leurs frères, vaillants hommes, cent vingt-huit. Zabdiel, fils de Guedolim, était leur chef. |
| German | und ihre Brüder, gewaltige Männer, hundert und achtundzwanzig; und ihr Vorsteher war Sabdiel, der Sohn Gedolims. |
| Haitian Creole | Te gen antou sanvenntwit (128) vanyan gason nan branch fanmi sa a. Se Zabdyèl, pitit gason Agadòl, ki te chèf yo. |
| Hungarian | És az õ atyjokfiai, vitéz férfiak, százhuszonnyolczan, elõljárójok volt pedig Zabdiel, a Haggedólim fia. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Dari kaum ini ada 128 orang pahlawan yang gagah perkasa. Pemimpin mereka adalah Zabdiel, anak Gedolim. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | serta dengan segala saudara mereka itu, semuanya orang perkasa, seratus dua puluh delapan orang; maka Zabdiel bin Gedolim itulah pemerintah mereka itu. |
| Italian | e i loro fratelli uomini valorosi, in numero di centoventotto; Zabdiel figlio di Ghedolìm era loro capo. |
| Korean | 또 그 형 의 큰 용 사 니 도 합 이 일 백 이 십 " 명 이 라 하 그 돌 림 의 아 " 삽 "" 엘 이 그 감 독 이 되 었 느 니 라 |
| Maori | Me o ratou teina, he marohirohi, he maia, kotahi rau e rua tekau ma waru: a ko to ratou kaitirotiro, ko Tapariere tama a Haketorimi. |
| Modern Greek | και οι αδελφοι αυτων, ανδρες δυνατοι εν ισχυι, εκατον εικοσιοκτω· εφορος δε αυτων ητο Ζαβδιηλ, υιος του "εδωλειμ. |
| Norwegian | og deres brødre, hundre og åtte og tyve dyktige menn. Sabdiel, sønn av Haggedolim, var tilsynsmann over dem. |
| Portuguese | e os irmãos deles, homens valentes, cento e vinte e oito; e o superintendente sobre eles era Zabdiel, filho de Hagedolim. |
| Rumanian | wi frayii lor, oameni viteji, o sutq douqzeci wi opt; Zabdiel, fiul lui Ghedolim, era cqpetenia lor. |
| Russian | Й 'ТБФШС ЕЗП, МА"Й ПФМЙЮОЩЕ--УФП "ЧБ""БФШ ЧПУЕНШ. оБЮБМШОЙЛПН ОБ" ОЙНЙ 'ЩМ ъБЧ"ЙЙМ, УЩО зБЗЕ"ПМЙНБ. |
| Spanish | y sus hermanos, guerreros valientes, eran 128, de los cuales era supervisor Zabdiel hijo de Gedolim. |
| Swedish | så ock deras bröder, dugande män, ett hundra tjuguåtta; och tillsyningsman över dem var Sabdiel, Haggedolims son. |
| Thai | และพี่น้องของเขาเป็นทแกล้วทหาร มีหนึ่งร้อยยี่สิบแป"คน ผู้"ูแลของเขาคือ ศับ"ีเอลบุตรชายของคนใหญ่คนโตคนหนึ่ง |
| Ukrainian | а їхніх братів, хоробрих вояків, сто двадцять і вісім, а провідник над ними Завдіїл, син Ґедоліма. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "valour": valours. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: ovular. | |
| Words within the letters "a-l-o-r-u-v" | |
-1 letter: valor, volar. | |
-2 letters: arvo, lour, oral, oval, ulva. | |
-3 letters: avo, lar, lav, luv, oar, ora, our, ova, var, vau. | |
-4 letters: al, ar, la, lo, or. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-l-o-r-u-v" | |
+1 letter: flavour, ovulary, valours. | |
+2 letters: anovular, biovular, flavours, flavoury, outrival, overhaul, vacuolar, valorous, valuator. | |
+3 letters: boulevard, evaluator, flavorful, flavoured, involucra, marvelous, monovular, outrivals, overhauls, overvalue, ovulatory, rivalrous, valuators, variously, vocabular, voluntary. | |
+4 letters: boulevards, chivalrous, cultivator, evaluators, flavouring, involucral, marvellous, outrivaled, overbrutal, overhauled, overslaugh, overvalued, overvalues, ravenously, travelogue, unprovable, valorously, vaporously, vocabulary, voluptuary. | |
+5 letters: anovulatory, cavernously, countervail, cultivators, flavorfully, involucrate, involuntary, marvelously, nonvascular, outrivaling, outrivalled, overarousal, overcareful, overhauling, overslaughs, overvaluing, overzealous, provascular, revaluation, sporulative, sugarloaves, travelogues, ultraviolet, unfavorable, unfavorably, unremovable, vagariously, veraciously, vicariously, voluntaries, voluntarily, voluntarism, voluntarist, voraciously. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 61 6C 6F 75 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- .- .-.. --- ..- .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01100001 01101100 01101111 01110101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V a l o u r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0061 006C 006F 0075 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)566778818784 |
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