valoir

Meaning

  1. to be worth
  2. to earn, to win, to bring (something of value, ironic usage notwithstanding)
  3. to be equal to
  4. to be the same, to have no difference between

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/va.lwaʁ/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle French valoir, from Old French valoir, valeir, from Latin valēre, from Proto-Italic *walēō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti, from *h₂welh₁- (“to rule, be strong”).

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