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valor

/ˈvælɚ/

valor is the US standard spelling of valour.

Meaning of valour

Noun

valour (usually uncountable, plural valours)

  1. (UK, usually) Individually sustained verve or passion.
    • Valor wins the battle, not death!
    Synonyms:
    prowess
  2. (UK, usually) Value; worth.
  3. (UK, usually) Strength of mind in regard to danger; the quality that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness; a feeling of upstanding bravery against adversity.
  4. (UK, dated, usually) A brave man; a man of valour.

Forms of valor

pluralvalors

Words formed from valor

Phrases with valor

Words that rhyme with valor

Questions about valor

What is valor the US standard spelling of?
Valor is the US standard spelling of valour.
How do you pronounce valor?
Valor is pronounced /ˈvælɚ/ (US).

Words near valor in the dictionary

  1. Valones
  2. valonia
  3. valoniaceous
  4. valonias
  5. valopicitabine
  6. valor
  7. valora
  8. valorisation
  9. valorisations
  10. valorise
  11. valorised

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: valor (page history and authors); valour (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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