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valour

UK/ˈvælə//ˈvælɚ/

valour noun: individually sustained verve or passion.

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.

valour meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

valour in Hindi

strength of mind in regard to danger
वीरता vīrtā, साहस sāhas
a brave man; a man of valour
वीर vīr, साहसी sāhsī

valour in Tamil

பேராண்மை, வல்லமை, தீரம், வீரம், சூரம், பராக்கிரமம்

valour in Marathi

valour, bravery, heroism, gallantry
शौर्य śaurya
valour
पुरुषत्व puruṣatva

valour in Urdu

دلیری, ہمت, جوان مردی, مردانگی, نڈر پن, شجاعت
More languagesFewer languages
valour in Bengali
বিক্রম bikrom, তেজ tej
valour in Telugu
వీరత్వము vīratvamu
valour in Malayalam
പരാക്രമം parākramaṁ
valour in Kannada
ಆಕೆ, ತಕ್ಕು, ಕಾಣ್ಮೆ, ಒಟ್ಟಜೆ
valour in Sanskrit
शवस् śavas
valour in Arabic
مُرُوءَة murūʔa, بَسَالَة basāla
valour in Vietnamese
dũng cảm, lòng dũng cảm

Synonyms of valour

Forms of valour

pluralvalours
alternative formvalor

Origin of valour

From Middle English valour, from Anglo-Norman valour, from Latin valor. Doublet of valure.

Words formed from valour

Words that rhyme with valour

Questions about valour

What does valour mean?
Valour means individually sustained verve or passion.
What is valour in Hindi?
Valour in Hindi is वीरता (vīrtā), साहस (sāhas), वीर (vīr). See Valour meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is valour?
Valour is a noun.
How do you pronounce valour?
Valour is pronounced /ˈvælə/ (UK).
What is the plural of valour?
The plural of valour is valours.

Words near valour in the dictionary

  1. valorous
  2. valorously
  3. valorousness
  4. valors
  5. valosin
  6. valour
  7. valourisation
  8. valourisations
  9. valourise
  10. valourization
  11. valourizations

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: valour (page history and authors); valour (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); पुरुषत्व (Marathi) (page history and authors); valour (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); তেজ (Bengali) (page history and authors); പരാക്രമം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); valour (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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