valour

• valor

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

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈvælə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈvælɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ælə(ɹ)

valour (usually uncountable, plural valours) (British spelling)

1. Individually sustained verve or passion.

   Valor wins the battle, not death!

2. Value; worth.
3. Strength of mind in regard to danger; the quality which enables a person to encounter danger with firmness

   Synonyms: bravery, courage, prowess, intrepidity

4. (dated) A brave man; a man of valour.

• discretion is the better part of valour

• louvar, ovular

valour oblique singular, f (oblique plural valours, nominative singular valour, nominative plural valours)

1. Late Anglo-Norman spelling of valur

   Flatour est un soubtil enchanteour;
   Car par son vein enchantement
   Fait croire au dame et au seignour
   Que sur tous autres de valour
   Sont plus digne et plus excellent.

   Flattery is a subtle enchanter,
   For by its vain enchantment
   It makes damsels and lords alike believe
   That above all other valorous people
   Are more worthy and more excellent.