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valoir
valoir
French
Verb
valoir
- (intransitive) to be worth
- (transitive) to earn, to win, to bring (something of value)
- (reflexive) to be the same, to have no difference between
Related terms
Conjugation
Conjugation of valoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | valoir | avoir valu | |||||
| gerund | en valant | en ayant valu | |||||
| present participle | valant /va.lɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | valu /va.ly/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | vaux /vo/ |
vaux /vo/ |
vaut /vo/ |
valons /va.lɔ̃/ |
valez /va.le/ |
valent /val/ |
| imperfect | valais /va.lɛ/ |
valais /va.lɛ/ |
valait /va.lɛ/ |
valions /va.ljɔ̃/ |
valiez /va.lje/ |
valaient /va.lɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | valus /va.ly/ |
valus /va.ly/ |
valut /va.ly/ |
valûmes /va.lym/ |
valûtes /va.lyt/ |
valurent /va.lyʁ/ |
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| future | vaudrai /vo.dʁe/ |
vaudras /vo.dʁa/ |
vaudra /vo.dʁa/ |
vaudrons /vo.dʁɔ̃/ |
vaudrez /vo.dʁe/ |
vaudront /vo.dʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | vaudrais /vo.dʁɛ/ |
vaudrais /vo.dʁɛ/ |
vaudrait /vo.dʁɛ/ |
vaudrions /vo.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
vaudriez /vo.dʁi.je/ |
vaudraient /vo.dʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | vaille /vaj/ |
vailles /vaj/ |
vaille /vaj/ |
valions /va.ljɔ̃/ |
valiez /va.lje/ |
vaillent /vaj/ |
| imperfect1 |
valusse /va.lys/ |
valusses /va.lys/ |
valût /va.ly/ |
valussions /va.ly.sjɔ̃/ |
valussiez /va.ly.sje/ |
valussent /va.lys/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Middle French
Alternative forms
- valloir (less common)
Etymology
From Latin valēre, present active infinitive of valeō.
Verb
valoir
Descendants
- French: valoir
References
- valoir on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)
Old French
Etymology
From Latin valēre, present active infinitive of valeō.
Verb
valoir
- to have value; to be worth
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Qui plus de çant mars d'arjant vaut
- Which is worth more than 100 marks of silver
- Qui plus de çant mars d'arjant vaut
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of valoir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | valoir | avoir valu | |||||
| gerund | en valant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | valant | ||||||
| past participle | valu | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | vail, val | vaus | vaut | valons, vaillons | valez, vailliez | valent, vaillent |
| imperfect | valoie, valeie | valoies, valeies | valoit, valeit | valiiens, valiens | valiiez, valiez | valoient, valeient | |
| preterite | valui, vaus | valus, vausis | valu, vaust | valumes, vausimes | valustes, vausistes | valurent, vaustrent | |
| future | vaudrai | vaudras | vaudra | vaudrons | vaudroiz, vaudreiz, vaudrez | vaudront | |
| conditional | vaudroie, vaudreie | vaudroies, vaudreies | vaudroit, vaudreit | vaudriiens, vaudriens | vaudriiez, vaudriez | vaudroient, vaudreient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | vaille | vailles | vaille | vailliens, vaillons | vailliez | vaillent |
| imperfect | valusse, vausisse | valusses, vausisses | valust, vausist | valussons, valussiens, vausissons, vausissiens | valussoiz, valussez, valussiez, vausissoiz, vausissez, vausissiez | valussent, vausissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Derived terms
Descendants
- French: valoir