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valoir /valwaʀ/ (conjugate⇒)
  1. transitive verb ~ qch à qn to earn sb sth [praise, criticism];
    to win sb sth [friendship];
    to bring sb sth [problems].
  1. intransitive verb
    1. ~ une fortune/cher to be worth a fortune/a lot;
      ça vaut combien? how much is it worth?;
      ~ de l'or figurative to be very valuable;
    1. que vaut ce film/vin? what's that film/wine like?;
      il ne vaut pas mieux que son frère he's no better than his brother;
      ne rien ~ to be rubbish;
      to be useless;
      to be worthless;
      la chaleur ne me vaut rien the heat doesn't suit me;
      ça ne me dit rien qui vaille I don't like the sound of it;
    1. to be as good as;
      ton travail vaut bien/largement le leur your work is just as good/every bit as good as theirs;
      rien ne vaut la soie nothing beats silk;
    1. to be worth;
      le musée vaut le détour the museum is worth a detour;
      ça vaut la peine or le coup (familiar) it's worth it;
    1. [rule, criticism] to apply;
    1. faire ~ to put [sth] to work [money];
      to point out [necessity];
      to emphasize [quality];
      to assert [right];
      faire ~ que to point out that;
      se faire ~ to push oneself forward.
  1. se valoir reflexive verb (+ v être) to be the same.
  1. verb, impersonal il vaut mieux faire, mieux vaut faire it's better to do;
    il vaut mieux que tu y ailles you'd better go.

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'valoir' found in these entries:
valoir: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2009
valoir vrate
valoirvbe worth
Compound Forms/Formes composées
bien valoir son prixwell worth the money
faire-valoir (Agriculture) (vieilli)nm invfarming (Agriculture)
faire-valoir (personne)nm invfoil
ne pas valoir la peinephrasenot worthwhile adj
valoir la peinevbe worth your while
valoir la peinevbe worthwhile
valoir son pesant d'orworth its weight in gold
valoir son pesant de cacahuètesworth its weight in gold
valoir son prixworth the money
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