Multiple Entries: valoir valu Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:valoir /valwaʀ/ (conjugate⇒) - transitive verb ~ qch à qn to earn sb sth [praise, criticism];
to win sb sth [friendship];
to bring sb sth [problems].
- intransitive verb
- ~ 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; - 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; - 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; - 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; - [rule, criticism] to apply;
- 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.
- se valoir reflexive verb (+ v être) to be the same.
- 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.
Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:valu, ~e /valy/ → See Also→ valoir. Subscribe to the Oxford Concise or Unabridged dictionary for more translations, meanings and examples. ' valu' found in these entries: valoir: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2009
| valoir ⇒ | | v | rate |
| valoir | | v | be worth | | Compound Forms/Formes composées |
| bien valoir son prix | | well worth the money |
| faire-valoir (Agriculture) (vieilli) | nm inv | farming (Agriculture) |
| faire-valoir (personne) | nm inv | foil |
| ne pas valoir la peine | phrase | not worthwhile adj |
| valoir la peine | v | be worth your while |
| valoir la peine | v | be worthwhile |
| valoir son pesant d'or | | worth its weight in gold |
| valoir son pesant de cacahuètes | | worth its weight in gold |
| valoir son prix | | worth the money | | Report an error. | Forums WR : discussions dont le titre comprend le mot(s) "valu".
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