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valeur absolue: absolute value (numerical value of a real number)
valeur ajoutée: value added (amount by which the value of an article is increased at each stage of its production, exclusive of initial costs); utility, use, added value (positive value difference produced by someone who adds value)
valeur d'usage: value in use, use value
valeur d'échange: value in exchange, exchange value
valeur de marché: market value
valeur de vérité: truth value (value indicating to what extent a statement is true)
valeur faciale: par value, face value, stated value
valeur marchande: market value
valeur mobilière: security
valeur nominale: par value, face value, stated value
valeur propre: eigenvalue
valeur sentimentale: sentimental value (the personal value of an object, derived from the personal memories associated with it)
valeur sûre: a sound investment, a time-tested asset; a safe bet, an old faithful
valeur vénale: market value
valeureusement: valiantly, bravely
valeureux: valiant; brave
valgus: knock-kneed
valgus: knock-kneed person
validation: validation
valide: valid
validement: validly
valider: to validate
validisme: ableism
validité: validity
valine: valine
valise: case, suitcase; eyebag
valises: plural of valise; eyebags
valises sous les yeux: bags under the eyes; eyebags
valkyrie: valkyrie
vallaud: of La Valla-en-Gier
vallon: dale, small valley
vallonnement: undulation (of a terrain)
vallonné: hilly
vallécule: vallecula
vallée: valley
valoche: suitcase
valoir: to be worth; to earn, to win, to bring (something of value, ironic usage notwithstanding); to be equal to; to be the same, to have no difference between
valoir de l'or: to be very valuable; to be worth seeing
valoir la peine: to be worth the trouble; to be worth it; to be worthwhile
valoir le coup: to be worth it; to be worthwhile; to be worth the trouble
valoir le coup d'œil: to be worth seeing, to be worth the trip, to be worth the journey, to be worth a visit
valoir le détour: to be worth seeing, to be worth the trip, to be worth the journey, to be worth a visit
valoir mieux: to be better, to be preferrable
valoir son pesant d'or: to be worth one's weight in gold
valois: of any of several places named Val
valorisable: recoverable
valorisant: good for someone's self-esteem, that makes someone feel valued
valorisation: promotion; gain in value, appreciation
valoriser: to valorize, to add value
valse: waltz
valse musette: type of waltz played at a bal musette
valse viennoise: Viennese waltz (dance)
valser: to waltz; to be moved quickly and violently
valseur: waltzer
valvate: Any in genus Valvata of freshwater molluscs
valve: valve
valvulaire: valve
valvule: valvule
valvée: alternative spelling of valvate
valéral: valeral