valiant
brave, courageous
TRANSLATION
valiant = tapfer, mutig --- GOOGLE INDEX valiant: approximately 33,000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
The holy grail of online book selling, the reliable book recommendation engine, is still as elusive as ever and whilst some sites make a VALIANT effort, none hit the mark.
(Forbes magazine)
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You may as well say, "That's a VALIANT flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion."
(William Tecumseh Sherman, General in the Union Army during the American Civil War)
(Forbes magazine)
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You may as well say, "That's a VALIANT flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion."
(William Tecumseh Sherman, General in the Union Army during the American Civil War)
Did you
know?
valiant
adjective
- very brave or bravely determined, especially when things are difficult or the situation gives no cause for hope
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Valiant is an early 14th century word that was borrowed from the Anglo-French and Old French valliant, meaning "stalwart, brave" and further from the Latin "valere," to be strong, well, have worth or power, be able.
The Latin root "valere" has given rise to numerous other terms, and even a couple of names:
— valour = the noun form of valiant, bravery and courage as in battle
— value = the worth or importance of something
— valid = legally binding, having force in law (from the "power" sense of valere)
— convalesce = to rest in order to get better after an illness (from the "strong, well" sense of valere)
— prevail = to get control or influence or to be common among a group (from the "power, strength" sense of valere)
— Valerie = a feminine proper French name, which is from the Latin feminine of Valerius, name of a Roman clan (from valere, to be strong)
— Walter = a masculine given name, from the Old High German Walthari (modern German Walther), which combines wald (ruler) and hari (army, warrior). Wald is thought to have derived from the Latin valere as well.
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SYNONYMS
strong, powerful, courageous, brave, heroic, fearless, gutsy, lion-hearted, stalwart
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"Thanks to the valiant efforts of the fire department, everyone got out of the building safely."
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adjective
- very brave or bravely determined, especially when things are difficult or the situation gives no cause for hope
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Valiant is an early 14th century word that was borrowed from the Anglo-French and Old French valliant, meaning "stalwart, brave" and further from the Latin "valere," to be strong, well, have worth or power, be able.
The Latin root "valere" has given rise to numerous other terms, and even a couple of names:
— valour = the noun form of valiant, bravery and courage as in battle
— value = the worth or importance of something
— valid = legally binding, having force in law (from the "power" sense of valere)
— convalesce = to rest in order to get better after an illness (from the "strong, well" sense of valere)
— prevail = to get control or influence or to be common among a group (from the "power, strength" sense of valere)
— Valerie = a feminine proper French name, which is from the Latin feminine of Valerius, name of a Roman clan (from valere, to be strong)
— Walter = a masculine given name, from the Old High German Walthari (modern German Walther), which combines wald (ruler) and hari (army, warrior). Wald is thought to have derived from the Latin valere as well.
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SYNONYMS
strong, powerful, courageous, brave, heroic, fearless, gutsy, lion-hearted, stalwart
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Thanks to the valiant efforts of the fire department, everyone got out of the building safely."
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Thanks to Sabine for suggesting today's word!
