vaillant

French

Etymology

Old present participle of the verb valoir (compare the modern form valant): from Old French vaillant, from Latin valentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.jɑ̃/
• Homophone: vaillants

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• Rhymes: -jɑ̃

Adjective

vaillant (feminine vaillante, masculine plural vaillants, feminine plural vaillantes)

1. valiant
2. (Quebec, Acadia) hardworking
3. (Louisiana) nice
4. (Louisiana) healthy

Derived terms

• à cœur vaillant rien d’impossible
• ne pas avoir un sou vaillant

Related terms

• valoir

Further reading

• “vaillant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old French

Alternative forms

• vaillaunt, vailaunt, valiaunt, vaylant (Anglo-Norman)
• vailliant, vailant

Etymology

From Latin valentem, accusative singular of valēns.

Adjective

vaillant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vaillant or vaillante)

1. valuable; having value
2. valiant; brave

Verb

vaillant

1. present participle of valoir

Declension

	Case	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	subject	vaillants	vaillant	vaillant
	oblique	vaillant			vaillant	vaillant
plural	subject	vaillant	vaillanzs		vaillant
	oblique	vaillants			vaillanzs	vaillant

Related terms

• valoir
• valur

 

Descendants

• → English: valiant
• French: vaillant