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English
Noun
valentia (countable and uncountable, plural valentias)
- Alternative form of valencia
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
From valent + -ia.
Pronunciation
Noun
valentia f (plural valenties)
- (uncountable) bravery, valiance
- (countable) a brave deed, a bold act
S'altre dia vaig fer una valentia. Vaig participar a sa triatló des Port.- The other day I did a brave thing. I participated in the Port of Sóller Triathlon.
Italian
Etymology
From valente + -ia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va.lenˈti.a/
- Rhymes: -ia
- Hyphenation: va‧len‧tì‧a
Noun
valentia f (plural valentie)
- skill, ability
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From valēns (“strong, healthy”) + -ia.
Noun
valentia f (genitive valentiae); first declension
- health, vigour, bodily strength
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
Participle
valentia
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of valēns
References
- “valentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- valentia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- valentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “valentia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “valentia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “valentia”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
Portuguese
Etymology
From valente + -ia.
Pronunciation
Noun
valentia f (plural valentias)
- brave quality
- strength, robustness, vigor; energy
- resistance
- boldness; courage
- Synonyms: coragem, bravura
- (figuratively) feat