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English
Etymology
From Middle English valve , from Latin valva ( “ double door , valve” ) . Doublet of valva .
Pronunciation
Noun
valve (plural valves )
Valve1
Valve 3D
A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe.
shut off the valve
open the valve
A device that admits fuel and air into the cylinder of an internal combustion engine , or one that allows combustion gases to exit.
( anatomy ) One or more membranous partitions , flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or control the flow in the opposite direction
the ileocolic, mitral, and semilunar valves
One of the leaves of a folding-door , or a window -sash .
( Britain ) A vacuum tube .
( botany ) One of the pieces into which certain fruits naturally separate when they dehisce .
( botany ) A small portion of certain anthers , which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, such as in the barberry .
( biology ) One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.
( biology ) One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom .
Derived terms
Descendants
→ Cantonese: 嘩佬 / 哗佬 ( waa1 lou2 )
→ Japanese: バルブ ( barubu )
→ Thai: วาล์ว ( waao )
Translations
device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
Afrikaans: ventiel
Arabic: صِمَام ( ṣimām )
Egyptian Arabic: محبس m ( máḥbas ) , بلف m ( balf )
Armenian: փական (hy) ( pʿakan ) , կափույր (hy) ( kapʿuyr )
Asturian: válvula f
Azerbaijani: klapan
Basque: balbula
Belarusian: кла́пан m ( klápan ) , ве́нтыль m ( vjéntylʹ )
Bengali: কপাটক (bn) ( kopaṭok )
Bulgarian: кла́пан (bg) m ( klápan ) , вентил (bg) m ( ventil )
Catalan: vàlvula f
Central Melanau: nganga
Chinese:
Mandarin: 閥門 / 阀门 (zh) ( fámén )
Czech: ventil (cs) m
Danish: ventil c
Dutch: ventiel (nl) n
Esperanto: valvo
Estonian: ventiil , klapp
Finnish: venttiili (fi)
French: clapet (fr) m , soupape (fr) f
Galician: válvula f
Georgian: სარქველი ( sarkveli )
German: Ventil (de) n , Armatur (de) f , Hahn (de) m , Wasserhahn (de) m , Schieber (de) m
Hebrew: שַׁסְתּוֹם (he) m
Hindi: वाल्व ( vālv )
Hungarian: szelep (hu)
Icelandic: ventill (is) m
Ido: valvo (io)
Indonesian: katup (id) , injap (id) , klep (id) , pentil (id)
Italian: valvola (it) f
Japanese: バルブ ( barubu )
Khmer: សន្ទះបិទបើក ( sɑɑntĕəhbətbaək )
Korean: 밸브 ( baelbeu )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: derîçe (ku) n
Latvian: ventilis m , krāns m
Lithuanian: sklendė f
Luhya: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: вентил m ( ventil )
Malay: injap
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norman: cliavette f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ventil m
Nynorsk: ventil m
Polish: zawór (pl) m , wentyl (pl) m
Portuguese: válvula (pt) f
Romanian: ventil (ro) n
Russian: ве́нтиль (ru) m ( véntilʹ ) , кла́пан (ru) m ( klápan ) , задви́жка (ru) f ( zadvížka ) , засло́нка (ru) f ( zaslónka )
Scottish Gaelic: cìochag f , pìob-chòmhla f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: вѐнтӣл m
Roman: vèntīl (sh) m
Sinhalese: වෑල්ව ( wǣlwa )
Slovak: chlopňa f , ventil m
Slovene: ventil m
Spanish: válvula (es) f , llave (es) f
Swahili: valvu class 9 /10
Swedish: ventil (sv) c
Tagalog: balbula , tudlang
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Telugu: కవాటము (te) ( kavāṭamu )
Thai: วาล์ว (th) ( waao ) , ลิ้น (th) ( lín )
Tibetan: གཅུས་འགོག ( gcus 'gog ) ( water ) , ཕུ་འགྲོ ( phu 'gro ) ( air )
Turkish: sibop (tr) , supap (tr) , valf (tr) , vana (tr)
Ukrainian: кла́пан m ( klápan ) , ве́нтиль m ( véntylʹ )
Uzbek: klapan (uz)
Vietnamese: van (vi)
device in an internal combustion engine
Verb
valve (third-person singular simple present valves , present participle valving , simple past and past participle valved )
( transitive ) To control (flow) by means of a valve.
Anagrams
Estonian
Etymology
From valvama + -e .
Noun
valve (genitive valve , partitive valvet )
guard , watch
Declension
Finnish
Etymology
valvoa + -e
Pronunciation
Noun
valve
awakeness ; the state of being awake
Synonym: hereillä olo
Coordinate terms: uni ( “ sleep ” ) , minimaalisen tietoisuuden tila ( “ state of minimal consciousness ” ) , tiedottomuus ( “ unconsciousness ” ) , vegetatiivinen tila ( “ vegetative state ” ) , kooma ( “ coma ” )
olla valveilla ― to be awake
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
French
Etymology
From Latin valva .
Pronunciation
Noun
valve f (plural valves )
valve
Derived terms
Further reading
Italian
Pronunciation
Noun
valve f
plural of valva