valentia

See also: Valentia and valentía

English

Noun

valentia (countable and uncountable, plural valentias)

1. Alternative form of valencia

Anagrams

• alvanite, aventail, vanalite

Catalan

Etymology

From valent +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bə.lənˈti.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [və.lənˈti.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [va.lenˈti.a]

Noun

valentia f (plural valenties)

1. (uncountable) bravery, valiance
2. (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.

Related terms

• valença
• valent

Italian

Etymology

From valente +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.lenˈti.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: va‧len‧tì‧a

Noun

valentia f (plural valentie)

1. skill, ability

Related terms

• valente
• valenza

Anagrams

• alveanti, intelava, velinata, venalità

Latin

Etymology

From valēns (“strong, healthy”) +‎ -ia.

Noun

valentia f (genitive valentiae); first declension

1. health, vigour, bodily strength

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	valentia	valentiae
Genitive	valentiae	valentiārum
Dative	valentiae	valentiīs
Accusative	valentiam	valentiās
Ablative	valentiā	valentiīs
Vocative	valentia	valentiae

Descendants

• Catalan: valença, valència
• English: valence
• French: vaillance
• German: Valenz
• Italian: valenza
• Piedmontese: valensa
• Portuguese: valência
• Romanian: valență
• Spanish: valencia

Participle

valentia

1. 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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /va.lẽˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /va.lẽˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /va.lẽˈt͡ʃi.a/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐ.lẽˈti.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐ.lẽˈti.ɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ.lẽˈti.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: va‧len‧ti‧a

Noun

valentia f (plural valentias)

1. brave quality
2. strength, robustness, vigor; energy
3. resistance
4. boldness; courage

   Synonyms: coragem, bravura

5. (figuratively) feat