valuable

English

Etymology

value +‎ -able

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvælju(ə)bl̩/, /ˈvæljəbl̩/

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• Hyphenation: val‧u‧ab‧le, val‧uab‧le

Adjective

valuable (comparative more valuable, superlative most valuable)

1. Having a great value.

   Synonyms: worthy; see also Thesaurus:valuable

   Antonyms: worthless; see also Thesaurus:worthless

   valuable gemstones

2. Estimable; deserving esteem.

   a valuable friend; a valuable companion

   Truly valuable things have no price and cannot be bought.

Translations

having a great value

• Arabic: قَيِّم‎ (ar) m (qayyim), ثَمِين‎ m (ṯamīn)
• Belarusian: кашто́ўны (kaštóŭny)
• Bulgarian: це́нен (bg) (cénen)
• Catalan: valuós (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 寶貴／宝贵 (zh) (bǎoguì), 貴重／贵重 (zh) (guìzhòng), 有價值／有价值 (zh) (yǒujiàzhí)

• Czech: hodnotný (cs) m
• Danish: værdifuld (da)
• Dutch: waardevol (nl)
• Finnish: arvokas (fi)
• French: précieux (fr)
• Georgian: ძვირფასი (ʒvirpasi), ფასეული (paseuli), ღირებული (ɣirebuli)
• German: wertvoll (de)
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍆𐍃 (galaufs)
• Greek: πολύτιμος (el) m (polýtimos)
• Hindi: क़ीमती (qīmtī)
• Hungarian: értékes (hu)
• Irish: mórluachach, luachmhar
• Italian: prezioso (it)
• Japanese: 貴重な (ja) (きちょうな, kichō na)
• Korean: 값비싼 (gapbissan), 귀중한 (gwijunghan), 귀중하다 (ko) (gwijunghada) (predicative)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: بەنرخ‎ (benrix)

• Kyrgyz: баалуу (ky) (baaluu)
• Latin: pretiōsus
• Lithuanian: vertingas m
• Malayalam: വിലപ്പെട്ട (vilappeṭṭa), വിലയേറിയ (vilayēṟiya)
• Maori: marihi, ohooho
• Norman: vaillabl'ye (Jersey)
• Persian: قیمتی‎ (fa) (qeymati), ارزشمند‎ (arzešmand)
• Polish: wartościowy (pl), drogocenny (pl)
• Portuguese: valioso (pt)
• Romanian: valoros (ro), prețios (ro)
• Russian: це́нный (ru) m (cénnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: prìseil, luachmhor, fiach
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: вре́дан, драго̀цјен

  Roman: vrijédan (sh), dragòcjen (sh)

• Slovak: cenný
• Slovene: vredno m, vreden
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: drogi

• Spanish: valioso (es)
• Swedish: värdefull (sv)
• Tajik: пурбаҳо (purbaho)
• Telugu: విలువైన (te) (viluvaina)
• Thai: มีราคา, มีค่า
• Turkish: değerli (tr)
• Ukrainian: ці́нний (uk) (cínnyj)
• Urdu: قیمتی‎ (qīmtī)
• Vietnamese: quý giá (vi), quý báu (vi)
• Welsh: gwerthfawr (cy)

Noun

valuable (plural valuables)

1. (usually in the plural) A personal possession such as jewellery, of relatively great monetary value.

   One particular valuable is a gemstonen mosaic.

Translations

personal possession of relatively great monetary value

• Bulgarian: ценности (bg) f pl (cennosti)
• Finnish: arvotavara
• French: valeur (fr)
• Georgian: ძვირფასეულობა (ʒvirpaseuloba), ძვირფასეული (ʒvirpaseuli)
• German: Wertgegenstand (de) m, Wertsache (de) f
• Greek: τιμαλφές n (timalfés)
• Hungarian: értéktárgy (hu), értékek (hu)
• Korean: 귀중품(貴重品) (ko) (gwijungpum)
• Polish: drogocenności nvir, kosztowności nvir, precjoza nvir
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: драго̀цјено̄ст f

  Roman: dragòcjenōst (sh) f

• Slovene: dragocenost f
• Swedish: värdesak (sv) c, värdeföremål (sv) n
• Ukrainian: коштовність f (koštovnistʹ), дорогоцінність f (dorohocinnistʹ)