valoir.
to be worth
Meaning & usage
to be worth
Selon leur mère, une femme vaut deux hommes.
to earn, to win, to bring (something of value, ironic usage notwithstanding)
Qu'est-ce qui nous vaut la visite indési—euh, inopinée ?
to be equal to
Une année-lumière vaut donc approximativement 63 241 [soixante-trois-mille-deux-cent-quarante-et-une] unités astronomiques.
to be the same, to have no difference between
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle French valoir, from Old French valoir, valeir, from Latin valēre, from Proto-Italic *walēō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti, from *h₂welh₁- (“to rule, be strong”).
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