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valiant

va·liant

valiant · more valiant · most valiant

звитяжний, геройський, героїчний

смелый, храбрый, отважный, доблестный

heldenhaft, heroisch, mutig, kühn

Possessing or showing courage or determinationPossessing or showing courage or determination; brave, heroic.

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/ˈvæliənt/

» He's a valiant soldier.

Er ist ein tapferer Soldat.

Он бравый солдат.

Він хоробрий солдат.

Meaning

2 senses

Possessing or showing courage or determination; brave, heroic.
A valiant man’s look is more than a coward’s sword.
beherzt, heldenhaft, heroisch
до́блестныйdóblestnyj, отва́жныйotvážnyj, сме́лыйsmélyj
Characterized by or done with bravery or valour.
another valiant attempt at rescue
heroisch, heldenhaft

More definitions

having or showing valor

Examples

10 sentences

He's a valiant soldier.
Він хоробрий солдат.
ruОн бравый солдат.
deEr ist ein tapferer Soldat.
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Every dog is valiant at his own door.
deAuf eigenem Feld ist jeder ein Held.
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Her appearance presented a valiant attempt at smartness.
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Tom is a valiant warrior.
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He was a valiant warrior.
ruОн был храбрым воином.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

possessing or showing courage or determination:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

possessing or showing courage or determination:

Origin

From Middle English vailaunt (“having or showing courage or valour, valiant; characterized

From Middle English vailaunt (“having or showing courage or valour, valiant; characterized by valour; powerful, strong; person of valour or strength; excellent, worthy; beneficial, useful; valuable; legally valid, binding”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman vaillaunt, vaylant [and other forms], and Old French vailant, vaillant (“brave, valiant; having value, valuable”) [and other forms], from the present participle of valoir (“to have value; to be worth”), from Latin valēre (“to have value; to be worth; to be strong; to have influence or power”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“powerful, strong; to rule”).

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