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)

Having a great value.
Synonyms: worthy; see also Thesaurus:valuable

Antonyms: worthless; see also Thesaurus:worthless

valuable gemstones
Estimable; deserving esteem.
a valuable friend; a valuable companion

Truly valuable things have no price and cannot be bought.

Derived terms

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)
Icelandic: verðmætur, verðmikill
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)

(usually in the plural) A personal possession such as jewellery, of relatively great monetary value.
One particular valuable is a gemstone 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 (pl) nvir, kosztowności (pl) nvir, precjoza (pl) 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)

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