English
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
English valuable
From value + -able.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvælju(ə)bl̩/, /ˈvæljəbl̩/
- 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.
- Synonyms: admirable, laudable; see also Thesaurus:respectable
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 (kaštówny)
- 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 (ckb) (benrix)
- Kyrgyz: баалуу (ky) (baaluu)
- Latin: pretiōsus
- Lithuanian: vertingas m
- Malayalam: വിലപ്പെട്ട (vilappeṭṭa), വിലയേറിയ (vilayēṟiya)
- Māori: marihi, ohooho
- Norman: vaillabl'ye (Jersey)
- Persian: قیمتی (fa) (qeymati), ارزشمند (fa) (arzešmand)
- Polish: wartościowy (pl), drogocenny (pl)
- Portuguese: valioso (pt), valorável (pt)
- Romanian: valoros (ro), prețios (ro)
- Russian: це́нный (ru) m (cénnyj)
- Scottish Gaelic: prìseil, luachmhor, fiach
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: вре́дан, драго̀цјен
- Latin: 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)
- Ottoman Turkish: عزیز (ʼazîz)
- Ukrainian: ці́нний (uk) (cínnyj)
- Urdu: قیمتی (qīmtī)
- Vietnamese: quý giá (vi), quý báu (vi)
- Welsh: gwerthfawr (cy)
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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