WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
-val-, root.
val., an abbreviation of:
- -val- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "worth;
health;
strength.'' This meaning is found in such words as: devalue, equivalent, evaluate, prevalent, undervalue, valedictorian, valiant, valid, validate, valor, value.
val., an abbreviation of:
- value.
'-val-' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ad valorem
- Centre
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Cher
- Eure-et-Loir
- Indre
- Indre-et-Loire
- Loiret
- Loir-et-Cher
- serval
- Val-de-Marne
- Val-d'Oise
- vale
- valine
- well
- absolute value
- acid value
- added-value tax
- ad val.
- antimediaeval
- antimedieval
- Apple Valley
- architrave
- assessed value
- biological value
- book value
- boundary value problem
- calorific value
- cash value
- Castro Valley
- Central Valley
- characteristic root
- Chief of Naval Operations
- clava
- Cloots
- conferva
- conjunctiva
- convalesce
- critical value
- Death Valley
- Death Valley National Monument
- drowned valley
- expected value
- false lily of the valley
- family values
- fontina
- Fountain Valley
- genu valgum
- Golden Valley
- Great Lakes Naval Training Center