valence

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈveɪl(ə)ns/
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• General-American: /ˈveɪləns/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈvæl(ə)ns/
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Borrowed from French Valence. Doublet of Valencia.

Etymology 1, noun sense 1.1 (“combining capacity of an atom”) and etymology 1, noun sense 3 (“one-dimensional value assigned by a person to an object, situation, or state”) are borrowed from German Valenz + English -ence (suffix meaning ‘having the condition or state of’). Valenz is a clipping of Quantivalenz (“(archaic) valence in chemistry”), from English quantivalence, from Latin quantus (“how much”) + English -i- (interfix inserted between morphemes of Latin origin for ease of pronunciation) + Latin valentia (“bodily strength; health; vigour”) (whence Late Middle English valence (“medicinal preparation made from plants”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h2welh1- (“to rule; powerful, strong”)). Quantivalence was coined by F. O. Ward who communicated it to the German chemist August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818–1892), leading him to coin the German word Quantivalenz. Doublet of value. Etymology 1, noun sense 2 (“number of arguments a verb can have”) was formed by analogy to the use of the word in chemistry: see above.

A variant of valance.

153 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: فالانس (fālāns) — city in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
• Armenian: Վալանս (Valans) — city in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
• Catalan: Valença — city in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
• French: Valence — city in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
• Japanese: ヴァランス (Varansu) — city in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
• Marathi: व्हालांस (vhālāusa) — city in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
• Occitan: Valença — city in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
• Polish: Valence — city in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
• Russian: Вала́нс (Valáns) — city in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
• Afrikaans: valensie — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Albanian: valenca — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Arabic: تكافؤ (takāfuʔ) — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Armenian: վալենտականություն (valentakanutʻyun) — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Azerbaijani: valentlik — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Bashkir: валентлыҡ (valentlıq) — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Basque: balentzia — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Belarusian: вале́нтнасць (valjéntnascʹ) — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Bengali: যোজনী (jōjoni) — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Bulgarian: валентност (valentnost) — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Catalan: valència — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Chinese: 原子價 /原子价 (goân-chú-kà) — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Chinese Mandarin: 化合價 /化合价 (huàhéjià) — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Chuvash: вале́нтлӑх (valéntlăh) — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Czech: valence — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Dutch: valentie — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Esperanto: valento — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Estonian: valents — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Finnish: valenssi — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• French: valence — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• North Frisian: walens — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Galician: valencia — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Georgian: ვალენტობა (valenṭoba) — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• German: Valenz — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• German: Wertigkeit — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Greek: σθένος (sthénos) — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Hebrew: עֶרְכִּיוּת (erkiyūt) — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Hindi: संयोजकता (sãyojaktā) — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Hungarian: vegyérték — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Icelandic: eingildi — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Ido: valenco — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Indonesian: valensi — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Irish: fiús — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Italian: valenza — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Japanese: 原子価 (genshika) — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Kabyle: tugdut — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Kazakh: валенттілік (valenttılık) — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Khmer: វ៉ាឡង់ (vaalɑng) — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Korean: 원자가 (wonjaga) — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Latvian: valence — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Latvian: vērtība — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Lithuanian: valentingumas — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Macedonian: вале́нтност (valéntnost) — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Marathi: संयुजा (saiyujā) — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Norwegian Bokmål: valens — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Persian: ظرفیت شیمیایی — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Polish: wartościowość — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Portuguese: valência — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Punjabi: ਸੰਯੋਜਕਤਾ (sãyojkatā) — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Romanian: valență — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Russian: вале́нтность (valéntnostʹ) — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Serbo-Croatian: valenca — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Serbo-Croatian: valence — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Serbo-Croatian: valencije — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Slovene: valenca — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Spanish: valencia — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Swahili: valensi — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Swedish: valens — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Tagalog: balensiya — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Tajik: валент (valent) — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Tajik: зарфият (zarfiyat) — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Tamil: இணைதிறன் (iṇaitiṟaṉ) — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Telugu: బాహుబలం (bāhubalaṁ) — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Thai: เวเลนซ์ — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Turkish: değerlik — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Ukrainian: вале́нтність (valéntnistʹ) — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Urdu: ظرف — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Uzbek: valentlik — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Vietnamese: hóa trị — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Welsh: falens — chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical
• Bulgarian: валентност (valentnost) — number of binding sites of a molecule
• Chinese Mandarin: 化合價 /化合价 (huàhéjià) — number of binding sites of a molecule
• Chinese Mandarin: 价 (jiè) — number of binding sites of a molecule
• Chinese Mandarin: 原子价 (yuánzǐjià) — number of binding sites of a molecule
• Czech: valence — number of binding sites of a molecule
• Czech: mocenství — number of binding sites of a molecule
• Esperanto: valento — number of binding sites of a molecule
• Finnish: valenssi — number of binding sites of a molecule
• French: valence — number of binding sites of a molecule
• Georgian: ვალენტობა (valenṭoba) — number of binding sites of a molecule
• German: Valenz — number of binding sites of a molecule
• Kazakh: валенттілік (valenttılık) — number of binding sites of a molecule
• Macedonian: вале́нција (valéncija) — number of binding sites of a molecule
• Macedonian: вале́нтност (valéntnost) — number of binding sites of a molecule
• Polish: wartościowość — number of binding sites of a molecule
• Portuguese: valência — number of binding sites of a molecule
• Romanian: valență — number of binding sites of a molecule
• Russian: вале́нтность (valéntnostʹ) — number of binding sites of a molecule
• Tagalog: kalwing — number of binding sites of a molecule
• Ukrainian: вале́нтність (valéntnistʹ) — number of binding sites of a molecule
• Arabic: تَعَلُّق (taʕalluq) — number of arguments that a verb can have
• Bulgarian: валентност (valentnost) — number of arguments that a verb can have
• Catalan: valència — number of arguments that a verb can have
• Chinese Mandarin: 配價 /配价 (pèijià) — number of arguments that a verb can have
• Czech: valence — number of arguments that a verb can have
• Dutch: valentie — number of arguments that a verb can have
• Esperanto: valento — number of arguments that a verb can have
• Estonian: valents — number of arguments that a verb can have
• Finnish: valenssi — number of arguments that a verb can have
• French: valence — number of arguments that a verb can have
• Galician: valencia — number of arguments that a verb can have
• Georgian: ვალენტობა (valenṭoba) — number of arguments that a verb can have
• German: Valenz — number of arguments that a verb can have
• German: Verbvalenz — number of arguments that a verb can have
• Greek: σθένος (sthénos) — number of arguments that a verb can have
• Italian: valenza — number of arguments that a verb can have
• Kazakh: валенттілік (valenttılık) — number of arguments that a verb can have
• Latin: valentia — number of arguments that a verb can have
• Macedonian: вале́нција (valéncija) — number of arguments that a verb can have
• Manx: ablid chianglee — number of arguments that a verb can have
• Norwegian Bokmål: valens — number of arguments that a verb can have
• Norwegian Nynorsk: valens — number of arguments that a verb can have
• Persian: تعلق (ta'alloq) — number of arguments that a verb can have
• Polish: walencja — number of arguments that a verb can have
• Portuguese: valência — number of arguments that a verb can have
• Romanian: valență — number of arguments that a verb can have
• Russian: вале́нтность (valéntnostʹ) — number of arguments that a verb can have
• Spanish: diátesis — number of arguments that a verb can have
• Swedish: valens — number of arguments that a verb can have
• Ukrainian: вале́нтність (valéntnistʹ) — number of arguments that a verb can have
• Vietnamese: diễn trị — number of arguments that a verb can have
• Vietnamese: kết trị — number of arguments that a verb can have
• Arabic: تكافؤ (takāfuʔ) — psychology: one-dimensional value assigned to an object, situation, or state
• Bulgarian: валентност (valentnost) — psychology: one-dimensional value assigned to an object, situation, or state
• Estonian: valents — psychology: one-dimensional value assigned to an object, situation, or state
• Finnish: valenssi — psychology: one-dimensional value assigned to an object, situation, or state
• Finnish: tunnearvo — psychology: one-dimensional value assigned to an object, situation, or state
• French: valence — psychology: one-dimensional value assigned to an object, situation, or state
• German: Valenz — psychology: one-dimensional value assigned to an object, situation, or state
• German: Wertigkeit — psychology: one-dimensional value assigned to an object, situation, or state
• Japanese: 感情価 (kanjōka) — psychology: one-dimensional value assigned to an object, situation, or state
• Korean: 감정가 (gamjeongga) — psychology: one-dimensional value assigned to an object, situation, or state
• Latvian: vērtība — psychology: one-dimensional value assigned to an object, situation, or state
• Macedonian: вале́нтност (valéntnost) — psychology: one-dimensional value assigned to an object, situation, or state
• Polish: walencja — psychology: one-dimensional value assigned to an object, situation, or state
• Russian: вале́нтность (valéntnostʹ) — psychology: one-dimensional value assigned to an object, situation, or state
• Spanish: valencia — psychology: one-dimensional value assigned to an object, situation, or state
• Swedish: valens — psychology: one-dimensional value assigned to an object, situation, or state
• Ukrainian: валéнтність (valéntnistʹ) — psychology: one-dimensional value assigned to an object, situation, or state
• German: Valenz — sociology: value which a person places on something
• German: Wert — sociology: value which a person places on something
• German: Wertigkeit — sociology: value which a person places on something
• Polish: walencja — sociology: value which a person places on something
• Romanian: valență — sociology: value which a person places on something