valve

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• /ˈvælv/
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From Middle English valve, from Latin valva (“double door, valve”). Doublet of valva.

179 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: ventiel — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Albanian: kllapë — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Arabic: صِمَام (ṣimām) — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Arabic: محبس (máḥbas) — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Arabic: بلف (balf) — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Armenian: փական (pʻakan) — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Armenian: կափույր (kapʻuyr) — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Asturian: válvula — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Azerbaijani: klapan — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Azerbaijani: valf — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Basque: balbula — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Belarusian: кла́пан (klápan) — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Belarusian: ве́нтыль (vjéntylʹ) — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Belarusian: вэнты́ль (ventýlʹ) — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Bengali: কপাটক (kopaṭok) — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Bulgarian: кла́пан (klápan) — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Bulgarian: венти́л (ventíl) — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Catalan: vàlvula — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Chinese Cantonese: 閥門 /阀门 (fat6 mun4) — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Chinese Mandarin: 閥門 /阀门 (fámén) — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Czech: ventil — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Danish: ventil — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Dutch: ventiel — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Esperanto: valvo — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Estonian: ventiil — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Estonian: klapp — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Finnish: venttiili — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• French: clapet — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• French: soupape — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Galician: válvula — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Georgian: სარქველი (sarkveli) — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• German: Ventil — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• German: Armatur — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• German: Hahn — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• German: Wasserhahn — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• German: Schieber — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Greek: βαλβίδα (valvída) — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Hebrew: שַׁסְתּוֹם — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Hindi: वाल्व (vālv) — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Hungarian: szelep — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Icelandic: ventill — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Ido: valvo — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Indonesian: katup — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Indonesian: injap — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Indonesian: klep — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Indonesian: pentil — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Italian: valvola — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Japanese: バルブ (barubu) — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Kazakh: қақпақша (qaqpaqşa) — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Kazakh: қысымтығын (qysymtyğyn) — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Khmer: សន្ទះបិទបើក (sɑɑntĕəhbətbaək) — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Korean: 밸브 (baelbeu) — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Northern Kurdish: derîçe — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Kyrgyz: клапан (klapan) — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Latvian: ventilis — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Latvian: krāns — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Lithuanian: sklendė — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Macedonian: вентил (ventil) — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Malay: injap — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Central Melanau: nganga — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Norman: cliavette — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Norwegian Bokmål: ventil — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ventil — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Iranian Persian: شیر (šir) — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Polish: zawór — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Polish: wentyl — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Portuguese: válvula — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Romanian: ventil — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Russian: ве́нтиль (véntilʹ) — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Russian: кла́пан (klápan) — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Russian: задви́жка (zadvížka) — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Russian: засло́нка (zaslónka) — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Scottish Gaelic: cìochag — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Scottish Gaelic: pìob-chòmhla — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Serbo-Croatian: вѐнтӣл — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Serbo-Croatian: vèntīl — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Sinhalese: වෑල්ව (wǣlwa) — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Slovak: chlopňa — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Slovak: ventil — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Slovene: ventil — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Spanish: válvula — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Spanish: llave — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Spanish: grifón — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Swahili: valvu — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Swedish: ventil — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Tagalog: balbula — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Tagalog: tudlang — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Tamil: அடைப்பிதழ் (aṭaippitaḻ) — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Telugu: కవాటము (kavāṭamu) — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Thai: วาล์ว (waao) — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Thai: ลิ้น (lín) — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Tibetan: གཅུས་འགོག (gcus 'gog) — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Tibetan: ཕུ་འགྲོ (phu 'gro) — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Turkish: sibop — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Turkish: supap — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Turkish: valf — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Turkish: vana — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Ukrainian: кла́пан (klápan) — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Ukrainian: ве́нтиль (véntylʹ) — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Urdu: والْو (vālv) — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Uzbek: klapan — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Vietnamese: van — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Welsh: falf — device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
• Bulgarian: кла́пан (klápan) — device in an internal combustion engine
• Catalan: vàlvula — device in an internal combustion engine
• Czech: ventil — device in an internal combustion engine
• Dutch: klep — device in an internal combustion engine
• Estonian: klapp — device in an internal combustion engine
• Finnish: venttiili — device in an internal combustion engine
• French: soupape — device in an internal combustion engine
• Georgian: სარქველი (sarkveli) — device in an internal combustion engine
• Georgian: დარაბა (daraba) — device in an internal combustion engine
• German: Ventil — device in an internal combustion engine
• Indonesian: katup — device in an internal combustion engine
• Indonesian: klep — device in an internal combustion engine
• Latvian: vārsts — device in an internal combustion engine
• Malay: injap — device in an internal combustion engine
• Central Melanau: nganga — device in an internal combustion engine
• Norwegian Bokmål: ventil — device in an internal combustion engine
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ventil — device in an internal combustion engine
• Polish: zawór — device in an internal combustion engine
• Portuguese: válvula — device in an internal combustion engine
• Russian: кла́пан (klápan) — device in an internal combustion engine
• Scottish Gaelic: cìochag — device in an internal combustion engine
• Scottish Gaelic: pìob-chòmhla — device in an internal combustion engine
• Serbo-Croatian: вѐнтӣл — device in an internal combustion engine
• Serbo-Croatian: vèntīl — device in an internal combustion engine
• Swedish: ventil — device in an internal combustion engine
• Tagalog: tudlang — device in an internal combustion engine
• Telugu: కొలిమితిత్తి యొక్క మూత (kolimititti yokka mūta) — device in an internal combustion engine
• Thai: วาล์ว (waao) — device in an internal combustion engine
• Thai: ลิ้น (lín) — device in an internal combustion engine
• Turkish: supap — device in an internal combustion engine
• Welsh: falf — device in an internal combustion engine
• Arabic: صِمَام (ṣimām) — in anatomy
• Asturian: válvula — in anatomy
• Belarusian: кла́пан (klápan) — in anatomy
• Berawan: ngangah — in anatomy
• Bulgarian: кла́па (klápa) — in anatomy
• Catalan: vàlvula — in anatomy
• Chinese Cantonese: 瓣膜 — in anatomy
• Chinese Mandarin: 瓣膜 (bànmó) — in anatomy
• Czech: chlopeň — in anatomy
• Esperanto: valvo — in anatomy
• Finnish: läppä — in anatomy
• French: valvule — in anatomy
• Galician: válvula — in anatomy
• German: Klappe — in anatomy
• Hungarian: billentyű — in anatomy
• Hungarian: valvula — in anatomy
• Indonesian: katup — in anatomy
• Irish: comhla — in anatomy
• Japanese: 弁膜 (benmaku) — in anatomy
• Kanowit: nganga — in anatomy
• Kazakh: қақпақша (qaqpaqşa) — in anatomy
• Korean: 판막 (panmak) — in anatomy
• Northern Kurdish: derîçe — in anatomy
• Macedonian: залисток (zalistok) — in anatomy
• Malay: injap — in anatomy
• Central Melanau: nganga — in anatomy
• Norwegian Bokmål: klaff — in anatomy
• Iranian Persian: دَریچِه (dariče) — in anatomy
• Polish: zastawka — in anatomy
• Portuguese: válvula — in anatomy
• Portuguese: valva — in anatomy
• Romanian: valvă — in anatomy
• Russian: кла́пан (klápan) — in anatomy
• Scottish Gaelic: cìochag — in anatomy
• Scottish Gaelic: pìob-chòmhla — in anatomy
• Scottish Gaelic: duilleag-dhoras — in anatomy
• Sekapan: nganga — in anatomy
• Spanish: válvula — in anatomy
• Swedish: klaff — in anatomy
• Tagalog: palaypay-butas — in anatomy
• Telugu: కవాటము (kavāṭamu) — in anatomy
• Thai: ลิ้น (lín) — in anatomy
• Turkish: kapak — in anatomy
• Ukrainian: кла́пан (klápan) — in anatomy
• Welsh: falf — in anatomy