valid

See also: vàlid

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French valide (“healthy, sound, in good order”), from Latin validus, from valeō (“to be strong, to be healthy, to be worth”) +‎ -idus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“be strong”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvælɪd/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ælɪd
• (Hong Kong) IPA^(key): /ˈvæ.lɪd/, /ˈveɪ.lɪd/

Adjective

valid (comparative more valid, superlative most valid)

1. Well grounded or justifiable, pertinent.

   I will believe him as soon as he offers a valid answer.

   • 2012 March-April, Jan Sapp, “Race Finished”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 2, page 164:

     Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept?

2. Acceptable, proper or correct; in accordance with the rules.

   A valid format for the date is DD/MM/YY.

   Do not drive without a valid license.

3. Related to the current topic, or presented within context, relevant.
4. (logic) Of a formula or system: such that it evaluates to true regardless of the input values.
5. (logic) Of an argument: whose conclusion is always true whenever its premises are true.

   An argument is valid if and only if the set consisting of both (1) all of its premises and (2) the contradictory of its conclusion is inconsistent.

6. (Christianity, theology) Genuine - as distinguished from efficient or regular - sacrament.

Antonyms

• invalid
• nonvalid

Hyponyms

• (in logic: argument whose conclusion is always true whenever its premises are all true): sound

Derived terms

• valid name
• valid time

Related terms

• validate
• validation
• validator
• validness

Translations

well grounded or justifiable, pertinent

Bulgarian: обоснован (bg) (obosnovan) Catalan: vàlid (ca) Danish: valid Estonian: põhjendatud Finnish: kelvollinen (fi), pätevä (fi), aiheellinen (fi), perusteltu (fi) Galician: válido (gl), valedeiro Georgian: დასაბუთებული (dasabutebuli), მოქმედი (mokmedi) Hungarian: alapos (hu), megalapozott (hu), indokolt (hu) Indonesian: valid (id) Irish: bailí Maori: whaimana, whaitake, whaitake Romanian: valid (ro) Spanish: válido (es), valedero

acceptable, proper or correct

Arabic: شَرَعِيّ (šaraʕiyy) Armenian: վավեր (vaver) Azerbaijani: keçərli Belarusian: дзе́йсны (dzjéjsny), сапра́ўдны (be) (sapráŭdny) Bulgarian: вали́ден (bg) (valíden), действи́телен (bg) (dejstvítelen) Catalan: vàlid (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 有效的 (zh) (yǒuxiào de) Czech: platný (cs) Danish: gyldig Dutch: geldig (nl) Esperanto: valida Estonian: korrektne, õigustatud Finnish: kelpaava (fi), pätevä (fi), voimassa oleva, voimassaoleva, oikeellinen (fi) French: valide (fr) Galician: válido (gl), valedeiro Georgian: მართებული (martebuli), მისაღები (misaɣebi), სწორი (sc̣ori) German: gültig (de) Greek: έγκυρος (el) (égkyros), αποδεκτός (el) (apodektós) Hungarian: érvényes (hu) Icelandic: gildur (is) Irish: bailí Italian: valido (it) Japanese: 有効な (ja) (ゆうこうな, yūkō na) Korean: 유효하다 (yuhyohada), 유효(有效) (ko) (yuhyo) Macedonian: важечки (važečki) Malay: sah (ms) Norwegian: Bokmål: gyldig Polish: ważny (pl), poprawny (pl), prawidłowy (pl), aktualny (pl) Portuguese: válido (pt) Romanian: valid (ro), valabil (ro) Russian: действи́тельный (ru) (dejstvítelʹnyj) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ва́же̄ћӣ Roman: vážēćī Slovak: platný Slovene: veljaven Spanish: válido (es), comisorio (Spanish) Swahili: halali (sw) Swedish: giltig (sv) Ukrainian: ді́йсний (díjsnyj), дійови́й (dijovýj)

related to the current topic — see relevant

References

• "validity", The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. F. L. Cross, Elizabeth A. Livingstone (3rd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. 1997. p. 1667.

Anagrams

• Vidal, Advil, davil

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَالِد (wālid).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vɑːˈlid]
• Hyphenation: va‧lid

Noun

Other scripts

Cyrillic		валид
Abjad		والد

valid (definite accusative validi, plural validlər)

1. (Classical Azerbaijani) father

   Synonym: ata

Related terms

• valideyn
• validə

References

• Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “valid”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎ (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, Baku: Şərq-Qərb

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin validus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaˈliːt/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

valid (strong nominative masculine singular valider, not comparable)

1. valid

Declension

Positive forms of valid (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist valid	sie ist valid	es ist valid	sie sind valid
strong declension (without article)	nominative	valider	valide	valides	valide
	genitive	validen	valider	validen	valider
	dative	validem	valider	validem	validen
	accusative	validen	valide	valides	valide
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der valide	die valide	das valide	die validen
	genitive	des validen	der validen	des validen	der validen
	dative	dem validen	der validen	dem validen	den validen
	accusative	den validen	die valide	das valide	die validen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein valider	eine valide	ein valides	(keine) validen
	genitive	eines validen	einer validen	eines validen	(keiner) validen
	dative	einem validen	einer validen	einem validen	(keinen) validen
	accusative	einen validen	eine valide	ein valides	(keine) validen

Further reading

• “valid” in Duden online
• “valid” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Indonesian

Etymology

From English valid, from Middle French valide (“healthy, sound, in good order”), from Latin validus, from valeō (“to be strong, to be healthy, to be worth”) +‎ -idus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“be strong”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvalɪt̪]
• Hyphenation: va‧lid

Noun

valid (plural valid-valid)

1. valid

   Synonyms: berlaku, sahih

Related terms

• invalid
• validitas

Further reading

• “valid” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin validus.

Adjective

valid (neuter singular valid, definite singular and plural valide)

1. valid

References

• “valid” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin validus.

Adjective

valid (neuter singular valid, definite singular and plural valide)

1. valid

References

• “valid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French valide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaˈlid/

Adjective

valid m or n (feminine singular validă, masculine plural valizi, feminine and neuter plural valide)

1. valid

Declension

Declension of valid

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	valid		validă		valizi	valide
	definite	validul		valida		valizii	validele
genitive- dative	indefinite	valid		valide		valizi	valide
	definite	validului		validei		valizilor	validelor

Related terms

• validitate

Further reading

• “valid”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025