# valve
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvælv/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ælv

### Noun

valve (plural valves)
* A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe.
    shut off the valve
    open the valve
* A device that admits fuel and air into the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, or one that allows combustion gases to exit.
* (anatomy) One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or control the flow in the opposite direction
    the ileocolic, mitral, and semilunar valves
* One of the leaves of a folding-door, or a window-sash.
* (British) A vacuum tube.
* (botany) One of the pieces into which certain fruits naturally separate when they dehisce.
* (botany) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, such as in the barberry.
* (biology) One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.
* (biology) One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.

#### Derived terms

* aortic valve
* atrioventricular valve
* bag valve mask
* ball valve
* Bauhin's valve
* bicuspid valve
* blow valve
* butterfly valve
* check valve
* clack valve
* colic valve
* continuous variable valve timing
* demand valve
* D valve
* escape valve
* Eustachian valve
* exhaust valve
* flapper valve
* Fleming valve
* foot valve
* freeze valve
* French valve
* gate valve
* heart valve
* ileocaecal valve
* ileocecal valve
* intake valve
* jockey valve
* Kingston valve
* leaf valve
* mitral valve
* needle valve
* non-return valve
* overhead valve
* pilot valve
* piston valve
* plug valve
* poppet valve
* pressure valve
* pulmonary valve
* pulmonic valve
* pump valve
* puppet valve
* pyloric valve
* relief valve
* retaining valve
* return valve
* reversing valve
* safety valve
* safety-valve
* screw valve
* scum valve
* semilunar valve
* sequential valve timing
* side valve
* slide valve
* sluice valve
* snifter valve
* snifting valve
* spring valve
* stop valve
* suction valve
* swing check valve
* tail valve
* Thebesian valve
* thermionic valve
* toggle valve
* tricuspid valve
* triple valve
* Tulpius valve
* Tulp's valve
* vacuum valve
* valved
* valveless
* valve of Kerckring
* valve of Thebesius
* valve of Varolius
* valve oil
* valve snail
* valve timing
* valve train
* valvoplasty
* variable valve timing
* vein valve
* Wade-Dahl-Till valve

#### Descendants

* → Cantonese: 嘩佬 / 哗佬 (waa1 lou2)
* → Japanese: バルブ (barubu)
* → Thai: วาล์ว (waao)

#### Translations
### Verb

valve (third-person singular simple present valves, present participle valving, simple past and past participle valved)
* (transitive) To control (flow) by means of a valve.

### Anagrams

* Velva

## Estonian
### Etymology

From valvama +‎ -e.

### Noun

valve (genitive valve, partitive valvet)
* guard, watch

#### Declension
## Finnish
### Etymology

valvoa +‎ -e

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʋɑlʋeˣ/, [ˈʋɑ̝lʋe̞(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -ɑlʋe
* Hyphenation: val‧ve

### Noun

valve
* awakeness; the state of being awake
    Synonym: hereillä olo
    Coordinate terms: uni (“sleep”), minimaalisen tietoisuuden tila (“state of minimal consciousness”), tiedottomuus (“unconsciousness”), vegetatiivinen tila (“vegetative state”), kooma (“coma”)
    olla valveilla ― to be awake

#### Declension

Possessive forms of valve (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
valveeni
valveeni
accusative
nom.
valveeni
valveeni
gen.
valveeni
genitive
valveeni
valveideni valveitteni
partitive
valvettani
valveitani
inessive
valveessani
valveissani
elative
valveestani
valveistani
illative
valveeseeni
valveisiini valveihini
adessive
valveellani
valveillani
ablative
valveeltani
valveiltani
allative
valveelleni
valveilleni
essive
valveenani
valveinani
translative
valveekseni
valveikseni
abessive
valveettani
valveittani
instructive
comitative
—valveineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
valveesi
valveesi
accusative
nom.
valveesi
valveesi
gen.
valveesi
genitive
valveesi
valveidesi valveittesi
partitive
valvettasi
valveitasi
inessive
valveessasi
valveissasi
elative
valveestasi
valveistasi
illative
valveeseesi
valveisiisi valveihisi
adessive
valveellasi
valveillasi
ablative
valveeltasi
valveiltasi
allative
valveellesi
valveillesi
essive
valveenasi
valveinasi
translative
valveeksesi
valveiksesi
abessive
valveettasi
valveittasi
instructive
comitative
—valveinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
valveemme
valveemme
accusative
nom.
valveemme
valveemme
gen.
valveemme
genitive
valveemme
valveidemme valveittemme
partitive
valvettamme
valveitamme
inessive
valveessamme
valveissamme
elative
valveestamme
valveistamme
illative
valveeseemme
valveisiimme valveihimme
adessive
valveellamme
valveillamme
ablative
valveeltamme
valveiltamme
allative
valveellemme
valveillemme
essive
valveenamme
valveinamme
translative
valveeksemme
valveiksemme
abessive
valveettamme
valveittamme
instructive
comitative
—valveinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
valveenne
valveenne
accusative
nom.
valveenne
valveenne
gen.
valveenne
genitive
valveenne
valveidenne valveittenne
partitive
valvettanne
valveitanne
inessive
valveessanne
valveissanne
elative
valveestanne
valveistanne
illative
valveeseenne
valveisiinne valveihinne
adessive
valveellanne
valveillanne
ablative
valveeltanne
valveiltanne
allative
valveellenne
valveillenne
essive
valveenanne
valveinanne
translative
valveeksenne
valveiksenne
abessive
valveettanne
valveittanne
instructive
comitative
—valveinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
valveensa
valveensa
accusative
nom.
valveensa
valveensa
gen.
valveensa
genitive
valveensa
valveidensa valveittensa
partitive
valvettaan valvettansa
valveitaan valveitansa
inessive
valveessaan valveessansa
valveissaan valveissansa
elative
valveestaan valveestansa
valveistaan valveistansa
illative
valveeseensa
valveisiinsa valveihinsa
adessive
valveellaan valveellansa
valveillaan valveillansa
ablative
valveeltaan valveeltansa
valveiltaan valveiltansa
allative
valveelleen valveellensa
valveilleen valveillensa
essive
valveenaan valveenansa
valveinaan valveinansa
translative
valveekseen valveeksensa
valveikseen valveiksensa
abessive
valveettaan valveettansa
valveittaan valveittansa
instructive
comitative
—valveineen valveinensa :

#### Derived terms

* valveuttaa
* valveutua
* uni-valverytmi
* valvetila
* valveuni

### Further reading

* “valve”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

## French
### Etymology

From Latin valva.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /valv/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

valve f (plural valves)
* valve

#### Derived terms

* valve cardiaque

### Further reading

* “valve”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈval.ve/
* Rhymes: -alve
* Hyphenation: vàl‧ve

### Noun

valve f
* plural of valva