Crossword clues for valerie
valerie
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
fem. proper name, French, from Latin Valeria, fem. of Valerius, name of a Roman gens, from valere "to be strong" (see valiant).
Wikipedia
Valérie is a 1969 black-and-white Quebec film starring Danielle Ouimet, who plays Valérie, and Guy Godin. It was the first Quebec film to show nudity. 1
Valerie may refer to:
"Valerie" is a song written by Steve Winwood and Will Jennings and originally recorded by Winwood for his third solo album Talking Back to the Night, in 1982.
"Valerie" is a song written by English indie rock band The Zutons from their second studio album Tired of Hanging Around (2006). Released as the album's second single on 19 June 2006 in the United Kingdom, along with their previous single " Why Won't You Give Me Your Love?", it gave The Zutons their joint-biggest single to date as well as their second UK top 10 single, climbing from number 41 (through download sales alone the day before physical release) to its peak at number 9 in the UK Singles Chart.
There is a cover version of 'Valerie' recorded in the style of 1970s reggae. The song was used by ITV during the 2006 FIFA World Cup, alongside Primal Scream's " Country Girl" and Kasabian's cover of David Bowie's 1977 song " Heroes".
Both the original and Mark Ronson version featured in British soap opera Emmerdale during the wedding of Eric and Val Pollard in 2008.
Valerie is almost always a feminine given name in English, derived directly from the French Valérie (a female-only name) and ultimately from the Latin Valeria. Valerie is also used as a nickname for Valeria. Both are often shortened to Val. Valéry or Valery is a masculine given name in parts of Europe (particularly in France and Russia), as well as a common surname in Francophone countries. Another, much rarer, French masculine form can be Valėre.
Both feminine and masculine forms have derivatives in many European languages, and are especially common in Russian and other Eastern European languages. However the masculine form is not always a cognate of the feminine: it can have a distinct etymology.
Valerie is a 1957 Western film starring Sterling Hayden, and Anita Ekberg and Anthony Steel, who were married at the time. It was their only film together
Usage examples of "valerie".
Valerie, Bobby, and I are now honorary members of the Asaph Hall Society.
While she recounted the adventures of the ungrateful Goldilocks ransacking the home of three nonoffensive ursines, Valerie had the growing urge to burst out into hysterical laughter.
Sure enough, Valerie was at the small kitchen table, snarfing down cake.
Valerie was not there, and Maltravers, left alone, after a hasty glance around the chamber, leaned abstractedly against the wall, and forgot, alas!
Valerie said, working the lasagna around in her mouth, grabbing a meat-and-cheese roll-up from the antipasto tray.
Terrified by that threat, Valerie had blenched, and had felt her spirit deserting her.
To make up for lost time he was walking hastily towards the Rue La Boetie, when, all at once, he came to a halt, for at the very corner of that street he again perceived Valerie, now talking to a man, none other than her husband.
Only Valerie knows that she never gave me a cloakroom ticket, and she knows I know it.
When we satisfied admissions that the bill would be paid, I sent Albert upstairs to be with Valerie and I went over to talk to Cal.
Valerie watched him agonizedly, leaning now against the wall, her hands pressed across her bosom, as if to keep down its tempestuous heaving.
Lizzie, who looked awful (she'd worked too late on her novel again and had not had time to wash her hair), had brought some bantams' eggs for Freddie and Valerie, and was thrilled to see Taggie: 'I know it'll all be delicious.
This hideous specimen of decaying vice, trotting in red heels--for Valerie dressed the man as beseemed his income, his cross, and his appointment--horrified Crevel, who could not meet the colorless eyes of the Government clerk.
He carded a gun, and as Valerie stood watching him, she saw him check the clip with a smooth, practiced motion that made her wonder how often he'd done that very same thing in the past.
Valerie shuddered as she watched Naomi Gillum's body, now encased in a black body bag, being carded from the room.
One evening at dinner she had infuriated Valerie by continuingly misbehaving.