valentine

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A card or message sent to someone you love on Saint Valentine's Day.

   She sent him a valentine signed with a red heart.

2. 2
   noun

   A person you love or choose as your sweetheart, especially on Saint Valentine's Day.

   Will you be my valentine?

From Latin Valentīnus, a patronymic from Valēns (Roman cognomen), itself nominalized from vālens (“strong, healthy”) + -īnus (“-ine”). Doublet of Valentinus, Valentino, Valentina, and Valentini.

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