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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024val•en•tine /ˈvælənˌtaɪn/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a card or message, usually expressing love or affection, or sentiment, or a gift sent by one person to another on a holiday called Valentine's Day, February 14.
- a sweetheart chosen or greeted on this day.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024val•en•tine (val′ən tīn′),USA pronunciation n. - a card or message, usually amatory or sentimental but sometimes satirical or comical, or a token or gift sent by one person to another on Valentine Day, sometimes anonymously.
- a sweetheart chosen or greeted on this day.
- a written or other artistic work, message, token, etc., expressing affection for something or someone:His photographic essay is a valentine to Paris.
- late Middle English, after the feast of Saint Valentine 1400–50
- Biographical Saint, dieda.d.c270, Christian martyr at Rome.
- BiographicalAlso, Valentinus. popea.d. 827.
- a male given name: from a Latin word meaning "strong.''
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: valentine /ˈvælənˌtaɪn/ n - a card or gift expressing love or affection, sent, often anonymously, to one's sweetheart or satirically to a friend, on Saint Valentine's Day
- a sweetheart selected for such a greeting
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