Meanings
nounsentimental value (usually uncountable, plural sentimental values)
plural sentimental values
- uncountableusuallyThe personal value of an object, derived from the personal memories associated with it.
Despite putting up posters appealing for information to help them locate “a painting of great sentimental value” – but carefully avoiding any mention of Sorolla or the picture’s value – they drew a blank until Tuesday.
2026 July 2, Sam Jones, “Valuable Spanish painting left on street salvaged by man who liked its frame”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 情感價值 /情感价值
- 情感價值 /情感价值 (qínggǎn jiàzhí)value of something from associated personal memories
Dutch gevoelswaarde
- gevoelswaardevalue of something from associated personal memories
Finnish tunnearvo
- tunnearvovalue of something from associated personal memories
French valeur sentimentale
- valeur sentimentalevalue of something from associated personal memories
German Erinnerungswert, Liebhaberwert
- Erinnerungswertvalue of something from associated personal memories
- Liebhaberwertvalue of something from associated personal memories
- ideeller Wertvalue of something from associated personal memories
Italian valore affettivo
- valore affettivovalue of something from associated personal memories
Polish wartość sentymentalna
- wartość sentymentalnavalue of something from associated personal memories
Portuguese valor sentimental
- valor sentimentalvalue of something from associated personal memories
Russian сентимента́льная це́нность
- сентимента́льная це́нность (sentimentálʹnaja cénnostʹ)value of something from associated personal memories
Spanish valor sentimental
- valor sentimentalvalue of something from associated personal memories
Swedish affektionsvärde
- affektionsvärdevalue of something from associated personal memories
Cite this entry
APA
sentimental value. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sentimental%20value
MLA
“sentimental value.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sentimental%20value. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sentimental value,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sentimental%20value.
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