valet

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈvæleɪ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈvælɪt/
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• General-American: /ˈvæleɪ/
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• General-American: /væˈleɪ/
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• General-American: /ˈvælɪt/
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• rhymes with -ælɪt
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• rhymes with -æleɪ
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• rhymes with -eɪ
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• CMU ARPABET: V AE0 L EY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Middle French valet, from Old French vaslet, from Medieval Latin *vassellittus, diminutive of Late Latin vassallus (“manservant, domestic, retainer”), from vassus (“servant”), from Gaulish *wassos (“young man, squire”), from Proto-Celtic *wastos (“servant”) (compare Old Irish foss and Welsh gwas). Doublet of varlet.

87 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: слуга (sluga) — a man's personal male attendant
• Bulgarian: камериер (kamerier) — a man's personal male attendant
• Catalan: ajudant de cambra — a man's personal male attendant
• Czech: komorník — a man's personal male attendant
• Finnish: miespalvelija — a man's personal male attendant
• Finnish: kamaripalvelija — a man's personal male attendant
• French: valet — a man's personal male attendant
• French: valet de chambre — a man's personal male attendant
• French: majordome — a man's personal male attendant
• Georgian: კამერდინერი (ḳamerdineri) — a man's personal male attendant
• Georgian: ლაქია (lakia) — a man's personal male attendant
• Georgian: მოსამსახურე (mosamsaxure) — a man's personal male attendant
• German: Kammerdiener — a man's personal male attendant
• German: Diener — a man's personal male attendant
• German: Putzer — a man's personal male attendant
• German: Leibdiener — a man's personal male attendant
• German: Hausdiener — a man's personal male attendant
• German: Dienstbote — a man's personal male attendant
• Greek: υπηρέτης (ypirétis) — a man's personal male attendant
• Hebrew: נושא־כלים (nosé kelím) — a man's personal male attendant
• Hebrew: נער (ná'ar) — a man's personal male attendant
• Hungarian: inas — a man's personal male attendant
• Indonesian: boi — a man's personal male attendant
• Japanese: ボーイ — a man's personal male attendant
• Macedonian: ли́чен слу́га (líčen slúga) — a man's personal male attendant
• Portuguese: mordomo — a man's personal male attendant
• Romanian: valet — a man's personal male attendant
• Romanian: fecior — a man's personal male attendant
• Romanian: lacheu — a man's personal male attendant
• Russian: камерди́нер (kamerdíner) — a man's personal male attendant
• Russian: слуга́ (slugá) — a man's personal male attendant
• Russian: денщи́к (denščík) — a man's personal male attendant
• Russian: ордина́рец (ordinárec) — a man's personal male attendant
• Scottish Gaelic: gille-coise — a man's personal male attendant
• Spanish: edecán — a man's personal male attendant
• Swedish: kammartjänare — a man's personal male attendant
• Turkish: uşak — a man's personal male attendant
• Ottoman Turkish: اوشاق (uşak) — a man's personal male attendant
• Yiddish: קאַמער־דינער (kamer-diner) — a man's personal male attendant
• Arabic: خادمَة — a female performer in professional wrestling
• French: valet — a female performer in professional wrestling
• Spanish: mánager — a female performer in professional wrestling
• Bulgarian: придружителка (pridružitelka) — a female chaperone who accompanies a man
• Dutch: gezelschapsdame — a female chaperone who accompanies a man
• French: chaperon — a female chaperone who accompanies a man
• French: duègne — a female chaperone who accompanies a man
• German: Gesellschaftsdame — a female chaperone who accompanies a man
• German: Escort — a female chaperone who accompanies a man
• German: Begleiterin — a female chaperone who accompanies a man
• German: Begleitung — a female chaperone who accompanies a man
• Greek: συνοδός (synodós) — a female chaperone who accompanies a man
• Hebrew: נערת ליווי (na'arát livúy) — a female chaperone who accompanies a man
• Latin: pedisequa — a female chaperone who accompanies a man
• Macedonian: придру́жничка (pridrúžnička) — a female chaperone who accompanies a man
• Romanian: însoțitoare — a female chaperone who accompanies a man
• Romanian: șaperon — a female chaperone who accompanies a man
• Russian: дуэ́нья (duénʹja) — a female chaperone who accompanies a man
• Catalan: assistent — a hotel employee performing such duties for guests
• Czech: hotelový zřízenec — a hotel employee performing such duties for guests
• Czech: hotelová obsluha — a hotel employee performing such duties for guests
• Finnish: hotellipalvelija — a hotel employee performing such duties for guests
• French: valet — a hotel employee performing such duties for guests
• Georgian: სასტუმროს მოსამსახურე (sasṭumros mosamsaxure) — a hotel employee performing such duties for guests
• German: Hoteldiener — a hotel employee performing such duties for guests
• Greek: καμαριέρης (kamariéris) — a hotel employee performing such duties for guests
• Indonesian: boi hotel — a hotel employee performing such duties for guests
• Macedonian: со́бар (sóbar) — a hotel employee performing such duties for guests
• Russian: гости́ничный рабо́тник (gostíničnyj rabótnik) — a hotel employee performing such duties for guests
• French: valet — a person employed to clean or park cars
• French: voiturier — a person employed to clean or park cars
• Galician: aparcacoches — a person employed to clean or park cars
• German: Parkplatzwächter — a person employed to clean or park cars
• German: Parkplatzwächterin — a person employed to clean or park cars
• Greek: παρκαδόρος (parkadóros) — a person employed to clean or park cars
• Indonesian: boi parkir — a person employed to clean or park cars
• Indonesian: parkir valet — a person employed to clean or park cars
• Irish: giolla páirceála — a person employed to clean or park cars
• Italian: parcheggiatore — a person employed to clean or park cars
• Polish: parkingowy — a person employed to clean or park cars
• Portuguese: valet — a person employed to clean or park cars
• Portuguese: valete m or f arrumador — a person employed to clean or park cars
• Portuguese: manobrista — a person employed to clean or park cars
• Spanish: aparcacoches — a person employed to clean or park cars
• German: stummer Diener — a wooden stand on which to hold clothes and accessories in preparation for dressing
• Macedonian: зака́чалка (zakáčalka) — a wooden stand on which to hold clothes and accessories in preparation for dressing
• Russian: ве́шалка (véšalka) — a wooden stand on which to hold clothes and accessories in preparation for dressing
• Spanish: galán de noche — a wooden stand on which to hold clothes and accessories in preparation for dressing