valet

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈvæleɪ/, /ˈvælɪt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvæleɪ/, /væˈleɪ/, /ˈvælɪt/ Rhymes: -ælɪt, -æleɪ, -eɪ === Noun === valet (plural valets) A man's personal male attendant, responsible for his clothes and appearance. Synonyms: (proscribed) butler, gentleman's gentleman Coordinate term: lady's maid A hotel employee performing such duties for guests. (professional wrestling) A female performer in professional wrestling, acting as either a manager or personal chaperone; often used to attract and titillate male members of the audience. A female chaperone who accompanies a man, and is usually not married to him. (US) A person employed to clean or park cars. Synonym: parking attendant A person employed to assist the jockey and trainer at a racecourse. A wooden stand on which to hold clothes and accessories in preparation for dressing. A kind of goad or stick with an iron point. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === valet (third-person singular simple present valets, present participle valeting, simple past and past participle valeted) (transitive) To serve (someone) as a valet. (transitive, chiefly UK, Ireland) To clean and service (a car), as a valet does. (transitive, US) To leave (a car) with a valet to park it. === References === “valet”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “valet”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present. === Further reading === Valet in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) Valet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Crimean Tatar == === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian валет (valet). === Noun === valet (card games) jack ==== Declension ==== === References === “valet”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian) == Estonian == === Noun === valet partitive singular of vale == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French vaslet, from Medieval Latin *vassellittus, diminutive of Late Latin vassallus (“manservant, domestic, retainer”), from Latin vassus (“servant”), from Gaulish *wassos (“young man, squire”), from Proto-Celtic *wastos (“servant”) (compare Old Irish foss and Welsh gwas). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /va.lɛ/ === Noun === valet m (plural valets) (historical) a male attendant of a knight or a lord (historical) officer belonging to the king's house or a princely house, also valet de chambre a male servant, a footman a wooden stand on which to hold clothes and accessories in preparation for dressing, also valet de nuit (card games) jack (especially in the form valet de menuisier) a holdfast (a hooked tool to hold a workpiece down to a workbench) ==== Derived terms ==== valet d'écurie valet de menuisier ==== Descendants ==== → Bulgarian: вале́ (valé) → Greek: βαλές (valés) → Portuguese: valete → Russian: вале́т (valét)→ Gagauz: valet→ Ingrian: valetti → Turkish: vale === See also === === Further reading === “valet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === levât == Latin == === Verb === valet third-person singular present active indicative of valeō == Middle French == === Etymology === Old French vaslet. === Noun === valet m (plural valets) manservant; (male) attendant ==== Descendants ==== French: valet == Norman == === Etymology === Borrowed from French valet. === Noun === valet m (plural valets) (Jersey) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. (Jersey, card games) jack ==== Derived terms ==== valet d'fèrme (“farmhand”) == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === valet n definite singular of val == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French valet. === Pronunciation === === Noun === valet m or f by sense (plural valets) valet (a person employed to park cars) == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French valet. === Noun === valet m (plural valeți) valet ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French valet. === Noun === valet m (plural valets) (card games) jack, knave === Further reading === “valet”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Noun === valet definite singular of val === Anagrams === levat, velat