valete

== Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vaˈle.te/ Rhymes: -ete Hyphenation: va‧lé‧te === Verb === valete inflection of valere: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Anagrams === levate, velate == Latin == === Etymology === From the verb valeō (“to be well, healthy”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [waˈɫeː.tɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [vaˈlɛː.te] === Interjection === valēte goodbye, farewell ==== Usage notes ==== This is the plural form. When addressing an individual, valē is used. ==== Descendants ==== → German: Valet === Verb === valēte second-person plural present active imperative of valeō === References === "valete", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from French valet (“jack”), from Vulgar Latin *vassellittus, diminutive of Late Latin vassus. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛtɨ Hyphenation: va‧le‧te === Noun === valete m (plural valetes) (card games) jack ==== Derived terms ==== valete de copas === See also === === References === === Further reading === “valete”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Verb === valete second-person singular voseo imperative of valer combined with te