valet
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valet
- /ˈvæleɪ/ UK
- /ˈvælɪt/ UK
- /ˈvæleɪ/ US
- /væˈleɪ/ US
- /ˈvælɪt/ US
Rhymes with -ælɪt, -æleɪ, -eɪ
Where it comes from
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.
noun valets
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A man's personal male attendant, responsible for his clothes and appearance.
Similar: butler, gentleman's gentleman
- A hotel employee performing such duties for guests.
- 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.
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A person employed to clean or park cars.
A HEROIC dad who helped deliver his new-born baby in the back of his car had to explain to his car valet that he wasn't involved in illegal crime.
Similar: 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.
verb valets · valeting · valeted
- To serve (someone) as a valet. You can valet me, can you? Bother valeting me! I like to put on my own clothes, and brush them, too, when they are on; and if I only knew how to black my own boots, by George I should like to do it!
- To clean and service (a car), as a valet does. He revealed: “We had been through a lot and I decided the car needed to be cleaned out after Georgina had to deliver the baby in the car. “You can imagine the scene when I left the car in for valeting. I got some funny looks and I had to explain to the guy that I wasn’t up to anything illegal becaus
- To leave (a car) with a valet to park it. I asked Giacomo if he ever valeted his car, and he twisted his face into a grimace as he replied, “Rarely, but I have done it. Nervous time.”
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: gentleman, man, butler, servant, steward, assistant, auxiliary, groom, dresser, ancillary, park, chambre, election, car, jack, sub
Translations
Every language
noun a man's personal male attendant
| Español | edecán |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ボーイ |
| Português | mordomo |
| Français | valet, valet de chambre, majordome |
| Deutsch | Kammerdiener, Diener, Putzer, Leibdiener, Hausdiener, Dienstbote |
| Ελληνικά | υπηρέτης ypirétis |
| Română | valet, fecior, lacheu |
| Русский | камерди́нер kamerdíner, слуга́ slugá, денщи́к denščík, ордина́рец ordinárec |
| עברית | נושא־כלים nosé kelím, נער ná'ar |
noun a hotel employee performing such duties for guests
| Français | valet |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Hoteldiener |
| Ελληνικά | καμαριέρης kamariéris |
| Русский | гости́ничный рабо́тник gostíničnyj rabótnik |
noun a female chaperone who accompanies a man
| Français | chaperon, duègne |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Gesellschaftsdame, Escort, Begleiterin, Begleitung |
| Ελληνικά | συνοδός synodós |
| Română | însoțitoare, șaperon |
| Русский | дуэ́нья duénʹja |
| עברית | נערת ליווי na'arát livúy |
noun a person employed to clean or park cars
| Español | aparcacoches |
|---|---|
| Português | valet, valete m or f arrumador, manobrista |
| Français | valet, voiturier |
| Deutsch | Parkplatzwächter, Parkplatzwächterin |
| Italiano | parcheggiatore |
| Ελληνικά | παρκαδόρος parkadóros |
noun a wooden stand on which to hold clothes and accessories in preparation for dressing
| Español | galán de noche |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | stummer Diener |
| Русский | ве́шалка véšalka |
Talk about this word "valet." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/valet. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. valet. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/valet "valet." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/valet.Cite this
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title = {valet},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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