valet

C2 Topic:Law & Government

US /ˈvæleɪ/ UK /ˈvæleɪ/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like ballet /v/ vs /b/

Freq #10448

Meanings

1

noun
a person that will park and fetch cars for people using a business, restaurant or service

The valet was disappointed with their tips.
2

noun
a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to their employer

My valet will make the arrangements for my room.
3

verb
to serve as a personal attendant to

You do not need to valet for the ambassador.
4

noun
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.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 noun · a manservant who acts as a... man

4 noun · a person employed to clean... parking attendant

Word family

Derived forms valet-de-chambrevalet-de-place

Common collocations

valet parking Noun + noun

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.

Topics

Law & Government

External links

# valet

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈvæleɪ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈvæleɪ/
**Frequency rank:** 10448

## Meanings
1. a person that will park and fetch cars for people using a business, restaurant or service
2. a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to their employer
3. to serve as a personal attendant to
4. A person employed to clean or park cars.

## Examples
- The valet was disappointed with their tips.
- My valet will make the arrangements for my room.
- You do not need to valet for the ambassador.
- 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.

## Derived Forms
- valet-de-chambre
- valet-de-place

## 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.

## Topics
- Law & Government

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