valet
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val·et
(vă-lā′, văl′ā, văl′ĭt)n.
1. A man's male servant, who takes care of his clothes and performs other personal services.
2. An employee, as in a hotel or on a ship, who performs personal services for guests or passengers.
3. A person who parks and retrieves cars for patrons of restaurants, theaters, and other business establishments.
v. val·et·ed, val·et·ing, val·ets
v.tr.
To act as a personal servant to; attend.
v.intr.
To work as a valet.
[Middle English valette, from Old French vaslet, valet, servant, squire, from Vulgar Latin *vassellitus, diminutive of *vassus, vassal; see vassal.]
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valet
(ˈvælɪt; ˈvæleɪ)n
1. (Professions) a manservant who acts as personal attendant to his employer, looking after his clothing, serving his meals, etc. French name: valet de chambre
2. (Professions) a manservant who attends to the requirements of patrons in a hotel, passengers on board ship, etc; steward
vb, -ets, -eting or -eted
3. to act as a valet for (a person)
4. (tr) to clean the bodywork and interior of (a car) as a professional service
[C16: from Old French vaslet page, from Medieval Latin vassus servant; see vassal]
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val•et
(væˈleɪ, ˈvæl ɪt, ˈvæl eɪ)n.
1. a male servant who attends to the personal needs of his employer, as by taking care of clothing; manservant.
2. an employee who cares for the clothing of patrons of a hotel, passengers on a ship, etc.
3. a stand or rack for holding coats, hats, etc.
v.t., v.i. 4. to serve as a valet.
[1560–70; < French; Middle French va(s)let squire =vas- (< Medieval Latin vassus servant) + -let -let; see vassal]
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valet
Past participle: valeted
Gerund: valeting
| Imperative |
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| valet |
| valet |
| Present |
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| I valet |
| you valet |
| he/she/it valets |
| we valet |
| you valet |
| they valet |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I valeted |
| you valeted |
| he/she/it valeted |
| we valeted |
| you valeted |
| they valeted |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am valeting |
| you are valeting |
| he/she/it is valeting |
| we are valeting |
| you are valeting |
| they are valeting |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have valeted |
| you have valeted |
| he/she/it has valeted |
| we have valeted |
| you have valeted |
| they have valeted |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was valeting |
| you were valeting |
| he/she/it was valeting |
| we were valeting |
| you were valeting |
| they were valeting |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had valeted |
| you had valeted |
| he/she/it had valeted |
| we had valeted |
| you had valeted |
| they had valeted |
| Future |
|---|
| I will valet |
| you will valet |
| he/she/it will valet |
| we will valet |
| you will valet |
| they will valet |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have valeted |
| you will have valeted |
| he/she/it will have valeted |
| we will have valeted |
| you will have valeted |
| they will have valeted |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be valeting |
| you will be valeting |
| he/she/it will be valeting |
| we will be valeting |
| you will be valeting |
| they will be valeting |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been valeting |
| you have been valeting |
| he/she/it has been valeting |
| we have been valeting |
| you have been valeting |
| they have been valeting |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been valeting |
| you will have been valeting |
| he/she/it will have been valeting |
| we will have been valeting |
| you will have been valeting |
| they will have been valeting |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been valeting |
| you had been valeting |
| he/she/it had been valeting |
| we had been valeting |
| you had been valeting |
| they had been valeting |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would valet |
| you would valet |
| he/she/it would valet |
| we would valet |
| you would valet |
| they would valet |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have valeted |
| you would have valeted |
| he/she/it would have valeted |
| we would have valeted |
| you would have valeted |
| they would have valeted |
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Noun 1. [画像:valet - a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer]valet - a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man"
body servant - a valet or personal maid
manservant - a man servant
Verb 1. [画像:valet - serve as a personal attendant to]valet - serve as a personal attendant to
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valet
noun manservant, man, attendant, gentleman's gentleman He stayed on to serve his master as valet and then butler.
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Translations
خادِم يَعْتَني بِملابِس سيِّده
komorníksluha
kammertjener
einkaòjónn
sulainis
komorník
vale
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valet
[ˈvæleɪ ˈvælɪt]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
valet
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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valet
(ˈvӕlit) , (ˈvӕlei) noun a manservant who looks after his master's clothes etc. His valet laid out his evening suit. lyfeiene خادِم يَعْتَني بِملابِس سيِّده камериер criado sluha, komorník der Kammerdiener kammertjener υπηρέτης ayuda de cámara toapoiss, kammerteener پیشخدمت miespalvelija valet de chambre מְשָרֵת אִישִי निजी सेवक sluga, komornik, sobar inas pelayan pribadi einkaþjónn valletto 従��� (신변의 일을 시중드는) 하인 tarnas sulainis valet lijfknecht kammertjener lokaj criado valet камердинер sluha, komorník služabnik lični sluga betjänt คนรับใช้ชายของนายผู้ชาย vale 貼身男僕 камердинер خانساماں người phục vụ 男子的贴身男仆
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