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Yes. The word valet is a Scrabble US word. The word valet is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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5-letter words (1 found)

VALET,

4-letter words (12 found)

AVEL,LATE,LAVE,LEAT,LEVA,TAEL,TALE,TEAL,TELA,VALE,VEAL,VELA,

3-letter words (19 found)

ALE,ALT,ATE,AVE,EAT,ELT,ETA,LAT,LAV,LEA,LET,LEV,TAE,TAV,TEA,TEL,VAE,VAT,VET,

2-letter words (9 found)

AE,AL,AT,EA,EL,ET,LA,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 42 words from valet according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of valet

valet avlet vlaet lvaet alvet lavet vaelt avelt vealt evalt aevlt eavlt vleat lveat velat evlat levat elvat alevt laevt aelvt ealvt leavt elavt valte avlte vlate lvate alvte lavte vatle avtle vtale tvale atvle tavle vltae lvtae vtlae tvlae ltvae tlvae altve latve atlve talve ltave tlave vaetl avetl veatl evatl aevtl eavtl vatel avtel vtael tvael atvel tavel vetal evtal vteal tveal etval teval aetvl eatvl atevl taevl etavl teavl vleta lveta velta evlta levta elvta vltea lvtea vtlea tvlea ltvea tlvea vetla evtla vtela tvela etvla tevla letva eltva lteva tleva etlva telva aletv laetv aeltv ealtv leatv elatv altev latev atlev talev ltaev tlaev aetlv eatlv atelv taelv etalv tealv letav eltav lteav tleav etlav telav

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Definitions and meaning of valet

valet

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).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈvæleɪ/, /ˈvælɪt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvæleɪ/, /væˈleɪ/, /ˈvælɪt/
  • Rhymes: -ælɪt, -æleɪ, -eɪ

Noun

valet (plural valets)

  1. A man's personal male attendant, responsible for his clothes and appearance.
    Synonyms: (proscribed) butler, gentleman's gentleman
  2. A hotel employee performing such duties for guests.
  3. (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.
  4. A female chaperone who accompanies a man, and is usually not married to him.
  5. (US) A person employed to clean or park cars.
    Synonym: parking attendant
  6. A person employed to assist the jockey and trainer at a racecourse.
  7. A wooden stand on which to hold clothes and accessories in preparation for dressing.
  8. 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)

  1. (transitive) To serve (someone) as a valet.
  2. (transitive, chiefly UK, Ireland) To clean and service (a car), as a valet does.
  3. (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

  1. (card games) jack

Declension

References

  • “valet”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Estonian

Noun

valet

  1. 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)

  1. (history) a male attendant of a knight or a lord
  2. (history) officer belonging to the king's house or a princely house, also valet de chambre
  3. a male servant, a footman
  4. a wooden stand on which to hold clothes and accessories in preparation for dressing, also valet de nuit
  5. (card games) jack

Derived terms

  • valet d’écurie

Descendants

  • → Bulgarian: вале́ (valé)
  • → Greek: βαλές (valés)
  • → Portuguese: valete
  • → Russian: вале́т (valét)
    • → 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

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of valeō

Middle French

Etymology

Old French vaslet.

Noun

valet m (plural valets)

  1. manservant; (male) attendant

Descendants

  • French: valet

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French valet.

Noun

valet m (plural valets)

  1. (Jersey) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
  2. (Jersey, card games) jack

Derived terms

  • valet d'fèrme (“farmhand”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

valet n

  1. singular definite of val

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French valet.

Pronunciation

Noun

valet m or f by sense (plural valets)

  1. valet (a person employed to park cars)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French valet.

Noun

valet m (plural valeți)

  1. valet

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French valet.

Noun

valet m (plural valets)

  1. (card games) jack, knave

Further reading

  • “valet”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Noun

valet

  1. definite singular of val

Anagrams

  • levat, velat

Source: wiktionary.org