valet

Betekenis (English)

1. a male attendant of a knight or a lord
2. 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. jack
6. a holdfast (a hooked tool to hold a workpiece down to a workbench)

Synonyms

cric

serviteur

domestique

larbin

laquais

âne

🫏

jack

majordome

flatteur

fripouille

gens

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

goudron

gredin

Jack

coquin

Dhakhan

marin

matelot

merde

ouvrier

page

servant

canaille

f

f

jacquier

caisse

📦

rogue

valet de chambre

voiturier

courtisan

esclave

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/va.lɛ/

Etimologie (English)

Inherited from Old French: vaslet

Cognate with Old Irish: foss

Cognate with Wallies: gwas

In summary

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).