Maschile

valet

Senso (Inglese)

  1. (historical, masculine) a male attendant of a knight or a lord
  2. (historical, masculine) officer belonging to the king's house or a princely house, also valet de chambre
  3. (masculine) a male servant, a footman
  4. (masculine) a wooden stand on which to hold clothes and accessories in preparation for dressing, also valet de nuit
  5. (masculine) jack
  6. (especially, masculine) a holdfast (a hooked tool to hold a workpiece down to a workbench)

Frequenza

C1
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/va.lɛ/
Etimologia (Inglese)

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).

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