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valet

noun · verb

Simple meaning

A manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer.

Pronunciation

Say it like this:

valay

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IPA pronunciation (US)

væˈleɪ

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

noun

  1. A manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer

  2. A man's personal male attendant, responsible for his clothes and appearance.

  3. us

    A person employed to clean or park cars.

  4. A hotel employee performing such duties for guests.

  5. A person employed to assist the jockey and trainer at a racecourse.

  6. A female chaperone who accompanies a man, and is usually not married to him.

verb

  1. Serve as a personal attendant to

  2. transitive

    To serve (someone) as a valet.

  3. transitiveus

    To leave (a car) with a valet to park it.

  4. transitivechiefly ukireland

    To clean and service (a car), as a valet does.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
C1 · Advanced
Frequency
Moderately Common
Typical Use
Neutral / general English

Word Aura™

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Aura for this meaning

This meaning: A manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer

Used this way, valet is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Matter-of-fact
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

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Common Patterns and Combinations

How this word naturally appears with others.

Manservant / man's

personal valet

Employed

valet laundry

Other combinations

valet parkingvalet servicefirst valetfaithful valetlying valetformer valet

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Word Family

Related forms, grouped by how they connect.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • valet parkingnounCompound term

    A service provided (at a club or restaurant or airport etc.) whereby a patron leaves a car at the entrance and an attendant parks and retrieves it.

  • valet de chambrenounCompound term

    A manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer.

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Synonyms

Sense: manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer

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