valise

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vəˈliːz/

Etymology

French, akin to Medieval Latin valisia.

Though valise sounds similar to the Italian valigia, these words are not likely to be kin to one another. For explanation see http://nq.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/issue_pdf/frontmatter_pdf/s9-X/247.pdf

Noun

valise (plural valises)

1. A piece of hand luggage such as a suitcase or travelling bag.

Translations

luggage

Armenian: ճամպրուկ (hy) (champruk) Belarusian: чамадан (be) m. French: valise (fr) f. Russian: чемодан (ru) m.

Spanish: maleta (es) f., valija (es) f. Taos: belísena Ukrainian: чемодан (uk) (chemodan) m.

Anagrams

• aviles

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /va.liz/

• audio

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• Homophones: valisent, valises

Noun

valise f. (plural valises)

1. case, suitcase.

Derived terms

• dévaliser
• mot-valise

Anagrams

• levais, salive, salivé