valete

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaˈle.te/
• Rhymes: -ete
• Hyphenation: va‧lé‧te

Verb

valete

1. inflection of valere:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Anagrams

• levate, velate

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Latin

Etymology

From the verb valeō (“I am well, healthy”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯aˈleː.te/, [u̯äˈɫ̪eːt̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vaˈle.te/, [väˈlɛːt̪e]

• Audio (Classical):

  (file)

Interjection

1. goodbye, farewell

Usage notes

• This is the plural form. When addressing an individual, valē is used.

Verb

(deprecated template usage) valēte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of valeō

References

• valete in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Portuguese

valete

Etymology

Borrowed from French valet (“jack”), from Vulgar Latin *vassellittus, diminutive of Late Latin vassus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vaˈlɛ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vaˈlɛ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /vaˈlɛ.te/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vaˈlɛ.tɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vaˈlɛ.tɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /baˈlɛ.tɨ/

• IPA^(key): /va.ˈlɛ.te/
• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛtɨ
• Hyphenation: va‧le‧te

Noun

valete m (plural valetes)

1. (card games) jack

See also

Playing cards in Portuguese · cartas de baralho (layout · text)
ás	dois, duque	três, terno	quatro, quadra	cinco, quina	seis, sena	sete, bisca, manilha
oito	nove	dez	valete	dama	rei	jóquer, curinga