Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

valet-de-place

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English

Syllables: valet-de--place
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In France, a person who offered his services as a guide, messenger, etc. for hire, especially to strangers.

Example Sentences

"I therefore added to my own English servants […] a Frenchman, who had formerly served me as valet de place, and of whom I had a very good opinion."

Etymology

Borrowed from French [Term?].

Origin

Source language: French

Inflected Forms

valets-de-place (plural)

Questions

What does valet-de-place mean?: In France, a person who offered his services as a guide, messenger, etc. for hire, especially to strangers.
Where does valet-de-place come from?: It is traced to French.

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