Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

valet de chambre

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.46 in modern English

Syllables: valet de cham-bre
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of valet-de-chambre.

Example Sentences

"[…] he came to this country in the ſervice of an Engliſh gentleman, whom he was obliged to quit through the malice of the valet de chambre, who taking advantage of the young man’s being overtaken with liquor on the laſt St. Andrew’s day, turned him off, on the pretext of his being an habitual drunkard."
"In order to be sure that it was not some illusion, they called their valets de chambre; but no sooner had these appeared with their flambeaux, than the spectre disappeared."
"Toward nightfall her valet de chambre brought in a letter that he announced portentously came from the grande duchesse of Berg and Cleves."

Inflected Forms

valets de chambre (plural)

Synonyms

valet gentleman gentleman's gentleman man

Questions

What does valet de chambre mean?: Alternative form of valet-de-chambre.

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