valet
To serve as a valetTo serve (someone) as a valet.
» Tom used to work as a valet.
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3 senses(transitive)To serve (someone) as a valet.
serve as a personal attendant to
(Ireland, UK, transitive)To clean and service (a car), as a valet does.
(US, transitive)To leave (a car) with a valet to park it.
Examples
15 sentencesTom used to work as a valet.
Tom handed his keys to the valet.
deTom übergab seine Schlüssel dem Hoteldiener. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom is a valet.
Mary handed her keys to the valet.
He handed his keys to the valet.
Origin
Borrowed from Middle French valet, from Old French vaslet, from Medieval Latin *vassellittBorrowed from Middle French valet, from Old French vaslet, from Medieval Latin *vassellittus, diminutive of Late Latin vassallus (“manservant, domestic, retainer”), from vassus (“servant”), from Gaulish *wassos (“young man, squire”), from Proto-Celtic *wastos (“servant”) (compare Old Irish foss and Welsh gwas). Doublet of varlet.
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Forms
valets, valeting, valeted, valetedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle