valise

English

a valise previously carried by US President Gerald Ford

Etymology

Borrowed from French valise.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vəˈliːz/

Noun

valise (plural valises)

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

Translations

luggage

Armenian: ճամպրուկ (hy) (čampruk)
Belarusian: чамадан m (čamadan)
French: valise (fr) f
Georgian: სამგზავრო ჩანთა (samgzavro čanta), ჩემოდანი (čemodani), საკვოიაჟი (saḳvoiaži)
German: Reisetasche (de) f, Tasche (de) f
Greek: βαλίτσα (el) f (valítsa)
Portuguese: valise (pt) f

Russian: чемода́н (ru) m (čemodán)
Spanish: maleta (es) f, valija (es) f
Taos: belísena
Ukrainian: чемодан m (čemodan)
Zazaki: valiz

Anagrams

Aviles, Avilés, Leivas, Savile, aviles, lavies

French

Etymology

From Late Latin valisia. Maybe a borrowing from Italian valigia, even though this is dubious.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /va.liz/
audio (file)
Homophones: valisent, valises

Noun

valise f (plural valises)

case, suitcase.

Derived terms

Further reading

http://nq.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/issue_pdf/frontmatter_pdf/s9-X/247.pdf

“valise” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

levais, salive, salivé

Portuguese

Alternative forms

valisa

Noun

valise f (plural valises)

a small suitcase

Synonyms

maleta

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