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valise

/vəˈliːz/

valise noun: a piece of hand luggage such as a suitcase or travelling bag.

valise: a piece of hand luggage such as a suitcase or travelling bag
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Noun

valise (plural valises)

  1. A piece of hand luggage such as a suitcase or travelling bag.
    • Finding upon the corpse more money than was required for the funeral, he transmitted it to the abbess, together with a small valise, containing, besides apparel, some trifling articles of jewellery, and the bracelet transmitted to you,...1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter LII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 40
    • Though he studiously concealed his hand, this morning before breakfast, in writing the direction-card which he attached to the little brown valise of happier days, the eagle-glance of matrimonial anxiety detected, d, o, n, distinctly traced.1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC

valise meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

valise in Tamil

பயணப்பேழை, சிறுபயணப் பெட்டி, படைவீரரின் பயணப்பை

valise in Urdu

بقچی, چھوٹی پیٹی, جام دانی

valise in Malayalam

യാത്രപ്പെട്ടി, യാത്രാസഞ്ചി

valise in Kannada

ತಿರುಗಾಟದ ಚೀಲ

Examples of valise in a sentence

  • In spite of the falling rain, which had somewhat lessened, he took a small valise in his hand, and, leaving the remainder of his luggage at the inn, ascended the hills towards East Endelstow.1872 September – 1873 July, Thomas Hardy, “‘XXIII’”, in A Pair of Blue Eyes. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Tinsley...
  • Nothing to declare / Not in the valise of my mind2024, “Nothing to Declare”, in Loss of Life, performed by MGMT:

Forms of valise

pluralvalises

Origin of valise

Borrowed from French valise.

Words formed from valise

Words that rhyme with valise

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Questions about valise

What does valise mean?
Valise means a piece of hand luggage such as a suitcase or travelling bag.
What is valise in Tamil?
Valise in Tamil is பயணப்பேழை, சிறுபயணப் பெட்டி, படைவீரரின் பயணப்பை. See Valise meaning in Tamil.
How do you use valise in a sentence?
In spite of the falling rain, which had somewhat lessened, he took a small valise in his hand, and, leaving the remainder of his luggage at the inn, ascended the hills towards East Endelstow.
What part of speech is valise?
Valise is a noun.
How do you pronounce valise?
Valise is pronounced /vəˈliːz/.
What is the plural of valise?
The plural of valise is valises.

Words near valise in the dictionary

  1. valines
  2. valinomycin
  3. Valiquette
  4. Valiquettes
  5. valis
  6. valise
  7. valiseful
  8. valisefuls
  9. valiseless
  10. valiselike
  11. Valisenko

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: valise (page history and authors); valise (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); valise (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); valise (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); valise (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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