Valise Definition

və-lēs
valises
noun
A piece of hand luggage.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Valise

Noun

Singular:
valise
Plural:
valises

Origin of Valise

  • Though valise sounds similar to the Italian valigia, these words are not likely to be kin to one another. For explanation see http://nq.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/issue_pdf/frontmatter_pdf/s9-X/247.pdf

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  • French, akin to Medieval Latin valisia.

    From Wiktionary

  • French from Italian valigia

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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