valise
pronunciation
How to pronounce valise in British English:
UK [vəˈli:z]
How to pronounce valise in American English:
US [vəˈlis]
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- Noun:
- a small overnight bag for short trips
Word Origin
- valise (n.)
- 1610s, "suitcase, soldier's kit bag," from Middle French valise (16c.), from Italian valigia, of uncertain origin. Attested in Medieval Latin forms valisia (early 15c.), valixia (late 13c.). "The name is generally given to a leather case of moderate size, opening wide on a hinge or like a portfolio ...." [Century Dictionary]
Example
- 1. Don 't overstuff your valise .
- 2. Valise I have a particular fancy for .
- 3. He opened the valise and drew from it cosette 's outfit .
- 4. I take it you don 't have phileas fogg in that valise .
- 5. He shoved the last few remaining things he had laid out into his valise and snapped it with a vengeance .