different between valise vs valiselike

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French valise.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??li?z/

Noun

valise (plural valises)

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

Derived terms

• busted valise
• broken-down valise

Translations

Anagrams

• Aviles, Avilés, Leivas, Savile, aviles, lavies

French

Etymology

Middle French valise, from Medieval Latin valesia, valixia, from Late Latin valisia, possibly from Gaulish *valisia (“leather bag”), from Proto-Celtic *val- (“to enclose, surround”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH-. Or, possibly from Arabic ????????? (wal?ha, “large bag”).

Maybe a borrowing through Italian valigia, even though this is dubious. Compare Spanish valija.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

valise f (plural valises)

1. case, suitcase.

Derived terms

• dévaliser
• faire sa valise
• faire ses valises
• mot-valise
• poser ses valises

Descendants

• ? Belarusian: ??????? (valíza)
• ? Khmer: ??????? (vaalii)
• ? Dutch: valies
• ? Polish: waliza
• ? Turkish: valiz
• ? Ukrainian: ??????? (valíza)
• ? Vietnamese: va li

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• levais, salive, salivé

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• valisa

Etymology

From French valise

Noun

valise f (plural valises)

1. a small suitcase

   Synonym: maleta

English

Etymology

valise +? -like

Adjective

valiselike (comparative more valiselike, superlative most valiselike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a valise.