valise
French, noun/va.liz/
valise is spelled V-A-L-I-S-E (6 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written French, the 6,801st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Valise is a French feminine noun meaning “case, suitcase” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite malle de voyage, qu’on porte à la main”.
What does valise mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecase, suitcase
- 2
feminineeyebag
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite malle de voyage, qu’on porte à la main. 2. Désigne aussi le contenant. 3. Ordinateur souvent enfermé dans une petite mallette de protection en plastique rigide, utilisé par les garagistes pour diagnostiquer les pannes automobiles. 4. Par extension, Ordinateur utilisé par d'autres personnes pour accéder à des fonctions diagnostiques sur des véhicules automobiles.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of valise
- valises plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce valise?
- /va.liz/
- \va.liz\
- \va.ˈli.zə\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to valise
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is valise in French?
valise appears 9.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).