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valise

Portuguese, noun/vaˈli.zi/

valise is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a small suitcase” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “maleta”.

What does valise mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininea small suitcase

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. maleta

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of valise

  • valises plural
  • valisa alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce valise?

  • Brazil /vaˈli.zi/
  • Portugal /vaˈli.zɨ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?

valise appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).