valise

[ vuh-leesor, especially British, -leez ]

noun

1. a small piece of luggage that can be carried by hand, used to hold clothing, toilet articles, etc.; suitcase; traveling bag.

valise

/ vəˈliːz /

noun

1. a small overnight travelling case

Word History and Origins

Origin of valise¹

1605–15; < French < Italian valigia, of obscure origin; compare Medieval Latin valēsium

Word History and Origins

Origin of valise¹

C17: via French from Italian valigia, of unknown origin

Example Sentences

The next week, Talley presented her with a Fendi valise.

From Washington Post

A few steps away, a kosher carving knife, a pushcart, a pickle barrel and a battered traveling valise used by immigrants from Lithuania are lined up against a wall.

From New York Times

She took my valise and looked me up and down.

From Literature

I left my trunk, grabbed my valise and Mr. Whiskers, and started off down the snow-lined street.

From Literature

Practicing as a neurophysiologist in the southern French city of Marseille in the 1950s, she became a porteur de valise, a suitcase carrier, as well as a chauffeur for the Algerian resistance members inside France as part of what became known as the Jeanson network, which was also supported by intellectuals including the writer-philosophers Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir.

From Washington Post