Grammatical class

Noun

valet

(history) a male attendant of a knight or a lord

Details

Syllables

va-let

Phonetics

va.lɛ

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

3873

Freq. (movies)

4053

Freq. (news)

16486

Sentences

Tel maître, tel valet.

As is the master, so is the servant.

A1

Il existe quelqu'un de pire que le bourreau, c'est son valet.

A person worse than the torturer exists: it's his assistant.

A2

Sois le maître de tes volontés et le valet de ta conscience !

Be the master of your will and the servant of your conscience!

B2