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valise.

case, suitcase

6 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/va.liz/
  1. case, suitcase

    feminine
  2. eyebag

    feminine · figuratively · in-plural
Where this word comes from

Inherited from 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 وَلِيهَة (walīha, “large bag”). Maybe a borrowing through Italian valigia, even though this is dubious. Compare Spanish valija.

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