English Dictionary

valet

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈvæleɪ/

動詞

他動詞 アイルランド英語 イギリス英語 アメリカ英語

(transitive) To serve (someone) as a valet. / (transitive, chiefly UK, Ireland) To clean and service (a car), as a valet does. / (transitive, US) To leave (a car) with a valet to park it.

日本語の意味

（転用1）執事として仕える、付き添う / （転用2）自動車を洗浄・整備する（主に英国、アイルランドで用いられる） / （転用3）自動車を預かり、駐車を依頼する（主に米国で用いられる）

Every morning, the elderly footman would valet the ambassador, preparing his clothes and shining his shoes before the day began.

毎朝、その年老いた従者は大使の身の回りの世話をして、服の用意をし、靴を磨いて一日の支度を整えていた。

意味（1）

(transitive) To serve (someone) as a valet.

You can valet me, can you? Bother valeting me! I like to put on my own clothes, and brush them, too, when they are on; and if I only knew how to black my own boots, by George I should like to do it!

意味（2）

(transitive, chiefly UK, Ireland) To clean and service (a car), as a valet does.

He revealed: “We had been through a lot and I decided the car needed to be cleaned out after Georgina had to deliver the baby in the car. “You can imagine the scene when I left the car in for valeting. I got some funny looks and I had to explain to the guy that I wasn’t up to anything illegal because it did look a bit like a crime scene.”

意味（3）

(transitive, US) To leave (a car) with a valet to park it.

I asked Giacomo if he ever valeted his car, and he twisted his face into a grimace as he replied, “Rarely, but I have done it. Nervous time.”

valets （ present singular third-person ）

valeting （ participle present ）

valeted （ participle past ）

valeted （ past ）