vaisselle, n.f., plates and dishes; plate (of gold or silver). — de terre; earthenware. — d’or; gold plate. — d’argent; silver plate. — ciselée; carved plate. — plate; (of gold or silver) plate.
vaissellerie, n.f., pots and pans.
val, n.m., valley, vale, dale. Par monts et par vaux; up hill and down dale.
valable, adj., valid, good for.
valablement, adv., validly.
valenciennes, n.f., valenciennes (lace).
valériane, n.f., (bot.) valerian.
valet, n.m., footman, valet; knave (at cards); door weight; hold-fast (of a joiner); support (of a looking-glass). — de pied; footman. — de chambre; valet. — de bourreau; assistant-executioner, aid. Faire le bon —; to be officious. Maître —; (agri.) headman. — de ferme; farm-servant. — de chiens; whipper-in. Tel maître, tel —; like master, like man. C’est un — de cartes; (fig.) he is a nobody, a contemptible fellow. Il n’y a pas de grand homme pour son — de chambre; no man is a hero to his valet. On ne prend pas de — pour se servir soi-même; what! keep a dog and bark thyself!
valetage (val-taj), n.m., duty of a valet, drudgery.
*valetaille (val-tâ-i), n.f., pack of men-servants, footmen, flunkies, lackeys, menials.