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valais

English translation: valet

16:39 Jun 13, 2014
French to English translations [PRO]
Furniture / Household Appliances
French term or phrase: valais
Contract of sale of a flat, in a list of movables, etc.

"Un micro-ondes 400,00 €
Une plaque vitrocéramique quatre feux 500,00 €
Un frigidaire 500,00 €
W.C. :
Un valais 50,00 €
Salle de bains
Un meuble avec vasque et miroir comprenant quatre portes et éléments hauts"

Seems to be ski country, French Alps, so this might be a dialect word possibly.
Mpoma
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:22
English translation:valet
Explanation:
Valais is something or somebody Swiss...
Could it be mispelling for valet (de nuit) - item kept in the bedroom/bathroom area where you hang your clothes...???
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robon
United States
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2 +5valet
robon
2 +3valet stand
Claire Nolan


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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +5
valet


Explanation:
Valais is something or somebody Swiss...
Could it be mispelling for valet (de nuit) - item kept in the bedroom/bathroom area where you hang your clothes...???

robon
United States
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mchd
3 mins
agree  Nikki Scott-Despaigne: Yes. I sniggered at this as I imagined a "ballet de WC". Ha ha ha!
3 mins
agree  philgoddard
17 mins
agree  Verginia Ophof
3 hrs
agree  Ashley Burricks
3 hrs
neutral  patrickfor: Yep valet (just seen it's listed after WC) / Valet in french, people from Valais (Valaisans) are much more expensive than 60€
4 hrs
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +3
valet stand


Explanation:
Maybe a misspelling for ''valet'':

http://www.shopoon.fr/valet-wc.shtm

Some could be worth close to 50 euros.

For the bathroom: towel valet stand.



Claire Nolan
Local time: 16:22
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mchd
1 min
  -> Merci.
agree  Nikki Scott-Despaigne: Yes, if it is for the loo.
2 mins
  -> Thanks.
agree  Evgeny Artemov (X)
5 hrs
  -> Thanks.
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