chevalier

common nounadjective

Syllable Decomposition

chevalier

from Latin caballarius ('groom', 'squire'), derived from caballus ('horse'). The concrete sense of 'man on horseback' is taken up by cavalier, borrowed from Italian.

Definitions

antiquité
antiquité
histoire
oiseaux
champignons

Feminine

chevalière

Plural

chevaliers

Hyperonyms

oiseauCharadriiformesscolopacidé

Hyponyms

chevalier aboyeurchevalier arlequincombattant variéchevalier culblancchevalier gambettechevalier guignettechevalier stagnatilechevalier sylvaingrand chevalier à pattes jaunespetit chevalier à pattes jaunes

Translations

  • germangerman:Wasserläufer
  • englishenglish:redshank
  • arabicarabic:فارس
  • danishdanish:ridder
  • spanishspanish:archibebe
  • finnishfinnish:ritari
  • greekgreek:ιππότης
  • italianitalian:piropiro
  • japanesejapanese:騎士
  • dutchdutch:ridder
  • polishpolish:rycerz
  • portugueseportuguese:cavaleiro
  • swedishswedish:riddare

See also

cheval (cn.) cavalier (cn.) cavalier (adj.) chevaleresque (adj.) chevalet (cn.) chevalin (adj.) équestre (adj.) hippisme (cn.)