cavalier
French
noun
Definitions
- horseman, particularly:
- (chess) knight
- (card games) knight in tarot
- (m) U-nail, fence staple, construction staple
- (m) cable clip
- (danse) (male) partner
- (m) (male) date, (male) companion for social activities
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian cavaliere derived from Old Occitan cavalier derived from Latin caballārius.
Origin
Latin
caballārius
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- caballus Latin
- caballārius Latin
- cavaliere Italian
- cavallaio Italian
- cavalleria Italian
- cavalo Italian
- cavalièrement French
- кавале́р Russian
- кавалер Russian
- caballero Spanish, Castilian
- kawaler Polish
- chevalier Old French
- kavaliro Esperanto
- cavaller Catalan, Valencian
- cavaler Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- καβαλάρης Greek (modern)
- kavalye Turkish
- cavaleiro Old Portuguese
- кавалер Macedonian
- cavalîr Friulian
- cjavalâr Friulian
- cavalier Old Occitan
- cavalièr Old Occitan
- cavaliere roa-oit