cheval
French
noun
Definitions
- horse
- horsepower
- (slang) tall and slim woman, beautiful woman (only in the feminine form, jument)
- (slang) horse, H narcotic
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French cheval inherited from Old French cheval inherited from Latin caballus (pack horse, horse, nag, jade), caballus (pack horse, horse, nag, jade).
Origin
Latin
caballus
Gloss
pack horse, horse, nag, jade
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
馬
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- caballine English
- capel English
- cheval English
- *caballaricius Latin
- caballarius Latin
- caballico Latin
- caballicāre Latin
- caballicō Latin
- caballinus Latin
- caballus Latin
- caballārem, caballaris, caballāris Latin
- caballāris Latin
- caballārius Latin
- caballīnus Latin
- cavallus Latin
- caciocavallo Italian
- cavallaio Italian
- cavalletta Italian
- cavalletto Italian
- cavallo Italian
- cavallone Italian
- cavalluccio Italian
- bois French
- boiser French
- buisson French
- chevalerie French
- chevalet French
- chevalin French
- hautbois French
- sous-bois French
- caballo Spanish, Castilian
- anticavalo Portuguese
- cavaleiro Portuguese
- cavalete Portuguese
- cavalinha Portuguese
- cavalo Portuguese
- cavalo-marinho Portuguese
- kapall Old Norse
- cheval Old French
- chevalerie Old French
- keval Old French
- deĉevaliĝi Esperanto
- virĉevalo Esperanto
- ĉevala Esperanto
- ĉevalaĉo Esperanto
- ĉevalaĵo Esperanto
- ĉevalejo Esperanto
- ĉevalidino Esperanto
- ĉevalido Esperanto
- ĉevalino Esperanto
- ĉevalmuelejo Esperanto
- ĉevalo Esperanto
- ĉevalviro Esperanto
- cal Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- cârlan Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- kavaleyo Ido
- kavalino Ido
- kavalo Ido
- kavalofero Ido
- kavalulo Ido
- kavalyuno Ido
- ch'fa Norman
- j'va Norman
- qùeva Norman
- kalë Albanian
- kalëroj Albanian
- bois Middle French
- cheval Middle French
- cavalo Old Portuguese
- *kapallos Proto-Celtic
- cal Aromanian
- Kawall Alemannic German
- chaval Romansh
- caballu Asturian
- cjaval Friulian
- caval Old Occitan
- cavaddu Sicilian
- cavało Venetian
- boad Volapük
- hijevod Volapük
- jeval Volapük
- jevod Volapük
- jevodil Volapük
- jevodül Volapük
- jijevod Volapük
- kabai Papiamentu
- caval Dalmatian
- chwal Haitian, Haitian Creole
- chwal bwa Haitian, Haitian Creole
- kabálu Kabuverdianu
- dibwa Mauritian Creole
- seval Mauritian Creole
- tchivå Walloon
- chevau Bourguignon
- soavaly Malagasy
- caddu Sardinian
- *kaballos Gaulish
- caballos Gaulish
- caval Istriot
- cavallu Corsican
- caballo Aragonese
- choal Louisiana Creole French
- dibwa Seychellois Creole
- seval Seychellois Creole
- kavalo Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja
- cheval Franco-Provençal
- cvau Picard
- chouval Antillean Creole
- kavâlu Kongo
- yevari Ajië
- chovan Nyâlayu
- chopa Bwatoo