cavaleiro
Portuguese
/kɐvɐˈlɐjɾu/, /ˌka.va.ˈle(j).ɾu/, /ka.va.ˈlej.ɾo/
noun
Definitions
- (military unit) knight heavily armoured warrior of the Middle Ages
- (military unit) cavalryman; cavalier soldier who serves on a cavalry regiment
- horseman; horserider person who rides a horse
- (nobility) knight noble ranked below a baron
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese cavaleiro inherited from Latin caballārius, caballus (pack horse, horse, nag, jade) affix from Portuguese cavalo (horse).
Origin
Portuguese
cavalo
Gloss
horse
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
- cavalero English
- *caballaricius Latin
- caballarius Latin
- caballico Latin
- caballicāre Latin
- caballicō Latin
- caballinus Latin
- caballus Latin
- caballārem, caballaris, caballāris Latin
- caballāris Latin
- caballārius Latin
- cavallus Latin
- cavallaio Italian
- cavallo Italian
- cheval French
- caballero Spanish, Castilian
- caballo Spanish, Castilian
- anticavalo Portuguese
- cavalete Portuguese
- cavalinha Portuguese
- cavalo Portuguese
- cavalo-marinho Portuguese
- kapall Old Norse
- cheval Old French
- chevalier Old French
- keval Old French
- cabaleiro Galician
- cal Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- cârlan Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- καβαλάρης Greek (modern)
- qùeva Norman
- kalë Albanian
- cavaleiro Old Portuguese
- cavalo Old Portuguese
- *kapallos Proto-Celtic
- cal Aromanian
- chaval Romansh
- caballu Asturian
- cjaval Friulian
- cjavalâr Friulian
- caval Old Occitan
- cavalier Old Occitan
- cavaddu Sicilian
- cavało Venetian
- kabai Papiamentu
- caval Dalmatian
- kabálu Kabuverdianu
- chevau Bourguignon
- caddu Sardinian
- *kaballos Gaulish
- caballos Gaulish
- caval Istriot
- cavallu Corsican
- caballo Aragonese
- kavalo Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja
- cheval Franco-Provençal
- cvau Picard
- kavâlu Kongo