cavalerie

• cavallerie (obsolete)

Probably borrowed from French cavalerie, from Italian cavalleria.

• IPA^(key): /ˌkaː.vaː.ləˈri/

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• Hyphenation: ca‧va‧le‧rie
• Rhymes: -i

cavalerie f (plural cavaleries)

1. cavalry (part of the military that is on horseback)

   Synonym: ruiterij

• cavaleriecharge

• cavalerist

• → Indonesian: kavalêri

From Italian cavalleria.^[1] Compare Old French chevalerie.

• IPA^(key): /ka.val.ʁi/

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cavalerie f (plural cavaleries)

1. cavalry

• La Cavalerie

• “cavalerie” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie françoise, 4th Edition (1762).
• “cavalerie” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).
• “cavalerie” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 9th Edition (1992-).
• “cavalerie” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “cavalerie” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
• “cavalerie” in Dictionnaire Le Robert.
• “cavalerie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• cavalière

Borrowed from Russian кавалерия (kavalerija) or German Kavallerie.

• IPA^(key): /ka.va.ˈle.ri.e/
• Rhymes: -erie
• Hyphenation: ca‧va‧le‧ri‧e

cavalerie f (plural cavalerii)

1. cavalry

Borrowed from Italian cavalleria.

• IPA^(key): /ka.va.le.ˈri.e/
• Rhymes: -ie
• Hyphenation: ca‧va‧le‧ri‧e

cavalerie f (plural cavalerii)

1. knighthood (the quality of being a knight)
2. order of knighthood
3. dignity, nobility, gallantry, chivalry