chevalier

See also: Chevalier

English

Etymology

From Middle English chivaler or chevaler (also shyvalere while code-switching), from Anglo-Norman chevaler or chivaler, later refashioned after French chevalier, from Late Latin caballārius (“horseman”), from Latin caballus (“horse”).[1] Doublet of caballero and cavalier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌʃɛvəˈlɪɚ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

chevalier (plural chevaliers)

  1. (historical) cavalier; knight
  2. (card games) In tarot cards, the card between the valet and the dame.

Translations

References

  1. ^ “chevalier”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French chevalier, from Old French chevalier, from Late Latin caballārius, from Latin caballus. Doublet of cavalier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃə.va.lje/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -je

Noun

chevalier m (plural chevaliers, feminine chevalière)

  1. knight
  2. sandpiper (bird)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Ottoman Turkish: شوالیه (şövalye)
  • → Persian: شوالیه (šovâliye)

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Pseudo-Gallicism, derived from chevalier, from the fact that knights used to carry these rings as a seal. First attested in 1992.

Noun

chevalier m (invariable)

  1. a ring that is flat on top and typically decorated with precious gems

Middle English

Noun

chevalier

  1. alternative form of chivaler

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French chevalier.

Noun

chevalier m (plural chevaliers)

  1. knight

Descendants

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin caballārius, from Latin caballus.[1] Compare Old Occitan cavalier.

Noun

chevalier oblique singular, m (oblique plural chevaliers, nominative singular chevaliers, nominative plural chevalier)

  1. knight
  2. (chess) knight

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Migliorini, Bruno with Aldo Duro (1950) “cavaliere”, in Prontuario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Paravia
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