cavalcade

WOTD - 17 October 2006    

English

Etymology

From French, from Old French, from the Old Italian cavalcata from cavalcare, which meant to ride on horseback, from Medieval Latin caballicāre, from the Vulgar Latin caballus, which means horse.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkævəlˌkeɪd/, /ˌkævəlˈkeɪd/

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• Rhymes: -eɪd

Noun

cavalcade (plural cavalcades)

1. A company of riders.
2. A parade.
3. A trail ride, usually more than one day long.
4. (by extension) A series, a chain (e.g. of events).

   As soon as I visited this website, a cavalcade of dialog boxes started to appear on my screen; that's when I realized my computer was infected with a virus.

Synonyms

• (company of riders): company
• (parade): parade, procession
• (series): chain, series

Translations

company of riders

Bulgarian: кавалкада (bg) f. Danish: (rarely used) kavalkade Estonian: kavalkaad (et) French: cavalcade (fr) f.

Portuguese: cavalgada (pt) f. Spanish: cabalgada (es) f.

parade

Danish: kavalkade

Estonian: ratsarongkäik (et) Finnish: kavalkadi (fi), kulkue (fi)