knight

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English[edit]

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knight

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Pronunciation[edit]

enPR: nīt, IPA^(key): /naɪt/
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Rhymes: -aɪt
Homophones: night, nite

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English knight, knyght, kniht, from Old English cniht (“boy; servant, knight”), from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.

Alternative forms[edit]

knyght

Noun[edit]

knight (plural knights)

(historical) A young servant or follower; a trained military attendant in service of a lord.
(historical) A minor nobleman with an honourable military rank who had served as a page and squire.
(by extension) An armored and mounted warrior of the Middle Ages.
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
(law, historical) A person obliged to provide knight service in exchange for maintenance of an estate held in knight's fee.
(modern) A person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.
(literary) A brave, chivalrous and honorable man devoted to a noble cause or love interest.
(chess) A chess piece, often in the shape of a horse's head, that is moved two squares in one direction and one at right angles to that direction in a single move, leaping over any intervening pieces.
(card games, dated) A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.
(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Ypthima.
(modern) Any mushroom belonging to genus Tricholoma.

Synonyms[edit]

(chess piece): horse (informal)

Hyponyms[edit]

knight banneret, banneret

Coordinate terms[edit]

knight's fee, knight service

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from the noun knight

Translations[edit]

warrior, especially of the Middle Ages

Afrikaans: ridder
Albanian: kalorës (sq) m, kalorëse f
Arabic: فَارِس (ar) m (fāris)
Armenian: ասպետ (hy) (aspet)
Aromanian: caballeru m
Azerbaijani: cəngavər, rıtsar
Basque: zaldun
Belarusian: ры́цар m (rýcar), ві́цязь m (vícjazʹ), багаты́р m (bahatýr), лы́цар m (lýcar)
Breton: marc'heg (br)
Bulgarian: ри́цар (bg) m (rícar)
Catalan: cavaller (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 騎士／骑士 (zh) (qíshì), 大俠／大侠 (zh) (dàxiá), 爵士 (zh) (juéshì)
Cornish: marghek m, marghoges f
Czech: rytíř (cs) m, vítěz (cs)
Danish: ridder (da) c
Dutch: ridder (nl) m
Esperanto: kavaliro
Estonian: rüütel (et)
Finnish: ritari (fi)
French: chevalier (fr) m
Middle French: chevalier m

Old French: chevalier m
Friulian: cavalîr m
Galician: cabaleiro (gl) m, cabaleira f
Georgian: რაინდი (raindi)
German: Ritter (de) m
Middle High German: rîtære m, rîter m, riter m, ritter m
Greek: ιππότης (el) m (ippótis)
Hebrew: פָּרָשׁ (he) m (parásh), אַבִּיר (he) m (abír)
Hindi: शूरवीर (hi) m (śūrvīr), राउल (hi) m (rāul), नाइट m (nāiṭ)
Hungarian: lovag (hu)
Icelandic: riddari (is) m
Ido: kavaliero (io)
Indonesian: ksatria (id)
Interlingua: cavallero, cavaliero
Irish: ridire m
Italian: cavaliere (it) m
Japanese: 騎士 (ja) (きし, kishi), ナイト (ja) (naito)
Kazakh: сері (serı)
Khmer: អស្សឬទ្ធិ (ahsa’ rɨɨ tʰi’)
Korean: 기사(騎士) (ko) (gisa), 나이트 (naiteu)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: سوارا (swara)

Northern Kurdish: şovalye (ku), siwarî (ku)
Kyrgyz: рыцарь (ky) (rıtsar)
Latin: eques (la) m
Medieval Latin: mīles (la) m, mīlitāris (la) m
Latvian: bruņinieks m
Lithuanian: riteris m
Low German:
German Low German: ridder
Macedonian: витез m (vitez), рицар (mk) m (ricar), ритер (mk) m (riter)
Malay: kesatria
Maltese: kavallier
Manx: reejerey
Maranao: kabayo
Middle English: knyght, chivaler
Norwegian: ridder (no)
Nynorsk: riddar
Norwegian Bokmål: ridder (no) m
Old English: ridda m
Old Occitan: cavaller, cavalier
Persian: شهسوار (fa) (šahsavâr), شوالیه (fa) (šovâliye)
Polish: rycerz (pl) m pers, raciądz (pl) m pers
Portuguese: cavaleiro (pt) m
Romanian: cavaler (ro) m
Russian: ры́царь (ru) m (rýcarʹ), ви́тязь (ru) m (vítjazʹ), богаты́рь (ru) m (bogatýrʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: ridire m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: витез m

Roman: vitez (sh) m
Sicilian: cavaleri (scn) m
Slovak: rytier m, víťaz m
Slovene: vitez (sl) m
Spanish: caballero (es) m, caballera f
Swedish: knekt (sv) c, riddare (sv) c
Tagalog: kabalyero (tl), maginoo
Tajik: баҳодур (bahodur), ритсар (ritsar)
Thai: อัศวิน (th) (àt-sà-win)
Turkish: şövalye (tr)
Ukrainian: ли́цар m (lýcar), ри́цар m (rýcar), ви́тязь m (výtjazʹ), богати́р (uk) m (bohatýr)
Uyghur: چەۋەنداز (chewendaz)
Uzbek: ritsar (uz)
Vietnamese: hiệp sĩ (vi)
Vilamovian: rycyż m
Welsh: marchog m
West Frisian: ridder
Yiddish: ריטער m (riter)
Zazaki: sahsuar m, sowalya m, aspar (diq)

person on whom a knighthood has been conferred

Armenian: ասպետ (hy) (aspet)
Basque: zaldun
Belarusian: ры́цар m (rýcar)
Bulgarian: ри́цар (bg) m (rícar)
Catalan: cavaller (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 騎士／骑士 (zh) (qíshì)
Czech: rytíř (cs) m
Danish: ridder (da) c
Dutch: ridder (nl) m
Esperanto: kavaliro
Finnish: ritari (fi)
French: chevalier (fr) m
Galician: cabaleiro (gl) m, cabaleira f
Georgian: რაინდი (raindi)
German: Ritter (de) m
Greek: ιππότης (el) (ippótis)
Hebrew: אַבִּיר (he) m (abír)
Icelandic: riddari (is) m
Indonesian: ksatria (id)
Irish: ridire m
Japanese: 騎士 (ja) (きし, kishi)
Kazakh: сері (serı)
Khmer: អស្សឬទ្ធិ (ahsa’ rɨɨ tʰi’)
Korean: 기사(騎士) (ko) (gisa)
Macedonian: витез m (vitez)
Marathi: नाइट m (nāiṭ)
Middle English: knyght
Norwegian: ridder (no) m
Polish: rycerz (pl) m pers (ancient), kawaler (pl) m pers (modern)
Portuguese: cavaleiro (pt) m
Romanian: cavaler (ro) m
Russian: ры́царь (ru) m (rýcarʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: ridire m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: витез m

Roman: vitez (sh) m
Slovak: rytier m
Slovene: vitez (sl) m
Spanish: caballero (es) m, caballera f
Swedish: riddare (sv) c
Turkish: şövalye (tr)
Ukrainian: ли́цар m (lýcar)
Uyghur: چەۋەنداز (chewendaz), سېر ئۇنۋانى (sër unwani)

chess piece

Afrikaans: ruiter (af), perd (af)
Albanian: kalë (sq) m
Arabic: حِصَان (ar) m (ḥiṣān), فَرَس m (faras)
Armenian: ձի (hy) (ji)
Azerbaijani: at (az)
Basque: zaldi (eu)
Belarusian: конь m (konʹ), ве́ршнік m (vjéršnik), ко́ннік m (kónnik), ко́ньнік m (kónʹnik)
Bengali: ঘোড়া (bn) (ghōṛa)
Bulgarian: кон (bg) m (kon)
Burmese: မြင်း (my) (mrang:)
Catalan: cavall (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 馬／马 (maa⁵), 騎士／骑士 (ke⁴ si⁶)

Mandarin: 馬／马 (zh) (mǎ), 騎士／骑士 (zh) (qíshì)
Czech: jezdec (cs) m
Danish: springer (da) c, hest (da) c
Dutch: paard (nl) n
Esperanto: ĉevalo (eo)
Estonian: ratsu (et)
Faroese: riddari m
Finnish: ratsu (fi)
French: cavalier (fr) m
Galician: cabalo (gl) m
Georgian: მხედარი (mxedari)
German: Springer (de) m, ^{(please verify)} Gaul (de) m, Pferd (de) n, Ross (de) n, Rössel n (South German), Rössl n (South German)
Greek: ίππος (el) m (íppos), άλογο (el) n (álogo)
Hebrew: פָּרָשׁ (he) m (parash)
Hindi: घोड़ा (hi) m (ghoṛā)
Hungarian: huszár (hu), ló (hu)
Icelandic: riddari (is) m
Indonesian: kuda (id)
Irish: ridire m
Italian: cavallo (it) m
Japanese: ナイト (ja) (naito) (in Western chess), 桂馬 (ja) (けいま, keima) (in shogi)
Javanese: jaran (jv)
Kashmiri: گُر (ks) m (gur)
Kazakh: ат (kk) (at)
Khmer: សេះ (km) (seh)
Korean: 나이트 (naiteu)
Kyrgyz: ат (ky) (at)
Lao: ມ້າ (mā)
Latvian: zirdziņš m
Lithuanian: žirgas (lt) m
Luxembourgish: Sprénger (lb) m
Macedonian: коњ m (konj)
Malay: kuda (ms)
Malayalam: കുതിര (ml) (kutira) (cavalry)
Maori: toa (mi)
Marathi: घोडा (mr) m (ghoḍā)
Middle English: knyght
Middle Persian: SWSYA (asp)
Mongolian: морь (mn) (morʹ)
Navajo: hashkééjí naatʼááh
Norwegian:
Bokmål: springer m, hest (no) m

Nynorsk: springar m, hest m
Ojibwe: zhiimaaganish
Persian: اسب (fa) (asb)
Polish: skoczek (pl) m anim, konik (pl) m anim, koń (pl) m anim
Portuguese: cavalo (pt) m
Romanian: cal (ro) m
Russian: конь (ru) m (konʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: коњ m, скакач m

Roman: konj (sh) m, skakač (sh) m
Slovak: jazdec m
Slovene: konj (sl) m, skakač m
Spanish: caballo (es) m
Swahili: farasi (sw), jemadari
Swedish: springare (sv) c, häst (sv) c
Tajik: асп (tg) (asp)
Tatar: ат (tt) (at)
Thai: ม้า (th) (máa)
Turkish: at (tr)
Turkmen: at (tk)
Ukrainian: кінь (uk) m (kinʹ)
Urdu: گھوڑا m (ghoṛā)
Uyghur: ئات (ug) (at)
Uzbek: asp (uz), ot (uz)
Vietnamese: mã (vi)
Yiddish: ריטער m (riter), שפּרינגער m (shpringer), זקן m (zokn)
Zazaki: bergir (diq) m

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle English knighten, kniȝten, from the noun. Cognate with Middle High German knehten.

Verb[edit]

knight (third-person singular simple present knights, present participle knighting, simple past and past participle knighted)

(transitive) To confer knighthood upon.
Synonym: beknight

The king knighted the young squire.
(chess, transitive) To promote (a pawn) to a knight.

Synonyms[edit]

dub

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from the verb to knight

Translations[edit]

to confer a knighthood upon

Czech: pasovat (cs)
Danish: slå til ridder
Dutch: ridderen (nl)
Esperanto: kavaliri
Estonian: rüütliks lööma
Finnish: lyödä ritariksi
French: faire chevalier
German: zum Ritter schlagen
Hebrew: העניק תואר אבירות (he'eník tó'ar abirút)
Hungarian: lovaggá üt (hu)
Macedonian: прогласува за витез (proglasuva za vitez)
Maori: whakanaiti
Persian: شوالیه کردن (šovâlye kardan)
Polish: pasować na rycerza impf nadać rangę kawalerską
Portuguese: dar o título de cavaleiro
Russian: посвяща́ть в ры́цари (posvjaščátʹ v rýcari)
Swedish: dubba (sv)
Yiddish: באַריטערן (baritern)
Zazaki: sowalya kerden

References[edit]

“knight”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

knight

Alternative form of knyght

Chess pieces in English · chess pieces, chessmen (see also: chess) (layout · text)

king	queen	rook, castle	bishop	knight	pawn

knight

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knight

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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

Hyponyms[edit]

Coordinate terms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

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