cavaller

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin caballārius (“horseman”), from Latin caballus (“horse”). Compare Occitan cavalièr, French chevalier, Spanish caballero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [kə.βəˈʎe̞]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kə.vəˈʎe]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [kə.βəˈʎe]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ka.vaˈʎeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ka.βaˈʎe]

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Noun

cavaller m (plural cavallers)

1. knight

Derived terms

• cavalleresc
• cavalleria
• cavallerívol

Related terms

• cavall
• cavallerissa

Further reading

• “cavaller”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “cavaller”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “cavaller” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “cavaller”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)