chevalerie
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French chevalerie. By surface analysis, cheval + -erie. Compare cavalerie.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ʃə.val.ʁi/
Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)): (file)
Noun
[edit]chevalerie f (plural chevaleries)
- chivalry (state of being a knight in the Middles Ages)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “chevalerie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]chevalerie
- alternative form of chivalerie
Old French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]chevalerie oblique singular, f (oblique plural chevaleries, nominative singular chevalerie, nominative plural chevaleries)
- chivalry (state of being a knight in the Middle Ages)
- c. 1250, Rutebeuf, Des plaies du monde:
- Chevalerie est si granz choze
- Chivalry is such an important thing
- an act of chivalry
- c. 1155, Wace, Roman de Brut:
- Pur amistié e pur amies / Funt chevaliers chevaleries
- For friendship and for lovers / Knights do knightly deeds
Descendants
[edit]- French: chevalerie
- → Middle English: chivalerie
- English: chivalry (remodelled after modern French)
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