chevalier
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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 caballarius (“horseman”), from Latin caballus (“horse”).[1] Doublet of cavalier.
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Noun[edit]
chevalier (plural chevaliers)
- (historical) A cavalier; a knight.
- (card games) In tarot cards, the card between the valet and the dame.
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References[edit]
- ^ “chevalier”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle French chevalier, from Old French chevalier, from Late Latin caballārius, from Latin caballus. Doublet of cavalier.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
chevalier m (plural chevaliers, feminine chevalière)
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Descendants[edit]
- Turkish: şövalye
Further reading[edit]
- “chevalier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pseudo-Gallicism, derived from chevalier, from the fact that knights used to carry these rings as a seal. First attested in 1992.
Noun[edit]
chevalier m (invariable)
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
chevalier
- Alternative form of chivaler
Middle French[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Old French chevalier.
Noun[edit]
chevalier m (plural chevaliers)
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Descendants[edit]
- French: chevalier
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin caballārius, from Latin caballus.[1] Compare Old Occitan cavalier.
Noun[edit]
chevalier oblique singular, m (oblique plural chevaliers, nominative singular chevaliers, nominative plural chevalier)
Descendants[edit]
- Middle French: chevalier
- → Middle English: chivaler, chevaler, chevalere, chevalier, chevaller, chevelere, chyvaler, chyvalour
- English: chevalier (remodelled after modern French)
References[edit]
- ^ Migliorini, Bruno with Aldo Duro (1950) “cavaliere”, in Prontuario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Paravia
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