chevalier

See also: Chevalier

English

Tarot: The chevalier of batons

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Celtic *kaballosder.?

Latin caballus

Late Latin -arius

Late Latin caballārius

Old French chevalier

Anglo-Norman chevalerbor.

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Old French chevalier

Middle French chevalierbor.

Middle English chivaler

English chevalier

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 caballārius (“horseman”), from Latin caballus (“horse”). Doublet of caballero and cavalier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʃɛvəˈlɪɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

chevalier (plural chevaliers)

1. (historical) cavalier; knight
2. (card games) In tarot cards, the card between the valet and the dame.

Related terms

• preux chevalier

Translations

knight — see knight

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French chevalier, from Old French chevalier, from Late Latin caballārius, from Latin caballus. Doublet of cavalier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃə.va.lje/

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• Rhymes: -je

Noun

chevalier m (plural chevaliers, feminine chevalière)

1. knight
2. sandpiper (bird)

Derived terms

• chevaleresse
• chevalier blanc
• chevalier cuivré
• chevalier de la manchette
• chevalier de la rosette
• chevalier d'honneur
• chevalier d'industrie
• chevalier du guet
• chevalier errant
• chevalier servant

Related terms

• cheval
• chevaleresque
• chevalerie
• chevalin
• chevaucher

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: شوالیه (şövalye)
  • Turkish: şövalye
• → Persian: شوالیه (šovâliye)

Further reading

• “chevalier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Italian

Etymology

Pseudo-Gallicism, derived from chevalier, from the fact that knights used to carry these rings as a seal. First attested in 1992.

Noun

chevalier m (invariable)

1. a ring that is flat on top and typically decorated with precious gems

Middle English

Noun

chevalier

1. alternative form of chivaler

Middle French

Alternative forms

• shyvalere

Etymology

From Old French chevalier.

Noun

chevalier m (plural chevaliers)

1. knight

Related terms

• cheval

Descendants

• French: chevalier
  • → Ottoman Turkish: شوالیه (şövalye)
    • Turkish: şövalye
  • → Persian: شوالیه (šovâliye)
• Norman: quevalier
• Picard: cvalier
• Bourguignon: chevaulei

Old French

Alternative forms

• cevalier (Picard)
• chevaler, chivaler (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

From Late Latin caballārius, from Latin caballus. Compare Old Occitan cavalier.

Noun

chevalier oblique singular, m (oblique plural chevaliers, nominative singular chevaliers, nominative plural chevalier)

1. knight
2. (chess) knight

Descendants

• Middle French: chevalier, shyvalere
  • French: chevalier
    • → Ottoman Turkish: شوالیه (şövalye)
      • Turkish: şövalye
    • → Persian: شوالیه (šovâliye)
  • Norman: quevalier
  • Picard: cvalier
  • Bourguignon: chevaulei
• → Middle English: chivaler, chevaler, chevalere, chevalier, chevaller, chevelere, chyvaler, chyvalour
  • English: chevalier (remodelled after modern French)