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 (ckb) (swara)

Northern Kurdish: şovalye (ku), siwarî (ku)
Kyrgyz: рыцарь (ky) (rıtsarʹ)
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)
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)
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 (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)
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
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.
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
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 at 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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English[edit]

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]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

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