cavaliere

See also: Cavaliere and cavalière

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan cavalier (cf. also Old French chevalier), from Late Latin caballārius.[1] See cavallo +‎ -iere. Doublet of cavallaio.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ka.vaˈljɛ.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɛre
  • Hyphenation: ca‧va‧liè‧re
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Noun

cavaliere m (plural cavalieri)

  1. rider or horseman
  2. cavalryman or trooper
  3. an escort or partner
  4. a knight
  5. a gentleman

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → French: cavalier
    • → Ottoman Turkish: قاواليه
    • → Russian: кавале́р (kavalér)
      • → Romanian: cavaler
  • → Macedonian: кавалер (kavaler)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: قوالیر (kavalir)

References
  1. Migliorini, Bruno with Aldo Duro (1950) Prontuario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Paravia
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