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.
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; Aldo Duro (1950), “cavaliere”, in Prontuario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Paravia