chivalrous

English

Etymology

From Middle English chivalerous, from Old French chevalerous; see chivalry.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪv.əl.ɹəs/, (archaic) /ˈt͡ʃɪv.əl.ɹəs/

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Adjective

chivalrous (comparative more chivalrous, superlative most chivalrous)

1. (of a man) Honourable, especially to women; gallant.
   • 1859, George Meredith, chapter 5, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC:

     Among boys there are laws of honour and chivalrous codes, not written, or formally taught, but intuitively understood by all, and invariably acted upon by the loyal and the true.

   • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “VII AND XXI”, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:

     It amazed me that I could have allowed myself to be let in for a binge of this description simply because a woman wished it. Too bally chivalrous for our own good, we Woosters, and always have been.

2. involving chivalry.

Antonyms

• unchivalrous

Derived terms

• chivalrously

Translations

of a man: honourable

• Armenian: ասպետական (hy) (aspetakan)
• Bulgarian: кавалерски (bg) (kavalerski), галантен (bg) (galanten)
• Catalan: cavalleresc (ca), cavallerós (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: rytířský (cs) m
• Esperanto: kavalira
• Finnish: ritarillinen
• French: chevaleresque (fr), galant (fr) m
• Galician: cabaleiroso m
• German: ritterlich (de), ehrlich (de)
• Irish: ridiriúil
• Italian: cavalleresco (it), galante (it)
• Portuguese: cavalheiresco
• Russian: ры́царский (ru) (rýcarskij), гала́нтный (ru) (galántnyj), благоро́дный (ru) (blagoródnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: ridireach
• Slovene: viteški
• Spanish: caballeroso (es)
• Swedish: ridderlig (sv), ädel (sv)

involving chivalry

• Armenian: ասպետական (hy) (aspetakan)
• Bulgarian: рицарски (bg) (ricarski)
• Catalan: cavalleresc (ca), cavallerós (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: rytířský (cs) m
• Esperanto: kavalireca
• Finnish: ritarillinen
• French: galant (fr), chevaleresque (fr)
• German: ritterlich (de)
• Irish: ridiriúil
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Middle English: chivalerous
• Portuguese: cavalheiresco
• Russian: ры́царский (ru) (rýcarskij), гала́нтный (ru) (galántnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: ridireach
• Slovene: viteški
• Spanish: caballeroso (es), caballeresco (es)
• Swedish: ridderlig (sv), ädel (sv)

Middle English

Adjective

chivalrous

1. Alternative form of chivalerous