EuroLex/F/Cavalier

  • Original language: French
  • Original form and meaning: cavalier - 1. knight, squire



(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


Language Form Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) Current Meaning and Status Earlier Meanings and Statusses Source
Catalan ... ... '...' '...' ...
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Czech kavalír ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
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English noun: cavalier; adjective: cavalier; verb: to cavalier 16c 'meaning 1;

and also: a) gallant or chivalrous man; b) Cavalier a supporter of Charles I of England in his struggles against Parliament. Also called Royalist; c) a man escorting a woman or acting as her partner in dancing

adjective d) showing arrogant or offhand disregard; dismissive: a cavalier attitude toward the suffering of others; e) carefree and nonchalant; jaunty; f) Cavalier Of or relating to a group of 17th-century English poets associated with the court of Charles I

verb g) to play the cavalier; h) to be haughty or domineering'

'...' http://www.etymonline.com
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish ... ... '...' '...' ...
French ... ... '...' '...' ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German Kavalier ... 'meaning 1;

and also: gallant or chivalrous man'

'lover, friend' http://www.langenscheidt.de/fremdwb/fremdwb.html
Hungarian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian cavaliere (most likely from L directly) ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Latvian kavalērists ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Polish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Portuguese cavaleiro (most likely from L directly) ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish caballero (most likely from L directly) ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Swedish kavaljer ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...

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Etymology: MF chevalier "horseman, knight" < OIt cavaliere < OPr < LL caballārius "man on horseback", equiv. to L caball(us) "horse"

Source: http://www.etymonline.com, http://dictionary.reference.com


Information on Other Languages

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Danish: ridder

Dutch: ruiter

Estonian: ratsur, rüütel

Finnish: ratsastaja, ritari

Hungarian: lovag

Lithuanian: raitelis, riteris

Norwegian: ridder

Polish: rycerz

Slovak: jazdec, rytier

Slovenian: jezdec, vitez