cavaliere

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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
  • Audio:(file)

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

References

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