cavalerie

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably borrowed from French cavalerie, from Italian cavalleria.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkaː.vaː.ləˈri/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ca‧va‧le‧rie
  • Rhymes: -i

Noun

cavalerie f (plural cavaleries)

  1. cavalry (part of the military that is on horseback)
    Synonym: ruiterij

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: kavalêri

French

Etymology

From Italian cavalleria.[1] Compare Old French chevalerie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.val.ʁi/
  • (file)

Noun

cavalerie f (plural cavaleries)

  1. cavalry

References

  1. Picoche, Jacqueline with Jean-Claude Rolland (2009) “cheval”, in Dictionnaire étymologique du français (in French), Paris: Dictionnaires Le Robert

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Anagrams

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian кавалерия (kavalerija) or German Kavallerie.

Noun

cavalerie f (plural cavalerii)

  1. cavalry

Declension

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