cavalleria

Catalan

Etymology

From cavaller + -ia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [kə.βə.ʎəˈɾi.ə]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [kə.və.ʎəˈɾi.ə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ka.va.ʎeˈɾi.a]

Noun

cavalleria f (plural cavalleries)

  1. cavalry
    (idiomatic) tirar la cavalleria per sobre (a algú)to yell at someone showing disagreement (literally, “to charge the horses over someone”)

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

From cavaliere + -eria[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.val.leˈri.a/
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: ca‧val‧le‧rì‧a

Noun

cavalleria f (plural cavallerie)

  1. cavalry
  2. chivalry
  3. gallantry
    cavalleria rusticanarustic chivalry

References

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