chevalerie
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French chevalerie. By surface analysis, cheval + -erie. Compare cavalerie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃə.val.ʁi/
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Related terms
Further reading
- “chevalerie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
Old French
Noun
chevalerie oblique singular, f (oblique plural chevaleries, nominative singular chevalerie, nominative plural chevaleries)
- chivalry (state of being a knight in the Middle Ages)
- c. 1250, Rutebeuf, Des plaies du monde:
- Chevalerie est si granz choze
- Chivalry is such an important thing
Descendants
- French: chevalerie
- → Middle English: chivalerie
- English: chivalry (remodelled after modern French)
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