chevalier

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English chivaler or chevaler (also shyvalere while code-switching), from Anglo-Norman chevaler or chivaler, later refashioned after French chevalier, from Late Latin caballārius (“horseman”), from Latin caballus (“horse”). Doublet of caballero and cavalier. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌʃɛvəˈlɪɚ/ Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) === Noun === chevalier (plural chevaliers) (historical) cavalier; knight (card games) In tarot cards, the card between the valet and the dame. ==== Related terms ==== preux chevalier ==== Translations ==== === References === == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French chevalier, from Old French chevalier, from Late Latin caballārius, from Latin caballus. Doublet of cavalier. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃə.va.lje/ Rhymes: -je === Noun === chevalier m (plural chevaliers, feminine chevalière) knight sandpiper (bird) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Ottoman Turkish: شوالیه (şövalye) Turkish: şövalye → Persian: شوالیه (šovâliye) === Further reading === “chevalier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology === Pseudo-Gallicism, derived from chevalier, from the fact that knights used to carry these rings as a seal. First attested in 1992. === Noun === chevalier m (invariable) a ring that is flat on top and typically decorated with precious gems == Middle English == === Noun === chevalier alternative form of chivaler == Middle French == === Alternative forms === shyvalere === Etymology === From Old French chevalier. === Noun === chevalier m (plural chevaliers) knight ==== Related terms ==== cheval ==== Descendants ==== French: chevalier→ Ottoman Turkish: شوالیه (şövalye)Turkish: şövalye→ Persian: شوالیه (šovâliye) Norman: quevalier Picard: cvalier Bourguignon: chevaulei == Old French == === Alternative forms === cevalier (Picard) chevaler, chivaler (Anglo-Norman) === Etymology === From Late Latin caballārius, from Latin caballus. Compare Old Occitan cavalier. === Noun === chevalier oblique singular, m (oblique plural chevaliers, nominative singular chevaliers, nominative plural chevalier) knight (chess) knight ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: chevalier, shyvalereFrench: chevalier→ Ottoman Turkish: شوالیه (şövalye)Turkish: şövalye→ Persian: شوالیه (šovâliye)Norman: quevalierPicard: cvalierBourguignon: chevaulei → Middle English: chivaler, chevaler, chevalere, chevalier, chevaller, chevelere, chyvaler, chyvalourEnglish: chevalier (remodelled after modern French) === References ===