EuroLex/F/Cavalier
- Original language: French
- Original form and meaning: cavalier - 1. knight, squire
(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)
Language | Form | Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) | Current Meaning and Status | Earlier Meanings and Statusses | Source |
Catalan | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Croatian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Czech | kavalír | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
Danish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Dutch | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
English | noun: cavalier; adjective: cavalier; verb: to cavalier | 16c | 'meaning 1;
and also: a) gallant or chivalrous man; b) Cavalier a supporter of Charles I of England in his struggles against Parliament. Also called Royalist; c) a man escorting a woman or acting as her partner in dancing adjective d) showing arrogant or offhand disregard; dismissive: a cavalier attitude toward the suffering of others; e) carefree and nonchalant; jaunty; f) Cavalier Of or relating to a group of 17th-century English poets associated with the court of Charles I verb g) to play the cavalier; h) to be haughty or domineering' | '...' | http://www.etymonline.com |
Estonian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Finnish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
French | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Frisian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
German | Kavalier | ... | 'meaning 1;
and also: gallant or chivalrous man' | 'lover, friend' | http://www.langenscheidt.de/fremdwb/fremdwb.html |
Hungarian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Irish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Italian | cavaliere (most likely from L directly) | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
Latvian | kavalērists | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
Lithuanian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Maltese | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Norwegian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Polish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Portuguese | cavaleiro (most likely from L directly) | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
Rumantsch | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Slovak | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Slovenian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Spanish | caballero (most likely from L directly) | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
Swedish | kavaljer | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
Annotations
[edit | edit source]Etymology: MF chevalier "horseman, knight" < OIt cavaliere < OPr < LL caballārius "man on horseback", equiv. to L caball(us) "horse"
Source: http://www.etymonline.com, http://dictionary.reference.com
Information on Other Languages
[edit | edit source]Danish: ridder
Dutch: ruiter
Estonian: ratsur, rüütel
Finnish: ratsastaja, ritari
Hungarian: lovag
Lithuanian: raitelis, riteris
Norwegian: ridder
Polish: rycerz
Slovak: jazdec, rytier
Slovenian: jezdec, vitez