cataphract

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkætəfɹækt/
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• General-American: /ˈkætəˌfɹækt/
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• General-American: [ˈkæɾə-]
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The adjective is derived from Ancient Greek κατάφρακτος (katáphraktos, “covered, enclosed, shut up; completely suited in armour”), from καταφράσσειν (kataphrássein, “to suit in armour”) (see further at etymology 1) + -τος (-tos, “suffix forming adjectives”). The noun is derived from Latin cataphractus (“wearing armour, mailed”), from Ancient Greek κατάφρακτος (katáphraktos, “covered, enclosed, shut up; completely suited in armour”); see above.

From Latin cataphractes (“suit of armour”), from Ancient Greek κατάφρακτος (katáphraktos, “suit of armour”), from κατα- (kata-, prefix indicating a great degree or intensity) + φρακτός (phraktós, “protected; fenced in”) (from φράσσω (phrássō, “to fortify, secure; to fence in”)) + -της (-tēs, suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being).

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Greek: κατάφρακτος (katáfraktos) — with the upper tier of rowers shielded rather than exposed
• Armenian: կատափրակտոս (katapʻraktos) — armour for the entire body of a soldier and often for the soldier's horse as well
• Dutch: katafrakt — armour for the entire body of a soldier and often for the soldier's horse as well
• Greek: κατάφρακτος (katáfraktos) — armour for the entire body of a soldier and often for the soldier's horse as well
• Ancient Greek: καταφράκτης (kataphráktēs) — armour for the entire body of a soldier and often for the soldier's horse as well
• Italian: catafratta — armour for the entire body of a soldier and often for the soldier's horse as well
• Japanese: カタフラクト (katafurakuto) — armour for the entire body of a soldier and often for the soldier's horse as well
• Latin: cataphractes — armour for the entire body of a soldier and often for the soldier's horse as well
• Norwegian Bokmål: katafrakt — armour for the entire body of a soldier and often for the soldier's horse as well
• Portuguese: catafracta — armour for the entire body of a soldier and often for the soldier's horse as well
• Serbo-Croatian: katafrakt — armour for the entire body of a soldier and often for the soldier's horse as well
• Arabic: كاتافراكت — soldier covered with a cataphract
• Armenian: կատաֆրակտոս (katafraktos) — soldier covered with a cataphract
• Azerbaijani: katafraktarilər — soldier covered with a cataphract
• Basque: katafrakto — soldier covered with a cataphract
• Belarusian: катафракт (katafrakt) — soldier covered with a cataphract
• Bulgarian: катафракт (katafrakt) — soldier covered with a cataphract
• Catalan: catafracta — soldier covered with a cataphract
• Chinese Mandarin: 全覆裝甲騎兵 /全覆装甲骑兵 (quánfùzhuāngjiǎqíbīng) — soldier covered with a cataphract
• Czech: katafrakt — soldier covered with a cataphract
• Danish: katafrakt — soldier covered with a cataphract
• Dutch: katafrakt — soldier covered with a cataphract
• Esperanto: katafrakto — soldier covered with a cataphract
• Finnish: katafrakti — soldier covered with a cataphract
• French: cataphractaire — soldier covered with a cataphract
• Galician: catafracto — soldier covered with a cataphract
• German: Kataphrakt — soldier covered with a cataphract
• Greek: κατάφρακτος (katáfraktos) — soldier covered with a cataphract
• Hebrew: קטפרקט — soldier covered with a cataphract
• Hungarian: kataphraktosz — soldier covered with a cataphract
• Indonesian: katafrak — soldier covered with a cataphract
• Italian: catafratto — soldier covered with a cataphract
• Japanese: カタフラクト — soldier covered with a cataphract
• Korean: 철갑기병 (cheolgapgibyeong) — soldier covered with a cataphract
• Malay: kataphract — soldier covered with a cataphract
• Norwegian Bokmål: katafrakt — soldier covered with a cataphract
• Persian: سوار زرهپوش — soldier covered with a cataphract
• Polish: katafrakt — soldier covered with a cataphract
• Portuguese: catafractário — soldier covered with a cataphract
• Romanian: catafract — soldier covered with a cataphract
• Russian: катафракта́рий (katafraktárij) — soldier covered with a cataphract
• Serbo-Croatian: катафракт — soldier covered with a cataphract
• Serbo-Croatian: katafrakt — soldier covered with a cataphract
• Slovak: katafrakt — soldier covered with a cataphract
• Slovene: katafrakt — soldier covered with a cataphract
• Spanish: catafracto — soldier covered with a cataphract
• Swedish: katafrakt — soldier covered with a cataphract
• Turkish: katafrakt — soldier covered with a cataphract
• Ukrainian: катафрактарії (katafraktariji) — soldier covered with a cataphract