cavalier

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• /ˌkævəˈlɪɚ/
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• US: /ˈkæ.vəˌlir/
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• rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: K AE2 V AH0 L IH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: K AE1 V AH0 L IY0 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *kaballosder.? Latin caballus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Late Latin caballāriusder. Old Occitan cavalierbor. Old Italian cavalierebor. Middle French cavalierbor. English cavalier First appears c. 1562 in a translation by Peter Whitehorne. Borrowed from Middle French cavalier (“horseman”), itself borrowed from Old Italian cavaliere (“mounted soldier, knight”), borrowed from Old Occitan cavalier, from Late Latin caballārius (“horseman”), from Latin caballus (“horse”), probably from Gaulish caballos 'nag', variant of cabillos (compare Welsh ceffyl, Breton kefel, Irish capall), akin to German (Swabish) Kōb 'nag' and Old Church Slavonic кобꙑла (kobyla) 'mare'. Previous English forms include cavalero and cavaliero. Doublet of caballero and chevalier.

Misspelling of Cavileer, after Charles Cavileer, an early settler.

From cavalier, q.v.

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: غَيْر مُكْتَرِث (ḡayr muktariṯ) — not caring enough about something important
• Bulgarian: безгрижен (bezgrižen) — not caring enough about something important
• Czech: nonšalantní — not caring enough about something important
• Dutch: afstandelijk — not caring enough about something important
• Dutch: onverschillig — not caring enough about something important
• Finnish: huoleton — not caring enough about something important
• French: cavalier — not caring enough about something important
• French: cavalière — not caring enough about something important
• French: nonchalant — not caring enough about something important
• French: nonchalante — not caring enough about something important
• Georgian: მოურიდებელი (mouridebeli) — not caring enough about something important
• Georgian: უცერემონიო (uceremonio) — not caring enough about something important
• German: nachlässig — not caring enough about something important
• Hungarian: hányaveti — not caring enough about something important
• Italian: noncurante — not caring enough about something important
• Macedonian: бе́згрижен (bézgrižen) — not caring enough about something important
• Dutch: laatdunkend — high-spirited
• German: übermütig — high-spirited
• Russian: ре́звый (rézvyj) — high-spirited
• Bulgarian: надменен (nadmenen) — supercilious, haughty, disdainful
• Czech: pyšný — supercilious, haughty, disdainful
• Czech: přezíravý — supercilious, haughty, disdainful
• Dutch: hooghartig — supercilious, haughty, disdainful
• Dutch: misprijzend — supercilious, haughty, disdainful
• French: cavalier — supercilious, haughty, disdainful
• Georgian: მედიდური (mediduri) — supercilious, haughty, disdainful
• Georgian: ამპარტავნული (amṗarṭavnuli) — supercilious, haughty, disdainful
• Georgian: ქედმაღლური (kedmaɣluri) — supercilious, haughty, disdainful
• German: hochmütig — supercilious, haughty, disdainful
• Hungarian: hetyke — supercilious, haughty, disdainful
• Hungarian: fölényes — supercilious, haughty, disdainful
• Hungarian: fennhéjázó — supercilious, haughty, disdainful
• Hungarian: nyegle — supercilious, haughty, disdainful
• Macedonian: на́дмен (nádmen) — supercilious, haughty, disdainful
• Russian: надме́нный (nadménnyj) — supercilious, haughty, disdainful
• Russian: высокоме́рный (vysokomérnyj) — supercilious, haughty, disdainful
• Bulgarian: рицар (ricar) — military man serving on horse
• Finnish: ratsumies — military man serving on horse
• French: chevalier — military man serving on horse
• French: cavalier — military man serving on horse
• German: Kavallerist — military man serving on horse
• Irish: marcach — military man serving on horse
• Italian: cavaliere — military man serving on horse
• Macedonian: кавалери́ст (kavaleríst) — military man serving on horse
• Manx: markiagh — military man serving on horse
• Russian: кавалери́ст (kavaleríst) — military man serving on horse
• Scottish Gaelic: marcach — military man serving on horse
• Serbo-Croatian: kavàljēr — military man serving on horse
• Spanish: caballero — military man serving on horse
• Tagalog: kabalyero — military man serving on horse
• Bulgarian: ри́цар (rícar) — sprightly military man
• Chinese Mandarin: 騎士 /骑士 (qíshì) — sprightly military man
• Finnish: kavaljeeri — sprightly military man
• French: cavalier — sprightly military man
• French: chevalier — sprightly military man
• German: Kavalier — sprightly military man
• Japanese: 騎士 (kishi) — sprightly military man
• Macedonian: ви́тез (vítez) — sprightly military man
• Russian: ры́царь (rýcarʹ) — sprightly military man
• Russian: кавале́р (kavalér) — sprightly military man
• Bulgarian: кавалер (kavaler) — well mannered man; a gentleman
• Danish: kavaler — well mannered man; a gentleman
• Finnish: herrasmies — well mannered man; a gentleman
• French: cavalier — well mannered man; a gentleman
• German: Kavalier — well mannered man; a gentleman
• Irish: cúirteoir — well mannered man; a gentleman
• Irish: gaige — well mannered man; a gentleman
• Macedonian: кавале́р (kavalér) — well mannered man; a gentleman
• Portuguese: cavalheiro — well mannered man; a gentleman
• Russian: кавале́р (kavalér) — well mannered man; a gentleman
• Russian: ры́царь (rýcarʹ) — well mannered man; a gentleman
• Spanish: caballero — well mannered man; a gentleman
• Finnish: kavaljeeri — type of defensive work