cavalry

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• /ˈkæ.vəl.ɹi/
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• nonstandard: /ˈkæl.və.ɹi/
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From Middle French cavalerie, in turn from Italian cavalleria. Recorded in English from the 1540s. Doublet of chivalry.

116 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: kavallerie — military service that fights with riding horses
• Albanian: kalorësi — military service that fights with riding horses
• Amharic: የፈረሰኞች ጭፍራ (yäfäräsäñoč č̣əfra) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Arabic: فَارِس (fāris) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Arabic: سِلَاح الفُرْسَان (silāḥ al-fursān) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Arabic: خيالة (ḵayyāla) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Armenian: հեծելազոր (hecelazor) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Armenian: այրուձի (ayruji) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Armenian: հեծել (hecel) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Old Armenian: հեծելազօր (hecelazōr) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Old Armenian: այրուձի (ayruji) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Azerbaijani: atlı qoşun — military service that fights with riding horses
• Basque: zalduneria — military service that fights with riding horses
• Belarusian: кавале́рыя (kavaljéryja) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Belarusian: конніца (kónnica) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Breton: marc'hegiezh — military service that fights with riding horses
• Bulgarian: кавале́рия (kavalérija) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Bulgarian: ко́нница (kónnica) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Catalan: cavalleria — military service that fights with riding horses
• Chinese Mandarin: 騎兵 /骑兵 (qíbīng) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Czech: jezdectvo — military service that fights with riding horses
• Czech: kavalérie — military service that fights with riding horses
• Danish: kavaleri — military service that fights with riding horses
• Dutch: cavalerie — military service that fights with riding horses
• Esperanto: kavalerio — military service that fights with riding horses
• Estonian: ratsavägi — military service that fights with riding horses
• Finnish: ratsuväki — military service that fights with riding horses
• French: cavalerie — military service that fights with riding horses
• Galician: cabalaría — military service that fights with riding horses
• Georgian: ცხენოსანი ჯარი (cxenosani ǯari) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Georgian: კავალერია (ḳavaleria) — military service that fights with riding horses
• German: Reiterei — military service that fights with riding horses
• German: Kavallerie — military service that fights with riding horses
• Greek: ιππικό (ippikó) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Ancient Greek: ἱππεῖς (hippeîs) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Ancient Greek: ἱππικόν (hippikón) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Hebrew: חיל־פרשים (kheil-parashym) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Hindi: घुड़सवार सेना (ghuṛasvār senā) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Hindi: घुड़सवार फ़ौज (ghuṛasvār fauj) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Hindi: रिसाला (risālā) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Hungarian: lovasság — military service that fights with riding horses
• Icelandic: riddaralið — military service that fights with riding horses
• Ido: kavalrio — military service that fights with riding horses
• Indonesian: pasukan kuda — military service that fights with riding horses
• Indonesian: pasukan berkuda — military service that fights with riding horses
• Indonesian: kavaleri — military service that fights with riding horses
• Irish: marcra — military service that fights with riding horses
• Irish: marcshlua — military service that fights with riding horses
• Italian: cavalleria — military service that fights with riding horses
• Japanese: 騎兵 (kihei) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Japanese: 騎兵隊 (kiheitai) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Kalmyk: мөрн церг (mörn tserg) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Kazakh: атты әскер (atty äsker) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Korean: 기병대 (gibyeongdae) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Latin: equitātus — military service that fights with riding horses
• Latvian: kavalērija — military service that fights with riding horses
• Lithuanian: kavalerija — military service that fights with riding horses
• Macedonian: коњаница (konjanica) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Malay: pasukan kuda — military service that fights with riding horses
• Malay: pasukan berkuda husar — military service that fights with riding horses
• Manchu: ᠮᠣᡵᡳᠨ ᠴᠣᠣᡥᠠ (morin cooha) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Manchu: ᠮᠣᡵᡳᠨ ᡳ ᠴᠣᠣᡥᠠ (morin-i cooha) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Manchu: ᠮᠣᡵᡳᠩᡤᠠ ᠴᠣᠣᡥᠠ (moringga cooha) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Māori: taua eke hōiho — military service that fights with riding horses
• Mon: ဒပ်ပၞာန်ချေံ — military service that fights with riding horses
• Mon: သရာဲပၞာန်ချေံ — military service that fights with riding horses
• Mongolian: морин цэрэг (morin cereg) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Norwegian Bokmål: kavaleri — military service that fights with riding horses
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kavaleri — military service that fights with riding horses
• Occitan: cavalariá — military service that fights with riding horses
• Pali: assasenā — military service that fights with riding horses
• Persian: سوارهنظام (savâre-nezâm) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Polish: jazda — military service that fights with riding horses
• Polish: kawaleria — military service that fights with riding horses
• Polish: konnica — military service that fights with riding horses
• Portuguese: cavalaria — military service that fights with riding horses
• Romanian: cavalerie — military service that fights with riding horses
• Russian: кавале́рия (kavalérija) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Russian: ко́нница (kónnica) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Serbo-Croatian: ко̏њӣца — military service that fights with riding horses
• Serbo-Croatian: ко̏њаӣштво — military service that fights with riding horses
• Serbo-Croatian: kȍnjīca — military service that fights with riding horses
• Serbo-Croatian: kȍnjanīštvo — military service that fights with riding horses
• Sikkimese: རྟ་དམག (rta dmag) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Slovak: jazdectvo — military service that fights with riding horses
• Slovak: kalvária — military service that fights with riding horses
• Slovene: konjenica — military service that fights with riding horses
• Spanish: caballería — military service that fights with riding horses
• Swedish: kavalleri — military service that fights with riding horses
• Tagalog: kabayuhan — military service that fights with riding horses
• Tetum: kavalaria — military service that fights with riding horses
• Thai: ทหารม้า (tha-haan-maa) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Turkish: süvari — military service that fights with riding horses
• Ukrainian: кінно́та (kinnóta) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Ukrainian: кавале́рія (kavalérija) — military service that fights with riding horses
• Vietnamese: kỵ binh — military service that fights with riding horses
• Welsh: marchoglu — military service that fights with riding horses
• Welsh: marchfilwr — military service that fights with riding horses
• Welsh: cafalri — military service that fights with riding horses
• Chinese Mandarin: 騎兵 /骑兵 (qíbīng) — an individual unit of cavalry
• Finnish: ratsuväki — an individual unit of cavalry
• Galician: cabalaría — an individual unit of cavalry
• Georgian: ცხენოსანი (cxenosani) — an individual unit of cavalry
• Georgian: მხედარი (mxedari) — an individual unit of cavalry
• Georgian: კავალერისტი (ḳavalerisṭi) — an individual unit of cavalry
• German: Kavallerie — an individual unit of cavalry
• Greek: ιππικό (ippikó) — an individual unit of cavalry
• Ancient Greek: ἱππικόν (hippikón) — an individual unit of cavalry
• Hindi: घुड़सवार (ghuṛasvār) — an individual unit of cavalry
• Hindi: रिसाला (risālā) — an individual unit of cavalry
• Hindi: घुड़चढ़ा (ghuṛacṛhā) — an individual unit of cavalry
• Hungarian: lovas — an individual unit of cavalry
• Russian: кавалери́ст (kavaleríst) — an individual unit of cavalry
• Serbo-Croatian: ко̏њанӣк — an individual unit of cavalry
• Serbo-Croatian: kȍnjanīk — an individual unit of cavalry
• Turkish: süvari — an individual unit of cavalry