adj
Meaning 1
of, or relating to chivalry
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
chivalric
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK: /ʃɪˈvalrɪk/
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UK: /ˈʃɪvəlrɪk/
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UK: /ˈʃɪvl̩ɹɪk/
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US: /ʃəˈvalɹɪk/
adj
Meaning 2
gallant and respectful, especially to women
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- chivalric rites
- the knightly years
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: knightly, medieval
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English chivalry Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English chivalric From chivalry + -ic.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: рыцарскі (rycarski) — of, or relating to chivalry
- Dutch: ridderlijk — of, or relating to chivalry
- Finnish: ritarillinen — of, or relating to chivalry
- French: chevaleresque — of, or relating to chivalry
- German: ritterlich — of, or relating to chivalry
- Pannonian Rusyn: витязки (vitjazki) — of, or relating to chivalry
- Polish: rycerski — of, or relating to chivalry
- Portuguese: cavalheiresco — of, or relating to chivalry
- Portuguese: cavalheiroso — of, or relating to chivalry
- Russian: ры́царский (rýcarskij) — of, or relating to chivalry
- Spanish: caballeresco — of, or relating to chivalry
- Ukrainian: ли́царський (lýcarsʹkyj) — of, or relating to chivalry