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equestrianism

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The art or sport of horseriding; the skill required for it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: riding, equitation, horsemanship, equestrianship

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English equestrian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English equestrianism From equestrian + -ism.

Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: ፈረሰኛነት (färäsäñanät) — the art or sport of riding horses
  • Arabic: رُكُوب اَلْخَيْل (rukūb al-ḵayl) — the art or sport of riding horses
  • Arabic: فُرُوسِيَّة (furūsiyya) — the art or sport of riding horses
  • Bulgarian: езда (ezda) — the art or sport of riding horses
  • Bulgarian: конен спорт — the art or sport of riding horses
  • Chinese Mandarin: 馬術 /马术 (mǎshù) — the art or sport of riding horses
  • Chinese Mandarin: 乘馬 /乘马 (chéngmǎ) — the art or sport of riding horses
  • Danish: ridning — the art or sport of riding horses
  • Danish: ridesport — the art or sport of riding horses
  • Dutch: paardrijden — the art or sport of riding horses
  • Finnish: ratsastustaito — the art or sport of riding horses
  • French: équitation — the art or sport of riding horses
  • German: Reitsport — the art or sport of riding horses
  • German: Pferdesport — the art or sport of riding horses
  • German: Reiten — the art or sport of riding horses
  • Greek: ιππασία (ippasía) — the art or sport of riding horses
  • Ancient Greek: ἱππασία (hippasía) — the art or sport of riding horses
  • Ancient Greek: ἵππευμα (híppeuma) — the art or sport of riding horses
  • Hungarian: lovaglás — the art or sport of riding horses
  • Ido: kavalko — the art or sport of riding horses
  • Ido: kavalkado — the art or sport of riding horses
  • Irish: marcachas — the art or sport of riding horses
  • Irish: marcaíocht — the art or sport of riding horses
  • Irish: eachaíocht — the art or sport of riding horses
  • Italian: equitazione — the art or sport of riding horses
  • Italian: ippica — the art or sport of riding horses
  • Japanese: 馬術 (bajutsu) — the art or sport of riding horses
  • Japanese: 乗馬 (jōba) — the art or sport of riding horses
  • Kazakh: ат спорты (at sporty) — the art or sport of riding horses
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ridning — the art or sport of riding horses
  • Polish: jeździectwo — the art or sport of riding horses
  • Portuguese: equitação — the art or sport of riding horses
  • Romanian: echitație — the art or sport of riding horses
  • Russian: ко́нный спорт (kónnyj sport) — the art or sport of riding horses
  • Russian: верхова́я езда́ (verxovája jezdá) — the art or sport of riding horses
  • Scottish Gaelic: marcachd — the art or sport of riding horses
  • Spanish: equitación — the art or sport of riding horses
  • Spanish: hipismo — the art or sport of riding horses
  • Spanish: hípica — the art or sport of riding horses
  • Swedish: hästsport — the art or sport of riding horses
  • Turkish: binicilik — the art or sport of riding horses