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knight

name · noun · verb · 19 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • /naɪt/
  • rhymes with -aɪt
  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪ̯t/
  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈnaɪ̯t]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /ˈnɐɪ̯t/
  • [ˈnɐɪ̯t]
  • /ˈnɜɪ̯t/
  • [ˈnɜɪ̯t]
  • /ˈnʌɪ̯t/
  • [ˈnʌɪ̯t]
  • /ˈnəɪ̯t/
  • [ˈnəɪ̯t]
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈnɑɪ̯t/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: [ˈnɑ̟ɪ̯t]
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈnɒɪ̯t/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: [ˈnɒ̈ɪ̯t]
  • homophone: night
  • homophone: nite
  • CMU ARPABET: N AY1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

An English surname originating as an occupation for someone who was a mounted soldier.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A town in Iron County, Wisconsin, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

name

Meaning 3

A settlement on Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A young servant or follower; a trained military attendant in service of a lord.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A minor nobleman with an honourable military rank who had served as a page and squire.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

An armored and mounted warrior of the Middle Ages.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

Examples

  • King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A person obliged to provide knight service in exchange for maintenance of an estate held in knight's fee.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: modern

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A brave, chivalrous and honorable man devoted to a noble cause or love interest.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: literary

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

A chess piece, often in the shape of a horse's head, that is moved two squares in one direction and one at right angles to that direction in a single move, leaping over any intervening pieces.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: board-games, chess, games

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

Topics: card-games, games

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Ypthima.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: dusky knight

13

noun

Meaning 13

Any mushroom belonging to genus Tricholoma.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: modern

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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14

noun

Meaning 14

A species of nymphalid butterfly, Lebadea martha, found in tropical and subtropical Asia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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15

verb

Meaning 15

To confer knighthood upon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The king knighted the young squire.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: beknight

Antonyms: none provided

16

verb

Meaning 16

To promote (a pawn) to a knight.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: board-games, chess, games

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

noun

Meaning 17

a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: horse

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: chessman, chess piece

18

noun

Meaning 18

originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: male aristocrat

Narrower terms: carpet knight, knight bachelor, bachelor-at-arms, bachelor, knight banneret, knight of the square flag, banneret, Knight of the Round Table, knight-errant, Knight Templar, Templar, Geraint, Sir Geraint

19

verb

Meaning 19

raise (someone) to knighthood

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The Beatles were knighted

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dub

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ennoble, gentle, entitle

History

Etymology

From Middle English knyghte, from Old English cniht (“youth; servant”).

From Middle English knight, knyght, kniht, from Old English cniht (“boy; servant, knight”), from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.

From Middle English knighten, kniȝten, from the noun. Cognate with Middle High German knehten.

Across languages

Translations

313 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: ridder — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Albanian: kalorës — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Albanian: kalorëse — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Arabic: فَارِس (fāris) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Armenian: ասպետ (aspet) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Aromanian: caballeru — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Azerbaijani: cəngavər — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Azerbaijani: rıtsar — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Basque: zaldun — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Belarusian: ры́цар (rýcar) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Belarusian: ві́цязь (vícjazʹ) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Belarusian: багаты́р (bahatýr) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Belarusian: лы́цар (lýcar) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Breton: marc'heg — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Bulgarian: ри́цар (rícar) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Catalan: cavaller — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Chinese Mandarin: 騎士 /骑士 (qíshì) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大俠 /大侠 (dàxiá) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Chinese Mandarin: 爵士 (juéshì) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Cornish: marghek — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Cornish: marghoges — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Czech: rytíř — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Czech: vítěz — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Danish: ridder — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Dutch: ridder — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Esperanto: kavaliro — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Estonian: rüütel — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Finnish: ritari — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • French: chevalier — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Middle French: chevalier — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Old French: chevalier — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • West-Frisian: ridder — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Friulian: cavalîr — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Galician: cabaleiro — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Galician: cabaleira — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Georgian: რაინდი (raindi) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • German: Ritter — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Middle High German: rîtære — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Middle High German: rîter — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Middle High German: riter — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Middle High German: ritter — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Greek: ιππότης (ippótis) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Hebrew: פָּרָשׁ (parásh) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Hebrew: אַבִּיר (abír) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Hindi: शूरवीर (śūrvīr) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Hindi: राउल (rāul) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Hindi: नाइट (nāiṭ) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Hindi: बहादुर (bahādur) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Hungarian: lovag — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Icelandic: riddari — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Ido: kavaliero — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Indonesian: ksatria — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Interlingua: cavallero — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Interlingua: cavaliero — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Irish: ridire — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Italian: cavaliere — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Japanese: 騎士 (kishi) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Japanese: ナイト (naito) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Kazakh: сері (serı) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Khmer: អស្វឫទ្ធិ (ʼahsvaʼrɨt) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Khmer: សាទិន (saatɨn) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Korean: 기사 (gisa) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Korean: 나이트 (naiteu) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Central Kurdish: سوارا (swara) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Northern Kurdish: şovalye — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Northern Kurdish: siwarî — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Kyrgyz: рыцарь (rıtsar) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Lao: ອັດສະວິນ (ʼat sa win) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Latin: eques — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Latin: mīles — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Latin: mīlitāris — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Latvian: bruņinieks — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Lithuanian: riteris — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Low German: ridder — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Macedonian: витез (vitez) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Macedonian: рицар (ricar) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Macedonian: ритер (riter) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Malay: kesatria — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Maltese: kavallier — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Manx: reejerey — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Maranao: kabayo — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Middle English: knyght — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Middle English: chivaler — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ridder — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: riddar — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Old Occitan: cavaller — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Old Occitan: cavalier — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Old English: ridda — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Iranian Persian: شَهْسَوار (šahsavâr) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Iranian Persian: شُوالِیِه (šovâliye) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Polish: rycerz — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Polish: raciądz — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Portuguese: cavaleiro — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Romanian: cavaler — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Russian: ры́царь (rýcarʹ) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Russian: ви́тязь (vítjazʹ) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Russian: богаты́рь (bogatýrʹ) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Scottish Gaelic: ridire — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Serbo-Croatian: витез — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Serbo-Croatian: vitez — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Sicilian: cavaleri — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Slovak: rytier — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Slovak: víťaz — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Slovene: vitez — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Spanish: caballero — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Spanish: caballera — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Spanish: équite — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Swedish: knekt — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Swedish: riddare — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Tagalog: kabalyero — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Tagalog: maginoo — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Tajik: баҳодур (bahodur) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Tajik: ритсар (ritsar) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Thai: อัศวิน (àt-sà-win) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Turkish: şövalye — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Ukrainian: ли́цар (lýcar) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Ukrainian: ри́цар (rýcar) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Ukrainian: ви́тязь (výtjazʹ) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Ukrainian: богати́р (bohatýr) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Urdu: شَہَہ سَوار (śaha savār) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Urdu: بَہادُر (bahādur) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Urdu: سَوار (savār) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Urdu: نائِٹ (nāiṭ) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Uyghur: چەۋەنداز (chewendaz) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Uzbek: ritsar — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Vietnamese: hiệp sĩ — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Vilamovian: rycyż — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Welsh: marchog — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Yiddish: ריטער (riter) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Zazaki: sahsuar — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Zazaki: sowalya — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Zazaki: aspar (diq) — warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
  • Armenian: ասպետ (aspet) — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Basque: zaldun — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Belarusian: ры́цар (rýcar) — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Bulgarian: ри́цар (rícar) — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Catalan: cavaller — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Chinese Mandarin: 騎士 /骑士 (qíshì) — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Czech: rytíř — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Danish: ridder — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Dutch: ridder — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Esperanto: kavaliro — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Finnish: ritari — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • French: chevalier — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Galician: cabaleiro — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Galician: cabaleira — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Georgian: რაინდი (raindi) — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • German: Ritter — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Greek: ιππότης (ippótis) — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Hebrew: אַבִּיר (abír) — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Icelandic: riddari — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Indonesian: ksatria — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Irish: ridire — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Italian: cavaliere — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Japanese: 騎士 (kishi) — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Kazakh: сері (serı) — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Khmer: អស្វឫទ្ធិ (ʼahsvaʼrɨt) — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Korean: 기사 (gisa) — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Macedonian: витез (vitez) — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Marathi: नाइट (nāiṭ) — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Middle English: knyght — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ridder — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: riddar — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Polish: rycerz — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Polish: kawaler — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Portuguese: cavaleiro — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Romanian: cavaler — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Russian: ры́царь (rýcarʹ) — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Scottish Gaelic: ridire — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Serbo-Croatian: ви̏те̄з — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Serbo-Croatian: vȉtēz — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Slovak: rytier — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Slovene: vitez — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Spanish: caballero — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Spanish: caballera — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Spanish: équite — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Swedish: riddare — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Turkish: şövalye — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Ukrainian: ли́цар (lýcar) — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Uyghur: چەۋەنداز (chewendaz) — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Uyghur: سېر ئۇنۋانى (sër unwani) — person on whom a knighthood has been conferred
  • Afrikaans: ruiter — chess piece
  • Afrikaans: perd — chess piece
  • Albanian: kalë — chess piece
  • Arabic: حِصَان (ḥiṣān) — chess piece
  • Arabic: فَرَس (faras) — chess piece
  • Armenian: ձի (ji) — chess piece
  • Azerbaijani: at — chess piece
  • Basque: zaldi — chess piece
  • Belarusian: конь (konʹ) — chess piece
  • Belarusian: ве́ршнік (vjéršnik) — chess piece
  • Belarusian: ко́ннік (kónnik) — chess piece
  • Belarusian: ко́ньнік (kónʹnik) — chess piece
  • Bengali: ঘোড়া (ghōṛa) — chess piece
  • Bulgarian: кон (kon) — chess piece
  • Burmese: မြင်း (mrang:) — chess piece
  • Catalan: cavall — chess piece
  • Chinese Cantonese: 馬 /马 (maa5) — chess piece
  • Chinese Cantonese: 騎士 /骑士 (ke4 si6) — chess piece
  • Chinese Mandarin: 馬 /马 (mǎ) — chess piece
  • Chinese Mandarin: 騎士 /骑士 (qíshì) — chess piece
  • Czech: jezdec — chess piece
  • Danish: springer — chess piece
  • Danish: hest — chess piece
  • Dutch: paard — chess piece
  • Esperanto: ĉevalo — chess piece
  • Estonian: ratsu — chess piece
  • Faroese: riddari — chess piece
  • Finnish: ratsu — chess piece
  • French: cavalier — chess piece
  • Galician: cabalo — chess piece
  • Georgian: მხედარი (mxedari) — chess piece
  • German: Springer — chess piece
  • German: Pferd — chess piece
  • German: Ross — chess piece
  • German: Rössel — chess piece
  • German: Rössl — chess piece
  • Greek: ίππος (íppos) — chess piece
  • Greek: άλογο (álogo) — chess piece
  • Hebrew: פָּרָשׁ (parásh) — chess piece
  • Hindi: घोड़ा (ghoṛā) — chess piece
  • Hungarian: huszár — chess piece
  • Hungarian: ló — chess piece
  • Icelandic: riddari — chess piece
  • Indonesian: kuda — chess piece
  • Irish: ridire — chess piece
  • Italian: cavallo — chess piece
  • Japanese: ナイト (naito) — chess piece
  • Japanese: 桂馬 (keima) — chess piece
  • Javanese: jaran — chess piece
  • Kashmiri: گُر (gur) — chess piece
  • Kazakh: ат (at) — chess piece
  • Khmer: សេះ (seh) — chess piece
  • Korean: 나이트 (naiteu) — chess piece
  • Kyrgyz: ат (at) — chess piece
  • Lao: ມ້າ (mā) — chess piece
  • Lao: ອັດສະວິນ (ʼat sa win) — chess piece
  • Latvian: zirdziņš — chess piece
  • Lithuanian: žirgas — chess piece
  • Luxembourgish: Sprénger — chess piece
  • Macedonian: коњ (konj) — chess piece
  • Malay: kuda — chess piece
  • Malayalam: കുതിര (kutira) — chess piece
  • Māori: toa — chess piece
  • Marathi: घोडा (ghoḍā) — chess piece
  • Middle English: knyght — chess piece
  • Mongolian: морь (morʹ) — chess piece
  • Navajo: hashkééjí naatʼááh — chess piece
  • Norwegian Bokmål: springer — chess piece
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hest — chess piece
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: springar — chess piece
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hest — chess piece
  • Occitan: cavalièr — chess piece
  • Ojibwe: zhiimaaganish — chess piece
  • Dari: اَسْب (asb) — chess piece
  • Iranian Persian: اَسْب (asb) — chess piece
  • Middle Persian: SWSYA (asp) — chess piece
  • Polish: skoczek — chess piece
  • Polish: konik — chess piece
  • Polish: koń — chess piece
  • Portuguese: cavalo — chess piece
  • Romanian: cal — chess piece
  • Russian: конь (konʹ) — chess piece
  • Serbo-Croatian: ко̏њ — chess piece
  • Serbo-Croatian: ска̀ка̄ч — chess piece
  • Serbo-Croatian: kȍnj — chess piece
  • Serbo-Croatian: skàkāč — chess piece
  • Slovak: jazdec — chess piece
  • Slovene: konj — chess piece
  • Slovene: skakač — chess piece
  • Spanish: caballo — chess piece
  • Swahili: farasi — chess piece
  • Swahili: jemadari — chess piece
  • Swedish: springare — chess piece
  • Swedish: häst — chess piece
  • Tajik: асп (asp) — chess piece
  • Tamil: குதிரை (kutirai) — chess piece
  • Tatar: ат (at) — chess piece
  • Thai: ม้า (máa) — chess piece
  • Thai: อัศวิน (àt-sà-win) — chess piece
  • Turkish: at — chess piece
  • Turkmen: at — chess piece
  • Ukrainian: кінь (kinʹ) — chess piece
  • Urdu: گھوڑا (ghoṛā) — chess piece
  • Uyghur: ئات (at) — chess piece
  • Uzbek: asp — chess piece
  • Uzbek: ot — chess piece
  • Vietnamese: mã — chess piece
  • Yiddish: ריטער (riter) — chess piece
  • Yiddish: שפּרינגער (shpringer) — chess piece
  • Yiddish: זקן (zokn) — chess piece
  • Zazaki: bergir (diq) — chess piece
  • Bulgarian: произвеждам в рицар (proizveždam v ricar) — to confer a knighthood upon
  • Bulgarian: произведа в рицар (proizveda v ricar) — to confer a knighthood upon
  • Czech: pasovat — to confer a knighthood upon
  • Danish: slå til ridder — to confer a knighthood upon
  • Dutch: ridderen — to confer a knighthood upon
  • Esperanto: kavaliri — to confer a knighthood upon
  • Estonian: rüütliks lööma — to confer a knighthood upon
  • Finnish: lyödä ritariksi — to confer a knighthood upon
  • French: faire chevalier — to confer a knighthood upon
  • German: zum Ritter schlagen — to confer a knighthood upon
  • Hebrew: העניק תואר אבירות (he'eník tó'ar abirút) — to confer a knighthood upon
  • Hungarian: lovaggá üt — to confer a knighthood upon
  • Macedonian: прогласува за витез (proglasuva za vitez) — to confer a knighthood upon
  • Māori: whakanaiti — to confer a knighthood upon
  • Persian: شوالیه کردن (šovâlye kardan) — to confer a knighthood upon
  • Portuguese: dar o título de cavaleiro — to confer a knighthood upon
  • Russian: посвяща́ть в ры́цари (posvjaščátʹ v rýcari) — to confer a knighthood upon
  • Spanish: acaballar — to confer a knighthood upon
  • Swedish: dubba — to confer a knighthood upon
  • Yiddish: באַריטערן (baritern) — to confer a knighthood upon
  • Zazaki: sowalya kerden — to confer a knighthood upon
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