Masculine

cavaliere

Sentences
Meaning

  1. (masculine) rider or horseman
  2. (masculine) cavalryman or trooper
  3. (masculine) an escort or partner
  4. (masculine) a knight
  5. (masculine) a gentleman

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
ca‧va‧liè‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ka.vaˈljɛ.re/
Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan cavalier (cf. also Old French chevalier), from Late Latin caballārius. See cavallo + -iere. Doublet of cavallaio.

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