different between gait vs dressage
gait
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?e?t/
- Rhymes: -e?t
- Homophone: gate
Etymology 1
From Middle English gate (“way”), from Old Norse gata (“road”), from Proto-Germanic *gatw?. Compare gate.
Noun
gait (plural gaits)
- Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.
- Carrying a heavy suitcase, he had a lopsided gait.
- (equestrianism) One of the different ways in which a horse can move, either naturally or as a result of training.
Translations
Verb
gait (third-person singular simple present gaits, present participle gaiting, simple past and past participle gaited)
- To teach a specific gait to a horse.
Etymology 2
Noun
gait (plural gaits)
- (Britain, dialect) A sheaf of corn.
- (Britain, dialect) A charge for pasturage.
Anagrams
- Gita, taig
Middle English
Noun
gait
- (rare) Alternative form of gate (“way”)
Old Irish
Etymology
Matasovi? derives this from Proto-Celtic *gozdis, a variant of *gostis, from Proto-Indo-European *g?óstis (“stranger”). The irregular vowel change is a dissimilation from got (“stammering”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??ad?/
Noun
gait f (genitive gaite, nominative plural gata)
- verbal noun of gataid: theft
Inflection
Mutation
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “gait”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
References
Scots
Noun
gait (plural gaits)
- goat
- Alternative form of gate (“way”)
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ai?t/
Verb
gait
- Soft mutation of cait.
Mutation
gait From the web:
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dressage
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French dressage (“training”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?d??s.???/
- Rhymes: -???
Noun
dressage (countable and uncountable, plural dressages)
- (uncountable) The schooling of a horse.
- (uncountable) An equestrian sport in which the horse and rider perform a test of specific movements in an arena, and are judged on the horse's obedience, acceptance of the bridle and of the rider's aids, gaits, impulsion, and the harmony between horse and rider.
- (countable) An event or competition of the sport of dressage.
- I'm competing in two dressages and a jumping show this weekend.
Synonyms
- (the training of a horse): flatwork, training, haute ecole (high school), classical dressage, (poetically) ballet on horseback
Translations
Anagrams
- de Grasse, degasser, regassed
French
Etymology
From dresser +? -age.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??.sa?/
Noun
dressage m (plural dressages)
- training
- dressage
Descendants
- ? English: dressage
Further reading
- “dressage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
dressage From the web:
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- what dressage level am i
- what dressage judges look for
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- what's dressage in french
- what dressage mean in french
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