different between nobleman vs chevalier

English

Etymology

noble +? man

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?no?bl?m?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n??bl?m?n/
• Hyphenation: no?ble?man

Noun

nobleman (plural noblemen)

1. A peer; an aristocrat; ranks range from baron to king to emperor.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:nobleman

Translations

See also

• noblewoman

English

Etymology

From Middle English chivaler or chevaler (also shyvalere while code-switching), from Anglo-Norman chevaler or chivaler, later refashioned after French chevalier, from Late Latin caballarius (“horseman”), from Latin caballus (“horse”). Doublet of cavalier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???v??l??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Noun

chevalier (plural chevaliers)

1. A cavalier; a knight.
2. In tarot cards, the card between the valet and the dame

References

French

Etymology

From Middle French chevalier, from Old French chevalier, from Late Latin caball?rius, from Latin caballus. Doublet of cavalier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.va.lje/
• Rhymes: -je

Noun

chevalier m (plural chevaliers, feminine chevalière)

1. knight
2. sandpiper (bird)

Derived terms

Related terms

• cheval
• chevalerie
• chevalière

Descendants

• Turkish: ?övalye

Further reading

• “chevalier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Alternative forms

• shyvalere

Etymology

From Old French chevalier.

Noun

chevalier m (plural chevaliers)

1. knight

Related terms

• cheval

Descendants

• French: chevalier

Old French

Alternative forms

• cevalier (Picardy)
• chevaler (Anglo-Norman)
• chivaler (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

From Late Latin caball?rius, from Latin caballus. Compare Old Occitan cavalier.

Noun

chevalier m (oblique plural chevaliers, nominative singular chevaliers, nominative plural chevalier)

1. knight
2. (chess) knight

Descendants

• ? English: chevalier
• Middle French: chevalier
  • French: chevalier
  • Norman: quevalier
  • Picard: cvalier
  • Bourguignon: chevaulei

References