chevalerie
French
Etymology
Noun
chevalerie f (plural chevaleries)
- chivalry (state of being a knight in the Middles Ages)
Further reading
- “chevalerie” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
Noun
chevalerie f (oblique plural chevaleries, nominative singular chevalerie, nominative plural chevaleries)
- chivalry (state of being a knight in the Middles Ages)
- circa 1250, Rutebeuf, Des plaies du monde:
- Chevalerie est si granz choze
- Chivalry is such an important thing
- Chevalerie est si granz choze
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Descendants
- English: chivalry (borrowed)
- French: chevalerie
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