cavalier
French, noun/ka.va.lje/
cavalier is spelled C-A-V-A-L-I-E-R (8 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written French, the 8,979th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cavalier is a French masculine noun meaning “knight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui monte à cheval”.
What does cavalier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineknight
- 2
masculinecavalier
- 3
masculinehorserider
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masculineknight
- 5
masculineknight (in tarot)
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masculineU-nail, fence staple, construction staple
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masculinecable clip
- 8
masculinepartner
adjective
- 1
equestrian
- 2
cavalier, nonchalant (lacking the proper care or concern for something important, reckless, rash, high-handed)
une attitude cavalière
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui monte à cheval. 2. Celui qui sert dans la cavalerie militaire. 3. Partisan de Charles Iᵉʳ d’Angleterre pendant la guerre civile anglaise de 1642. 4. Désignation du grade d’un membre d’un régiment blindé et du régiment The Queen’s York Rangers détenant le grade de soldat.
adjective: 1. Qui a trait au cheval. 2. Qui est affecté au passage des gens à cheval. 3. Dégagé, libre, aisé. 4. Hautain ; vexant ; brusque ; insultant ; inconvenant ; sans gêne.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cavalier
- cavaliers plural
- cavalière feminine
- cavalières feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cavalier?
- /ka.va.lje/
- \ka.va.lje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cavalier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cavalier in French?
cavalier appears 6.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).