cavalière
French, adjective/ka.va.ljɛʁ/
cavalière is spelled C-A-V-A-L-I-È-R-E (9 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,273rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cavalière is a French feminine adjective meaning “feminine singular of cavalier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does cavalière mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of cavalier
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celle qui monte à cheval. 2. Femme qui accompagne un ou une partenaire, particulièrement à un bal, ou qui danse avec lui ou avec elle. 3. Femme qui sert dans la cavalerie militaire. 4. Femme du monde qui monte dans les courses.
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 cavalière
- cavalières plural
- gentleman-rider masculine
- cavalier masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cavalière?
- /ka.va.ljɛʁ/
- \ka.va.ljɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cavalière
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cavalière in French?
cavalière appears 1.1 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).