kavalleri

Swedish

Etymology

From French cavalerie, from Italian cavalleria, from cavaliere (“rider, horseman, cavalryman”) + -eria. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål kavaleri, Danish kavaleri, German Kavallerie and English cavalry.

Noun

kavalleri n

1. a cavalry

Declension

Declension of kavalleri

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kavalleri	kavalleris
	definite	kavalleriet	kavalleriets
plural	indefinite	kavallerier	kavalleriers
	definite	kavallerierna	kavalleriernas

Related terms

• kavall
• kavallerist

References

• kavalleri in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kavalleri in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kavalleri in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• kavalleri in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).