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knight Aug 4th 2013, 03:49, by 108.7.51.211 Revision as of 11:21, 2 August 2013 (edit) Latest revision as of 03:49, 4 August 2013 (edit) (undo) Line 8: Line 8:   * {{enPR|nīt}}, {{IPA|/naɪt/}}, {{X-SAMPA|/naIt/}}   * {{enPR|nīt}}, {{IPA|/naɪt/}}, {{X-SAMPA|/naIt/}}   * {{audio|en-us-knight.ogg|Audio (US)}}   * {{audio|en-us-knight.ogg|Audio (US)}} − * {{audio|en-ma-knight.ogg|Audio (Massachusetts)}}     * {{rhymes|aɪt}}   * {{rhymes|aɪt}}   * {{homophones|lang=en|night|nite}}   * {{homophones|lang=en|night|nite}} Latest revision as of 03:49, 4 August 2013 Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 See also 1.2.1.4 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.1.1 Synonyms 1.3.1.2 Derived terms 1.3.1.3 Translations 1.4 See also 2 Middle English English[edit] Wikipedia has an article on: Wikipedia a knight (warrior) a knight (chess) Pronunciation[edit] enPR: nīt, IPA: /naɪt/, X-SAMPA: /naIt/ Audio (US) (file) Rhymes: -aɪt Homophones: night, nite Etymology 1[edit] From Middle English knight, kniht, from Old English cniht, cneht, cneoht ("boy, youth, servant, attendant, retainer, disciple, warrior, boyhood, junior member of a guild"), from Proto-Germanic *knehtaz (compare Dutch knecht ("attendant, servant"), German Knecht ("lad, slave")), originally 'billet (wood), block of wood' (compare Dutch laarzeknecht ("boot-jack"), dialectal German Knüchtel ("bat, club"), from Proto-Indo-European *gnegʰ-, from *gen- 'to ball up, pinch, compress'. Noun[edit] knight (plural knights) A warrior, especially of the Middle Ages. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table A young servant or follower; a military attendant. Nowadays, a person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch. (chess) A chess piece, often in the shape of a horse's head, that is moved two squares in one direction and one at right angles to that direction in a single move, leaping over any intervening pieces. (card games, dated) A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack. Synonyms[edit] (chess piece): horse (rare) Derived terms[edit] Terms derived from the noun knight See also[edit] Appendix:Chess_pieces (chess pieces) chessman, chess piece, chess piece; bishop,‎ castle/‎rook,‎ king,‎ knight,‎ pawn,‎ queen (Category: en:Chess)[edit] Translations[edit] warrior, especially of the Middle Ages Albanian: kalorës (sq) m Arabic: فارس (ar) (fāris) m Armenian: ասպետ (hy) (aspet)  Basque: zaldun (eu)  Belarusian: рыцар (be) (rýcar) m, віцязь (be) (vícjazʹ) m (Slavic) Bulgarian: рицар (bg) (rícar) m Catalan: cavaller (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 騎士 (zh) , 骑士 (zh) (qíshì) , 大俠 (zh) , 大侠 (zh) (dàxiá) , 爵士 (zh) (juéshì)  Czech: rytíř (cs) m Danish: ridder (da) c Dutch: ridder (nl) m Esperanto: kavaliro (eo)  Estonian: rüütel (et)  Finnish: ritari (fi)  French: chevalier (fr) m Middle French: chevalier m Old French: chevalier m Georgian: რაინდი (ka) (raindi)  German: Ritter (de) m Greek: ιππότης (el) (ippótis) m (ippótis) Hebrew: פרש (he) (parash) m, אביר (he) (abír) m Hungarian: lovag (hu)  Icelandic: riddari (is) m Ido: kavaliero (io)  Indonesian: ksatria (id)  Irish: ridire (ga) m Italian: cavaliere (it) m Japanese: 騎士 (ja) (きし, kishi)  Khmer: អស្សឬទ្ធិ (km) (ahsa' rɨɨ tʰi')  Korean: 기사 (ko) (gisa)  (騎士 (ko) ) Kurdish: Sorani: سوارا (ku) (swara)  Latin: eques (la) m Latvian: bruņinieks (lv) m Lithuanian: riteris (lt) m Macedonian: витез (mk) (vítez) m Malay: kesatria (ms)  Maltese: kavallier (mt)  Norwegian: ridder (no)  Norwegian Bokmål: ridder (no) m Old Provençal: cavaller  Persian: شهسوار (fa) (šahsavâr) , شوالیه (fa) (šovâliye)  Polish: kawaler (pl) m, rycerz (pl)  Portuguese: cavaleiro (pt) m Romanian: cavaler (ro) m Russian: рыцарь (ru) (rýcarʹ) m, витязь (ru) (vítjazʹ) m (Slavic), богатырь (ru) (bogatýrʹ) m (Slavic) Scottish Gaelic: ridire (gd) m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: витез (sh) m Roman: vitez (sh) m Slovak: rytier (sk) m Slovene: vitez (sl) m Spanish: caballero (es) m Swedish: knekt (sv) c Tagalog: kabalyero (tl)  Turkish: şövalye (tr)  Ukrainian: лицар (uk) (lýcar) m, рицар (uk) (rýcar) m, вітязь (uk) (vítjazʹ) m (Slavic) Vietnamese: hiệp sĩ (vi)  Welsh: marchog (cy) m person on whom a knighthood has been conferred Armenian: ասպետ (hy) (aspet)  Basque: zaldun (eu)  Belarusian: рыцар (be) (rýcar) m Bulgarian: рицар (bg) (rícar) m Catalan: cavaller (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 騎士 (zh) , 骑士 (zh) (qíshì)  Czech: rytíř (cs) m Dutch: ridder (nl) m Esperanto: kavaliro (eo)  Finnish: ritari (fi)  French: chevalier (fr) m German: Ritter (de) m Greek: ιππότης (el) (ippótis)  Icelandic: riddari (is) m Indonesian: ksatria (id)  Irish: ridire (ga) m Japanese: 騎士 (ja) (きし, kishi)  Khmer: អស្សឬទ្ធិ (km) (ahsa' rɨɨ tʰi')  Korean: 기사 (ko) (gisa)  (騎士 (ko) ) Macedonian: витез (mk) (vítez) m Norwegian: ridder (no) m Polish: rycerz (pl) m (ancient), kawaler (pl) m (modern) Portuguese: cavaleiro (pt) m Romanian: cavaler (ro) m Russian: рыцарь (ru) (rýcarʹ) m Scottish Gaelic: ridire (gd) m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: витез (sh) m Roman: vitez (sh) m Slovak: rytier (sk) m Slovene: vitez (sl) m Spanish: caballero (es) m Swedish: riddare (sv) c Turkish: şövalye (tr)  Ukrainian: лицар (uk) (lýcar) m chess piece Translingual: ♘ , ♞  Arabic: حصان (ar) (ḥiṣān) m, فرس (ar) (fáras) m Armenian: ձի (hy) (dzi)  Basque: zaldi (eu)  Belarusian: конь (be) (konʹ) m Bulgarian: кон (bg) (kon) m Catalan: cavall (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 馬 (zh) , 马 (zh) (mǎ) , 騎士 (zh) , 骑士 (zh) (qíshì)  Czech: jezdec (cs) m Danish: springer (da) c Dutch: paard (nl) n Esperanto: ĉevalo (eo)  Estonian: ratsu (et)  Faroese: riddari (fo) m Finnish: ratsu (fi)  French: cavalier (fr) m Georgian: მხედარი (ka) (mxedari)  German: Springer (de) m Hebrew: פרש (he) (parash) m Hindi: घोड़ा (hi) (ghoṛā) m Hungarian: huszár (hu)  Icelandic: riddari (is) m Indonesian: kuda (id)  Irish: ridire (ga) m Italian: cavallo (it) m Japanese: ナイト (ja) (naito)  (in Western chess), 桂馬 (ja) (けいま, keima)  (in shogi) Khmer: សេះ (km) (seh)  Korean: 나이트 (ko) (naiteu)  Luxembourgish: Sprénger (lb) m Macedonian: коњ (mk) (konj) m Malay: kuda (ms)  Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭮𐭯 (asp)  Norwegian Bokmål: springer (no) m Persian: اسب (fa) (asb)  Polish: skoczek (pl) m, konik (pl) m Portuguese: cavalo (pt) m Romanian: cal (ro) m Russian: конь (ru) (konʹ) m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: коњ (sh) m, коњ (sh) m Roman: konj (sh) m, skakač (sh) m Slovak: jazdec (sk) m Slovene: konj (sl) m, skakač (sl) m Spanish: caballo (es) m Swedish: springare (sv) c, häst (sv) c Turkish: at (tr)  Ukrainian: кінь (uk) (kinʹ) m Urdu: گھوڑا (ur) (ghoṛā) m Etymology 2[edit] From Middle English knighten, kniȝten, from the noun. Cognate with Middle High German knehten. Verb[edit] knight (third-person singular simple present knights, present participle knighting, simple past and past participle knighted) (transitive) To confer knighthood upon. The king knighted the young squire. (chess, transitive) To promote (a pawn) to a knight. Synonyms[edit] Derived terms[edit] Terms derived from the verb to knight Translations[edit] to confer a knighthood upon Czech: pasovat (cs)  Dutch: ridderen (nl)  Esperanto: kavaliri (eo)  Estonian: rüütliks lööma (et)  Finnish: lyödä ritariksi (fi)  French: faire chevalier  German: zum Ritter schlagen (de)  Hungarian: lovaggá üt (hu)  Macedonian: прогласува за витез (mk) (proglásuva za vítez)  Persian: شوالیه كردن (fa) (shovalye kardan)  Polish: (na rycerza) pasować (pl)  (ancient), (modern) nadać rangę kawalerską (pl)  Portuguese: dar o título de cavaleiro  Russian: посвящать в рыцари (ru) (posvjaščát' v rýtsari)  Swedish: dubba (sv)  See also[edit] Middle English[edit] Noun[edit] knight (plural knights) knight

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