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cavaler

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French

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Etymology

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From cavale (“mare”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ka.va.le/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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cavaler

  1. (colloquial) to rush about
    On a cavalé toute la journée, je suis fatiguée!
    We've been rushing about all day, I'm tired!
    • 2005, “Thé à la menthe”, performed by La Caution:
      J’cavale en Stan Smith, Adidas, jean 501, ça va j’m’en tape / Ici c’est v’là l’attentat
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to be on the run
    Il a fini de cavaler, la police l’a localisé grâce à son téléphone portable.
    He's not on the run any more; the police located him thanks to his mobile phone.
  3. (obsolete) to bestride

Conjugation

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Conjugation of cavaler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple cavaler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple cavalant
/ka.va.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle cavalé
/ka.va.le/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present cavale
/ka.val/ 		cavales
/ka.val/ 		cavale
/ka.val/ 		cavalons
/ka.va.lɔ̃/ 		cavalez
/ka.va.le/ 		cavalent
/ka.val/
imperfect cavalais
/ka.va.lɛ/ 		cavalais
/ka.va.lɛ/ 		cavalait
/ka.va.lɛ/ 		cavalions
/ka.va.ljɔ̃/ 		cavaliez
/ka.va.lje/ 		cavalaient
/ka.va.lɛ/
past historic2 cavalai
/ka.va.le/ 		cavalas
/ka.va.la/ 		cavala
/ka.va.la/ 		cavalâmes
/ka.va.lam/ 		cavalâtes
/ka.va.lat/ 		cavalèrent
/ka.va.lɛʁ/
future cavalerai
/ka.val.ʁe/ 		cavaleras
/ka.val.ʁa/ 		cavalera
/ka.val.ʁa/ 		cavalerons
/ka.val.ʁɔ̃/ 		cavalerez
/ka.val.ʁe/ 		cavaleront
/ka.val.ʁɔ̃/
conditional cavalerais
/ka.val.ʁɛ/ 		cavalerais
/ka.val.ʁɛ/ 		cavalerait
/ka.val.ʁɛ/ 		cavalerions
/ka.va.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		cavaleriez
/ka.va.lə.ʁje/ 		cavaleraient
/ka.val.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present cavale
/ka.val/ 		cavales
/ka.val/ 		cavale
/ka.val/ 		cavalions
/ka.va.ljɔ̃/ 		cavaliez
/ka.va.lje/ 		cavalent
/ka.val/
imperfect2 cavalasse
/ka.va.las/ 		cavalasses
/ka.va.las/ 		cavalât
/ka.va.la/ 		cavalassions
/ka.va.la.sjɔ̃/ 		cavalassiez
/ka.va.la.sje/ 		cavalassent
/ka.va.las/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — cavale
/ka.val/ 		— cavalons
/ka.va.lɔ̃/ 		cavalez
/ka.va.le/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian кавале́р (kavalér), from French cavalier, Italian cavaliere.

Noun

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cavaler m (plural cavaleri)

  1. knight (warrior, especially of the Middle Ages)

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative cavaler cavalerul cavaleri cavalerii
genitive-dative cavaler cavalerului cavaleri cavalerilor
vocative cavalerule, cavalere cavalerilor
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