"We have carried the day, Sir!" exclaimed the adjutant to the general as the heavy cavalry smashed through the opposing lines.
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Cavalry
//ˈkæ.vəl.ɹi//
Synonyms for "cavalry" (4 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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Related words (2)
Noun(2 words)
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4 entriesTranslations
115 translations across 68 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- kavallerie noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Albanian
1 entries- kalorësi noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Amharic
1 entries- የፈረሰኞች ጭፍራ noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- ἱππεῖς noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
- ἱππικόν noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
- ἱππικόν noun (an individual unit of cavalry)
Arabic
3 entries- خيالة noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
- سِلَاح الفُرْسَان noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
- فَارِس noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Armenian
3 entries- այրուձի noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
- հեծել noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
- հեծելազոր noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- atlı qoşun noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Basque
1 entries- zalduneria noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Belarusian
2 entries- кавале́рыя noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
- конніца noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Breton
1 entries- marc'hegiezh noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Bulgarian
2 entries- кавале́рия noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
- ко́нница noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Catalan
1 entries- cavalleria noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 騎兵 /骑兵 noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
- 騎兵 /骑兵 noun (an individual unit of cavalry)
Czech
2 entries- jezdectvo noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
- kavalérie noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Danish
1 entries- kavaleri noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Dutch
1 entries- cavalerie noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Esperanto
1 entries- kavalerio noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Estonian
1 entries- ratsavägi noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Finnish
2 entries- ratsuväki noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
- ratsuväki noun (an individual unit of cavalry)
French
1 entries- cavalerie noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Galician
2 entries- cabalaría noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
- cabalaría noun (an individual unit of cavalry)
Georgian
4 entries- კავალერია noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
- კავალერისტი noun (an individual unit of cavalry)
- მხედარი noun (an individual unit of cavalry)
- ცხენოსანი noun (an individual unit of cavalry)
German
3 entries- Kavallerie noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
- Kavallerie noun (an individual unit of cavalry)
- Reiterei noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Greek
2 entries- ιππικό noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
- ιππικό noun (an individual unit of cavalry)
Hebrew
1 entries- חיל־פרשים noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Hindi
4 entries- घुड़सवार noun (an individual unit of cavalry)
- घुड़सवार फ़ौज noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
- घुड़सवार सेना noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
- रिसाला noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Hungarian
2 entries- lovas noun (an individual unit of cavalry)
- lovasság noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Icelandic
1 entries- riddaralið noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Ido
1 entries- kavalrio noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Indonesian
3 entries- kavaleri noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
- pasukan berkuda noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
- pasukan kuda noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Irish
2 entries- marcra noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
- marcshlua noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Italian
1 entries- cavalleria noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Japanese
2 entries- 騎兵 noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
- 騎兵隊 noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Kalmyk
1 entries- мөрн церг noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Kazakh
1 entries- атты әскер noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Korean
1 entries- 기병대 noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Latin
1 entries- equitātus noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Latvian
1 entries- kavalērija noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kavalerija noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Macedonian
1 entries- коњаница noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Malay
2 entries- pasukan berkuda husar noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
- pasukan kuda noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Manchu
3 entries- ᠮᠣᡵᡳᠨ ᠴᠣᠣᡥᠠ noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
- ᠮᠣᡵᡳᠨ ᡳ ᠴᠣᠣᡥᠠ noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
- ᠮᠣᡵᡳᠩᡤᠠ ᠴᠣᠣᡥᠠ noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Mon
2 entries- ဒပ်ပၞာန်ချေံ noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
- သရာဲပၞာန်ချေံ noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Mongolian
1 entries- морин цэрэг noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Māori
1 entries- taua eke hōiho noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kavaleri noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kavaleri noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Occitan
1 entries- cavalariá noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Old Armenian
2 entries- այրուձի noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
- հեծելազօր noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Pali
1 entries- assasenā noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Persian
1 entries- سوارهنظام noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Polish
3 entries- jazda noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
- kawaleria noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
- konnica noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Portuguese
1 entries- cavalaria noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Romanian
1 entries- cavalerie noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Russian
3 entries- кавале́рия noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
- кавалери́ст noun (an individual unit of cavalry)
- ко́нница noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- kȍnjanīk noun (an individual unit of cavalry)
- kȍnjanīštvo noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
- kȍnjīca noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
- ко̏њанӣк noun (an individual unit of cavalry)
Sikkimese
1 entries- རྟ་དམག noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Slovak
2 entries- jazdectvo noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
- kalvária noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Slovene
1 entries- konjenica noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Spanish
1 entries- caballería noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Swedish
1 entries- kavalleri noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Tagalog
1 entries- kabayuhan noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Tetum
1 entries- kavalaria noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Thai
1 entries- ทหารม้า noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Turkish
2 entries- süvari noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
- süvari noun (an individual unit of cavalry)
Ukrainian
2 entries- кавале́рія noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
- кінно́та noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Vietnamese
1 entries- kỵ binh noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Welsh
3 entries- cafalri noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
- marchfilwr noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
- marchoglu noun (military service that fights with riding horses)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Caesar led the whole cavalry across the mountain.
Source: tatoeba (1102792)
The cavalry charged the enemy.
Source: tatoeba (2259279)
The cavalry has arrived.
Source: tatoeba (2262754)
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