Knight
//naɪt//
Translations of "knight" (106 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | perd(chess piece), ridder(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), ruiter(chess piece) | — | |
| Albanian | kalorës(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), kalorëse(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), kalë(chess piece) | — | |
| Arabic | حِصَان(chess piece), فَارِس(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), فَرَس(chess piece) | ḥiṣān, fāris, faras | |
| Armenian | ասպետ(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), ասպետ(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred), ձի(chess piece) | aspet, aspet, ji | |
| Aromanian | caballeru(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages) | — | |
| Azerbaijani | at(chess piece), cəngavər(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), rıtsar(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages) | — | |
| Basque | zaldi(chess piece), zaldun(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), zaldun(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred) | — | |
| Belarusian | багаты́р(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), ве́ршнік(chess piece), ві́цязь(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), ко́ннік(chess piece), ко́ньнік(chess piece), конь(chess piece), лы́цар(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), ры́цар(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), ры́цар(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred) | bahatýr, vjéršnik, vícjazʹ, kónnik, kónʹnik, konʹ, lýcar, rýcar, rýcar | |
| Bengali | ঘোড়া(chess piece) | ghōṛa | |
| Breton | marc'heg(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages) | — | |
| Bulgarian | кон(chess piece), ри́цар(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), ри́цар(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred), произведа в рицар(to confer a knighthood upon), произвеждам в рицар(to confer a knighthood upon) | kon, rícar, rícar, proizveda v ricar, proizveždam v ricar | |
| Burmese | မြင်း(chess piece) | mrang: | |
| Catalan | cavall(chess piece), cavaller(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), cavaller(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred) | — | |
| Central Kurdish | سوارا(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages) | swara | |
| Chinese Cantonese | 馬 /马(chess piece), 騎士 /骑士(chess piece) | maa⁵, ke⁴ si⁶ | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 大俠 /大侠(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), 爵士(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), 馬 /马(chess piece), 騎士 /骑士(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), 騎士 /骑士(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred), 騎士 /骑士(chess piece) | dàxiá, juéshì, mǎ, qíshì, qíshì, qíshì | |
| Cornish | marghek(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), marghoges(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages) | — | |
| Czech | jezdec(chess piece), rytíř(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), rytíř(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred), vítěz(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), pasovat(to confer a knighthood upon) | — | |
| Danish | hest(chess piece), ridder(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), ridder(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred), springer(chess piece), slå til ridder(to confer a knighthood upon) | — | |
| Dari | اَسْب(chess piece) | asb | |
| Dutch | paard(chess piece), ridder(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), ridder(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred), ridderen(to confer a knighthood upon) | — | |
| Esperanto | kavaliro(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), kavaliro(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred), ĉevalo(chess piece), kavaliri(to confer a knighthood upon) | — | |
| Estonian | ratsu(chess piece), rüütel(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), rüütliks lööma(to confer a knighthood upon) | — | |
| Faroese | riddari(chess piece) | — | |
| Finnish | ratsu(chess piece), ritari(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), ritari(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred), lyödä ritariksi(to confer a knighthood upon) | — | |
| French | cavalier(chess piece), chevalier(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), chevalier(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred), faire chevalier(to confer a knighthood upon) | — | |
| Friulian | cavalîr(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages) | — | |
| Galician | cabaleira(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), cabaleira(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred), cabaleiro(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), cabaleiro(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred), cabalo(chess piece) | — | |
| Georgian | მხედარი(chess piece), რაინდი(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), რაინდი(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred) | mxedari, raindi, raindi | |
| German | Pferd(chess piece), Ritter(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), Ritter(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred), Ross(chess piece), Rössel(chess piece), Rössl(chess piece), Springer(chess piece), zum Ritter schlagen(to confer a knighthood upon) | — | |
| Greek | άλογο(chess piece), ίππος(chess piece), ιππότης(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), ιππότης(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred) | álogo, íppos, ippótis, ippótis | |
| Hebrew | אַבִּיר(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), אַבִּיר(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred), פָּרָשׁ(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), פָּרָשׁ(chess piece), העניק תואר אבירות(to confer a knighthood upon) | abír, abír, parásh, parásh, he'eník tó'ar abirút | |
| Hindi | घोड़ा(chess piece), नाइट(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), बहादुर(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), राउल(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), शूरवीर(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages) | ghoṛā, nāiṭ, bahādur, rāul, śūrvīr | |
| Hungarian | huszár(chess piece), lovag(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), ló(chess piece), lovaggá üt(to confer a knighthood upon) | — | |
| Icelandic | riddari(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), riddari(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred), riddari(chess piece) | — | |
| Ido | kavaliero(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages) | — | |
| Indonesian | ksatria(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), ksatria(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred), kuda(chess piece) | — | |
| Interlingua | cavaliero(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), cavallero(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages) | — | |
| Iranian Persian | اَسْب(chess piece), شَهْسَوار(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), شُوالِیِه(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages) | asb, šahsavâr, šovâliye | |
| Irish | ridire(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), ridire(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred), ridire(chess piece) | — | |
| Italian | cavaliere(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), cavaliere(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred), cavallo(chess piece) | — | |
| Japanese | ナイト(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), ナイト(chess piece), 桂馬(chess piece), 騎士(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), 騎士(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred) | naito, naito, keima, kishi, kishi | |
| Javanese | jaran(chess piece) | — | |
| Kashmiri | گُر(chess piece) | gur | |
| Kazakh | ат(chess piece), сері(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), сері(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred) | at, serı, serı | |
| Khmer | សាទិន(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), សេះ(chess piece), អស្វឫទ្ធិ(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), អស្វឫទ្ធិ(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred) | saatɨn, seh, ʼahsvaʼrɨt, ʼahsvaʼrɨt | |
| Korean | 기사(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), 기사(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred), 나이트(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), 나이트(chess piece) | gisa, gisa, naiteu, naiteu | |
| Kyrgyz | ат(chess piece), рыцарь(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages) | at, rıtsar | |
| Lao | ມ້າ(chess piece), ອັດສະວິນ(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), ອັດສະວິນ(chess piece) | mā, ʼat sa win, ʼat sa win | |
| Latin | eques(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), mīles(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), mīlitāris(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages) | — | |
| Latvian | bruņinieks(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), zirdziņš(chess piece) | — | |
| Lithuanian | riteris(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), žirgas(chess piece) | — | |
| Low German | ridder(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages) | — | |
| Luxembourgish | Sprénger(chess piece) | — | |
| Macedonian | витез(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), витез(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred), коњ(chess piece), ритер(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), рицар(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), прогласува за витез(to confer a knighthood upon) | vitez, vitez, konj, riter, ricar, proglasuva za vitez | |
| Malay | kesatria(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), kuda(chess piece) | — | |
| Malayalam | കുതിര(chess piece) | kutira | |
| Maltese | kavallier(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages) | — | |
| Manx | reejerey(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages) | — | |
| Māori | toa(chess piece), whakanaiti(to confer a knighthood upon) | — | |
| Maranao | kabayo(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages) | — | |
| Marathi | घोडा(chess piece), नाइट(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred) | ghoḍā, nāiṭ | |
| Middle English | chivaler(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), knyght(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), knyght(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred), knyght(chess piece) | — | |
| Middle French | chevalier(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages) | — | |
| Middle High German | riter(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), ritter(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), rîter(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), rîtære(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages) | — | |
| Middle Persian | SWSYA (asp)(chess piece) | — | |
| Mongolian | морь(chess piece) | morʹ | |
| Navajo | hashkééjí naatʼááh(chess piece) | — | |
| Northern Kurdish | siwarî(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), şovalye(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | hest(chess piece), ridder(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), ridder(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred), springer(chess piece) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | hest(chess piece), riddar(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), riddar(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred), springar(chess piece) | — | |
| Occitan | cavalièr(chess piece) | — | |
| Ojibwe | zhiimaaganish(chess piece) | — | |
| Old English | ridda(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages) | — | |
| Old French | chevalier(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages) | — | |
| Old Occitan | cavalier(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), cavaller(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages) | — | |
| Persian | شوالیه کردن(to confer a knighthood upon) | šovâlye kardan | |
| Polish | kawaler(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred), konik(chess piece), koń(chess piece), raciądz(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), rycerz(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), rycerz(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred), skoczek(chess piece) | — | |
| Portuguese | cavaleiro(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), cavaleiro(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred), cavalo(chess piece), dar o título de cavaleiro(to confer a knighthood upon) | — | |
| Romanian | cal(chess piece), cavaler(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), cavaler(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred) | — | |
| Russian | богаты́рь(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), ви́тязь(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), конь(chess piece), ры́царь(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), ры́царь(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred), посвяща́ть в ры́цари(to confer a knighthood upon) | bogatýrʹ, vítjazʹ, konʹ, rýcarʹ, rýcarʹ, posvjaščátʹ v rýcari | |
| Scottish Gaelic | ridire(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), ridire(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred) | — | |
| Serbo-Croatian | kȍnj(chess piece), skàkāč(chess piece), vitez(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), vȉtēz(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred), ви̏те̄з(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred), витез(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), ко̏њ(chess piece), ска̀ка̄ч(chess piece) | — | |
| Sicilian | cavaleri(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages) | — | |
| Slovak | jazdec(chess piece), rytier(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), rytier(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred), víťaz(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages) | — | |
| Slovene | konj(chess piece), skakač(chess piece), vitez(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), vitez(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred) | — | |
| Spanish | caballera(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), caballera(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred), caballero(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), caballero(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred), caballo(chess piece), équite(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), équite(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred), acaballar(to confer a knighthood upon) | — | |
| Swahili | farasi(chess piece), jemadari(chess piece) | — | |
| Swedish | häst(chess piece), knekt(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), riddare(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), riddare(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred), springare(chess piece), dubba(to confer a knighthood upon) | — | |
| Tagalog | kabalyero(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), maginoo(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages) | — | |
| Tajik | асп(chess piece), баҳодур(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), ритсар(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages) | asp, bahodur, ritsar | |
| Tamil | குதிரை(chess piece) | kutirai | |
| Tatar | ат(chess piece) | at | |
| Thai | ม้า(chess piece), อัศวิน(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), อัศวิน(chess piece) | máa, àt-sà-win, àt-sà-win | |
| Turkish | at(chess piece), şövalye(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), şövalye(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred) | — | |
| Turkmen | at(chess piece) | — | |
| Ukrainian | богати́р(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), ви́тязь(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), кінь(chess piece), ли́цар(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), ли́цар(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred), ри́цар(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages) | bohatýr, výtjazʹ, kinʹ, lýcar, lýcar, rýcar | |
| Urdu | بَہادُر(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), سَوار(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), شَہَہ سَوار(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), نائِٹ(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), گھوڑا(chess piece) | bahādur, savār, śaha savār, nāiṭ, ghoṛā | |
| Uyghur | ئات(chess piece), سېر ئۇنۋانى(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred), چەۋەنداز(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), چەۋەنداز(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred) | at, sër unwani, chewendaz, chewendaz | |
| Uzbek | asp(chess piece), ot(chess piece), ritsar(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages) | — | |
| Vietnamese | hiệp sĩ(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), mã(chess piece) | — | |
| Vilamovian | rycyż(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages) | — | |
| Welsh | marchog(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages) | — | |
| West-Frisian | ridder(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages) | — | |
| Yiddish | זקן(chess piece), ריטער(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), ריטער(chess piece), שפּרינגער(chess piece), באַריטערן(to confer a knighthood upon) | zokn, riter, riter, shpringer, baritern | |
| Zazaki | aspar (diq)(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), bergir (diq)(chess piece), sahsuar(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), sowalya(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages), sowalya kerden(to confer a knighthood upon) | — |
perd, ridder, ruiter
kalorës, kalorëse, kalë
caballeru
at, cəngavər, rıtsar
zaldi, zaldun, zaldun
багаты́р, ве́ршнік, ві́цязь, ко́ннік, ко́ньнік, конь, лы́цар, ры́цар, ры́цар
bahatýr, vjéršnik, vícjazʹ, kónnik, kónʹnik, konʹ, lýcar, rýcar, rýcar
marc'heg
кон, ри́цар, ри́цар, произведа в рицар, произвеждам в рицар
kon, rícar, rícar, proizveda v ricar, proizveždam v ricar
cavall, cavaller, cavaller
marghek, marghoges
jezdec, rytíř, rytíř, vítěz, pasovat
hest, ridder, ridder, springer, slå til ridder
paard, ridder, ridder, ridderen
kavaliro, kavaliro, ĉevalo, kavaliri
ratsu, rüütel, rüütliks lööma
riddari
ratsu, ritari, ritari, lyödä ritariksi
cavalier, chevalier, chevalier, faire chevalier
cavalîr
cabaleira, cabaleira, cabaleiro, cabaleiro, cabalo
Pferd, Ritter, Ritter, Ross, Rössel, Rössl, Springer, zum Ritter schlagen
אַבִּיר, אַבִּיר, פָּרָשׁ, פָּרָשׁ, העניק תואר אבירות
abír, abír, parásh, parásh, he'eník tó'ar abirút
huszár, lovag, ló, lovaggá üt
riddari, riddari, riddari
kavaliero
ksatria, ksatria, kuda
cavaliero, cavallero
ridire, ridire, ridire
cavaliere, cavaliere, cavallo
jaran
eques, mīles, mīlitāris
bruņinieks, zirdziņš
riteris, žirgas
ridder
Sprénger
витез, витез, коњ, ритер, рицар, прогласува за витез
vitez, vitez, konj, riter, ricar, proglasuva za vitez
kesatria, kuda
kavallier
reejerey
toa, whakanaiti
kabayo
chivaler, knyght, knyght, knyght
chevalier
riter, ritter, rîter, rîtære
SWSYA (asp)
hashkééjí naatʼááh
siwarî, şovalye
hest, ridder, ridder, springer
hest, riddar, riddar, springar
cavalièr
zhiimaaganish
ridda
chevalier
cavalier, cavaller
kawaler, konik, koń, raciądz, rycerz, rycerz, skoczek
cavaleiro, cavaleiro, cavalo, dar o título de cavaleiro
cal, cavaler, cavaler
богаты́рь, ви́тязь, конь, ры́царь, ры́царь, посвяща́ть в ры́цари
bogatýrʹ, vítjazʹ, konʹ, rýcarʹ, rýcarʹ, posvjaščátʹ v rýcari
ridire, ridire
kȍnj, skàkāč, vitez, vȉtēz, ви̏те̄з, витез, ко̏њ, ска̀ка̄ч
cavaleri
jazdec, rytier, rytier, víťaz
konj, skakač, vitez, vitez
caballera, caballera, caballero, caballero, caballo, équite, équite, acaballar
farasi, jemadari
häst, knekt, riddare, riddare, springare, dubba
kabalyero, maginoo
at, şövalye, şövalye
at
asp, ot, ritsar
hiệp sĩ, mã
rycyż
marchog
ridder
aspar (diq), bergir (diq), sahsuar, sowalya, sowalya kerden
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