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cavalerie
cavalry /ka.va.leˈri.e/
noun#4727 most common
Also: horse-mounted troops, cavalry corps
Example sentences
Tatăl meu a fost în cavalerie.
My father was in the cavalry.
Cavaleria a atacat rapid inamicul.
The cavalry attacked the enemy quickly.
În secolul al XIX-lea, cavaleria juca un rol important în bătălii.
In the 19th century, cavalry played an important role in battles.
Regimentul de cavalerie a fost trimis pe front în 1916.
The cavalry regiment was sent to the front in 1916.
Cavaleria ușoară era folosită pentru misiuni de recunoaștere, spre deosebire de cavaleria grea.
Light cavalry was used for reconnaissance missions, unlike heavy cavalry.
Deși tancurile au înlocuit caii pe câmpul de luptă, denumirea de cavalerie a rămas în structura unor unități blindate moderne.
Although tanks replaced horses on the battlefield, the name cavalry stayed in the structure of some modern armored units.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cavalerie | cavalerii |
| Genitive | cavaleriei | cavaleriilor |
| Accusative | cavalerie | cavalerii |
| Vocative | cavalerie | cavalerii |
Word family
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "cavalerie" from French "cavalerie" in the 19th century, during the period when Romanian built up its modern military and administrative vocabulary from French. French "cavalerie" traces back to Italian "cavalleria", built on "cavaliere" (horseman), from Latin "caballus" (horse). The same Latin root gives Romanian its native word "cal" (horse), so "cavalerie" and "cal" are distant relatives that entered the language by different routes.
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