Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cavaliere servente

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cav-a-liere ser-vente
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In Italy, a man who attends a lady, especially one who is married, with fantastical devotion; a cicisbeo.

Etymology

From Italian cavaliere servente (“serving knight”).

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: cavaliere servente

Inflected Forms

cavaliere serventes (plural)

Questions

What does cavaliere servente mean?: In Italy, a man who attends a lady, especially one who is married, with fantastical devotion; a cicisbeo.
Where does cavaliere servente come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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