cavalcade
/ˈkæv.əlˌkeɪd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.52 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A procession of riders, vehicles, ships, etc.
noun
A ceremonial parade.
noun
An often dramatic series or chain of events or things.
Example Sentences
- "To the onlooker, and particularly to those whose memories go back to pre-grouping days, the modern cavalcade of "V2s" and "B1s" is apt to become a little monotonous; but to any running man the general utility characteristics of these two classes are a perfect godsend at times of exceptional pressure, when it is often a case of "first in—first out" with locomotive allocations at sheds."
- "For the first three hours all went as well as could be expected, and then an accident happened that nearly lost us the pleasure of the company of our venerable friend Billali, whose litter was leading the cavalcade."
- "In the second row of the cavalcade were Francie, Fanny's god-daughter, now thirteen years old and already elegant in long frilled pantalettes, tartan skirts, and a leghorn hat with streamers, …"
- "Stranleigh found no difficulty in getting a cavalcade together at Bleacher’s station, an amazingly long distance west of New York."
- "As soon as I visited this website, a cavalcade of dialog boxes started to appear on my screen; that's when I realized my computer was infected with a virus."
- "Great numbers of horse were still cavalcading, but […]"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *kaballosder.? Latin caballus Latin -ic- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -icō Late Latin caballicō Old Italian cavalcare Old Italian cavalcatabor. Old French cavalcade French cavalcadebor. English cavalcade From French cavalcade, from Old French cavalcade, from Old Italian cavalcata, from cavalcare (“to ride on horseback”), from Medieval Latin caballicō, from Vulgar Latin caballus (“horse”). Doublet of chevauchee.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: cavalcade, cavalcata, caballicō, caballus