cataphract

Pronunciation




Etymology 1
From, from , from +  (from ) +.

Noun

 * 1)  Defensive armour covering the entire body of a soldier and often the soldier's horse as well, especially the linked mail or scale armour of some eastern nations.
 * 2)  An outer covering of some fish resembling armour or plate.
 * 1)  An outer covering of some fish resembling armour or plate.
 * 1)  An outer covering of some fish resembling armour or plate.

Translations

 * Armenian: կատափրակտոս
 * Dutch: katafrakt
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: καταφράκτης
 * Italian: catafratta
 * Japanese: カタフラクト
 * Latin: cataphractes
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: katafrakt
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese: catafracta
 * Serbo-Croatian: katafrakt

Etymology 2


The is derived from, from  (see further at etymology 1) +.

The is derived from, from ; see above.

Adjective

 * 1)  Of a galley such as a trireme: with the upper tier of rowers shielded rather than exposed.

Translations

 * Greek:

Noun

 * 1)  A soldier (especially a horseman) covered with a cataphract (etymology 1, sense 1).

Translations

 * Arabic: كاتافراكت
 * Armenian: կատաֆրակտոս
 * Azerbaijani: katafraktarilər
 * Basque: katafrakto
 * Belarusian: катафракт
 * Bulgarian: катафракт
 * Catalan: catafracta
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 全覆裝甲騎兵
 * Czech: katafrakt
 * Danish: katafrakt
 * Dutch: katafrakt
 * Esperanto: katafrakto
 * Finnish: katafrakti
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: קטפרקט
 * Hungarian: kataphraktosz
 * Indonesian: katafrak
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: カタフラクト
 * Korean: 철갑기병
 * Malay: kataphract
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: katafrakt
 * Persian: سوار زره‌پوش
 * Polish: katafrakt
 * Portuguese: catafractário
 * Romanian: catafract
 * Russian: катафракта́рий
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: катафракт
 * Roman: katafrakt
 * Slovak: katafrakt
 * Slovene: katafrakt
 * Spanish: catafracto
 * Swedish: katafrakt
 * Turkish: katafrakt
 * Ukrainian: катафрактарії