"epee" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɛpeɪ/, /ˈeɪpeɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-epee.wav [Southern-England] Forms: epees [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛpeɪ Etymology: Borrowed from French épée, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē). Doublet of spatha, spathe, and spade. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)peh₂-}}, {{bor|en|fr|épée|}} French épée, {{der|en|la|spatha|}} Latin spatha, {{der|en|grc|σπάθη}} Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē), {{doublet|en|spatha|spathe|spade}} Doublet of spatha, spathe, and spade Head templates: {{en-noun}} epee (plural epees)
  1. (fencing) A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing. Wikipedia link: epee Categories (topical): Fencing, Swords Synonyms: épee, épée Derived forms: epeeist Coordinate_terms: foil, sabre Translations (sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing): սուսեր (suser) (Armenian), espasa [feminine] (Catalan), 重劍 (Chinese Mandarin), 重剑 (zhòngjiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), kord [masculine] (Czech), degen [masculine] (Dutch), kalpa (Finnish), épée [feminine] (French), Degen [masculine] (German), párbajtőr (Hungarian), spada [feminine] (Italian), エペ (epe) (Japanese), špaga [feminine] (Lithuanian), меч (meč) [masculine] (Macedonian), espada [feminine] (Portuguese), шпа́га (špága) [feminine] (Russian), espada [feminine] (Spanish), värja [common-gender] (Swedish), шпа́га (špáha) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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