"swordplay" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: swordplays [plural]
Etymology: sword + play Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sword|play}} sword + play Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} swordplay (usually uncountable, plural swordplays)
  1. fighting with a sword Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Violence Translations (fighting with a sword): ξιφισμός (xiphismós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), фехто́вка (fehtóvka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 劍術 (Chinese Mandarin), 剑术 (jiànshù) (Chinese Mandarin), sværdkamp [common-gender] (Danish), miekkailu (Finnish), escrime [feminine] (French), combat à l’épée (French), Schwertkampf [masculine] (German), Fechten [neuter] (German), 剣術 (kenjutsu) (alt: けんじゅつ) (Japanese), フェンシング (fenshingu) (Japanese), семсерлесу (semserlesu) (Kazakh), cliweaght [feminine] (Manx), sverdkamp [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), شمشیرزنی (šamširzani) (Persian), фехтова́ние (fextovánije) [neuter] (Russian), esgrima [feminine] (Spanish), svärdkamp [common-gender] (Swedish)

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