"glaive" meaning in French

See glaive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɡlɛv/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-glaive.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-glaive.wav Forms: glaives [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French glaive, from Late Latin glavus; see the entry for English glaive for further information. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|glaive|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French glaive, {{inh+|fr|fro|glaive}} Inherited from Old French glaive, {{der|fr|la-lat|glavus}} Late Latin glavus Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} glaive m (plural glaives)
  1. gladius, short sword Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-glaive-fr-noun-1YjpY6Pt Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header, Weapons Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 12 24 4 36 1 5 13 1 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 6 19 2 30 1 33 4 1 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 22 1 39 1 25 2 1 2 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of Weapons: 66 34
  2. (figuratively) sword Tags: figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-glaive-fr-noun-pExHse4k

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