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A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fencing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war
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a fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fencing sword
Borrowed from French épée, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē). Doublet of spatha, spathe, and spade.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
սուսեր
(suser)
— sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing
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Catalan:
espasa
— sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing
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Chinese Mandarin:
重劍 /重剑
(zhòngjiàn)
— sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing
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Czech:
kord
— sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing
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Dutch:
degen
— sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing
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Finnish:
kalpa
— sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing
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French:
épée
— sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing
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German:
Degen
— sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing
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Hungarian:
párbajtőr
— sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing
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Italian:
spada
— sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing
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Japanese:
エペ
(epe)
— sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing
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Korean:
에페
(epe)
— sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing
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Lithuanian:
špaga
— sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing
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Macedonian:
меч
(meč)
— sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing
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Polish:
szpada
— sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing
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Portuguese:
espada
— sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing
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Russian:
шпа́га
(špága)
— sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing
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Spanish:
espada
— sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing
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Swedish:
värja
— sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing
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Turkish:
epe
— sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing
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Ukrainian:
шпа́га
(špáha)
— sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing