sword

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• General-American: /soɹd/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /sɔːd/
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• Australia, British, Multicultural-London-English, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard: /soːd/
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• traditional: /so(r)ɖ/
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• /swɔ(r)ɖ/ spelling pronunciation
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• homophone: sod
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• /sɔːd/ Manchester
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• Eastern-New-England: /soəd/
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• General-American, archaic: /soɹd/
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• Received-Pronunciation, obsolete: /sɔəd/
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• /swɔːrd/ obsolete, African-American Vernacular
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• homophone: soared
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• homophone: (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger) sawed
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)d
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• /s(w)ɔːrd/
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• /s(w)uːrd/
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• /swɔrd/ from Old English sword, ancestral to most modern pronunciations
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• /swʊrd/ from Old English swurd
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• /swɛrd/
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• /swɛːrd/ ord, corresponding to the spelling swerd, sweard
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• CMU ARPABET: S AO1 R D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Various origins: * Metonymic occupational surname for a sword maker or armorer. * Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Suaird (“descendant of Suard”), a Gaelicized form of Old Norse Sigvarðr.

Inherited from West Midland Middle English sword (swerd in most dialects), from Old English sweord (“sword”), from Proto-West Germanic *swerd (“sword”), from Proto-Germanic *swerdą (“sword”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *seh2w- (“sharp”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian Swērt, Swiirt, swörd (“sword”), Saterland Frisian Swid, Swäid (“sword”), West Frisian swurd (“sword”), Dutch zwaard (“sword”), German Schwert (“sword”), Luxembourgish Schwäert (“sword”), Vilamovian świert (“sword”), Yiddish שווערד (shverd, “sword”), Danish sværd (“sword”), Faroese svørð (“sword”), Icelandic sverð (“sword”), Norn svird (“small longish object”), Norwegian Bokmål sverd (“sword”), Norwegian Nynorsk sverd, svørd (“sword”), Swedish svärd (“sword”); also Belarusian све́рдзел (svjérdzjel, “drill, drill bit”), Bulgarian свре́дел (svrédel, “drill, drill bit”), Czech svider (“drill bit”), Polish świder (“drill”), Russian сверло́ (sverló, “auger, bore, drill, drill bit”), Serbo-Croatian свр̏дло, svȑdlo (“auger”), Slovene sveder (“drill”), Ukrainian све́рдел (svérdel), све́рдло (svérdlo, “drill bit”).

355 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: аса (asa) — weapon
• Afrikaans: swaard — weapon
• Akkadian: patrum — weapon
• Albanian: thikare — weapon
• Albanian: shpatë — weapon
• Albanian: pallë — weapon
• Albanian: shkallmë — weapon
• Southern Altai: кылыш (kïlïš) — weapon
• Amharic: ሰይፍ (säyf) — weapon
• Arabic: سَيْف (sayf) — weapon
• Arabic: حُسَام (ḥusām) — weapon
• Arabic: سيف (sēf) — weapon
• Arabic: سيف (sēf) — weapon
• Aragonese: espata — weapon
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܣܲܝܦܵܐ (saypā) — weapon
• Aramaic: ܣܝܦܐ (sāyp̄ā) — weapon
• Aramaic: ܣܝܦܐ (sayfā) — weapon
• Aramaic: סַיְפָּא (saypā) — weapon
• Armenian: թուր (tʻur) — weapon
• Armenian: սուր (sur) — weapon
• Aromanian: apalã — weapon
• Aromanian: spatã — weapon
• Aromanian: coardã — weapon
• Aromanian: cealãmi — weapon
• Aromanian: lipidã — weapon
• Assamese: তৰোৱাল (torüal) — weapon
• Assamese: হেংদাং (heṅdaṅ) — weapon
• Asturian: espada — weapon
• Avar: кӏалден (kʼalden) — weapon
• Azerbaijani: qılınc — weapon
• Balinese: pedang — weapon
• Balinese: bérang — weapon
• Balinese: kléwang — weapon
• Baluchi: زہم (zahm) — weapon
• Bashkir: ҡылыс (qılıs) — weapon
• Basque: ezpata — weapon
• Belarusian: ша́бля (šáblja) — weapon
• Belarusian: меч (mječ) — weapon
• Bengali: তলোয়ার (tolōẏar) — weapon
• Bengali: তরোয়াল (torōẏal) — weapon
• Bengali: তেগ (teg) — weapon
• Bengali: শমশের (śomośer) — weapon
• Bengali: ছুরি (churi) — weapon
• Bengali: দাও (daō) — weapon
• Bengali: দা (da) — weapon
• Breton: kleze — weapon
• Breton: klezeñv — weapon
• Bulgarian: меч (meč) — weapon
• Burmese: ဓား (dha:) — weapon
• Buryat: һэлмэ (helme) — weapon
• Catalan: espasa — weapon
• Catalan: glai — weapon
• Chakma: 𑄙𑄟 (dhāmā) — weapon
• Chechen: гӏалакх (ğalaq) — weapon
• Chechen: тур (tur) — weapon
• Cherokee: ᎭᏰᎳᏍᏗ ᎦᏅᎯᏓ (hayelasdi ganvhida) — weapon
• Chinese Cantonese: 劍 /剑 (gim3) — weapon
• Eastern Min Chinese: 劍 /剑 (giéng) — weapon
• Hakka Chinese: 劍 /剑 (kiam) — weapon
• Chinese: 劍 /剑 (kiàm) — weapon
• Chinese Mandarin: 劍 /剑 (jiàn) — weapon
• Chinese Mandarin: 刀 (dāo) — weapon
• Wu Chinese: 劍 /剑 (5ci) — weapon
• Chuukese: ketinas — weapon
• West Circassian: чатэ (čatɛ) — weapon
• Ngazidja Comorian: upanga class 11/10 — weapon
• Cornish: kledha — weapon
• Corsican: spada — weapon
• Czech: meč — weapon
• Dalmatian: sputa — weapon
• Danish: sværd — weapon
• Daur: selmii — weapon
• Dhivehi: ކަނދި (kandi) — weapon
• Dongxiang: baojien — weapon
• Dutch: zwaard — weapon
• Egyptian: m-a:S-w-N34:Z1 (mšw) — weapon
• Elfdalian: swärd — weapon
• Esperanto: glavo — weapon
• Estonian: mõõk — weapon
• Evenki: тутэкэ̄н (tutəkə̄n) — weapon
• Faroese: svørð — weapon
• Faroese: mæki — weapon
• Fijian: iseleivau — weapon
• Finnish: miekka — weapon
• French: épée — weapon
• French: glaive — weapon
• Old French: espee — weapon
• North Frisian: swird — weapon
• North Frisian: Swērt — weapon
• North Frisian: Swiirt — weapon
• Saterland Frisian: Swäid — weapon
• West-Frisian: swurd — weapon
• Friulian: spade — weapon
• Gagauz: kılıç — weapon
• Galician: espada — weapon
• Georgian: ხმალი (xmali) — weapon
• Georgian: დაშნა (dašna) — weapon
• Georgian: მახვილი (maxvili) — weapon
• Georgian: ლახვარი (laxvari) — weapon
• German: Schwert — weapon
• German: Schwärt — weapon
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃 (hairus) — weapon
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌴𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 (mēkeis) — weapon
• Greek: ξίφος (xífos) — weapon
• Greek: σπαθί (spathí) — weapon
• Ancient Greek: ξίφος (xíphos) — weapon
• Ancient Greek: φάσγανον (phásganon) — weapon
• Ancient Greek: μάχαιρα (mákhaira) — weapon
• Ancient Greek: ῥομφαία (rhomphaía) — weapon
• Greenlandic: pana — weapon
• Paraguayan Guarani: kysepuku — weapon
• Gujarati: તલવાર (talvār) — weapon
• Gujarati: શમશેર (śamśer) — weapon
• Hebrew: חֶרֶב (khérev) — weapon
• Hebrew: סַיִף (sáyif) — weapon
• Hindi: तलवार (talvār) — weapon
• Hindi: शमशेर (śamśer) — weapon
• White Hmong: ntaj — weapon
• Hungarian: kard — weapon
• Hunsrik: Schweert — weapon
• Icelandic: sverð — weapon
• Ido: espado — weapon
• Indonesian: pedang — weapon
• Ingrian: meekka — weapon
• Interlingua: spada — weapon
• Interlingua: gladio — weapon
• Irish: claíomh — weapon
• Old Irish: claideb — weapon
• Isoko: ọgbọdọ — weapon
• Istriot: spada — weapon
• Italian: spada — weapon
• Italian: brando — weapon
• Italian: stocco — weapon
• Italian: gladio — weapon
• Italian: ghiado — weapon
• Japanese: 刀 (katana) — weapon
• Japanese: 剣 — weapon
• Jarai: đao — weapon
• Javanese: pedhang — weapon
• Kaitag: тур (tur) — weapon
• Kalmyk: селм (selm) — weapon
• Kalmyk: үлд (üld) — weapon
• Kalmyk: мишл (mişl) — weapon
• Kalmyk: чашк (çaşk) — weapon
• Kannada: ಕತ್ತಿ (katti) — weapon
• Karachay-Balkar: къылыч (qılıç) — weapon
• Karakalpak: qılısh — weapon
• Kashubian: miecz — weapon
• Kazakh: қылыш (qylyş) — weapon
• Khakas: хылыс (xılıs) — weapon
• Khmer: ដាវ (daaw) — weapon
• Komi-Permyak: шыпурт (šypurt) — weapon
• Korean: 검 (geom) — weapon
• Korean: 칼 (kal) — weapon
• Kumyk: къылыч (qılıç) — weapon
• Central Kurdish: شِمشێر (şimşêr) — weapon
• Central Kurdish: شیر (şîr) — weapon
• Northern Kurdish: şûr — weapon
• Kyrgyz: кылыч (kılıc) — weapon
• Ladino: איספאדה — weapon
• Ladino: espada — weapon
• Lao: ດາບ (dāp) — weapon
• Latgalian: zūbyns — weapon
• Latin: gladius — weapon
• Latin: spatha — weapon
• Latin: ēnsis — weapon
• Latin: machaera — weapon
• Latin: mūcrō — weapon
• Latin: ferrum — weapon
• Latvian: zobens — weapon
• Ligurian: spâ — weapon
• Limburgish: zwerd — weapon
• Lingala: mompanga — weapon
• Lithuanian: kalavijas — weapon
• Lithuanian: kardas — weapon
• Lombard: spada — weapon
• Low German: Sweerd — weapon
• Lü: ᦡᦱᧇ (ḋaab) — weapon
• Lü: ᦎᦱᧁ (ṫaaw) — weapon
• Lü: ᦶᦟᧁ (laew) — weapon
• Macedonian: меч (meč) — weapon
• Maguindanao: sundang — weapon
• Malagasy: antsifotsy — weapon
• Malagasy: sabatra — weapon
• Malagasy: viarara — weapon
• Malay: pedang — weapon
• Malayalam: വാള് (vāḷŭ) — weapon
• Maltese: sejf — weapon
• Maltese: xabla — weapon
• Manchu: ᠯᠣᡥᠣ (loho) — weapon
• Manx: cliwe — weapon
• Māori: hoari — weapon
• Maranao: koyang — weapon
• Maranao: miros — weapon
• Maranao: pedang — weapon
• Marathi: तलवार (talvār) — weapon
• Middle English: swerd — weapon
• Mongghul: uldi — weapon
• Mongolian: илд (ild) — weapon
• Mongolian: сэлэм (selem) — weapon
• Mongolian: ᠢᠯᠳᠦ (ildü) — weapon
• Mongolian: ᠰᠡᠯᠡᠮ᠎ᠡ (selem-e) — weapon
• Nahuatl: tepozmācuahuitl — weapon
• Classical Nahuatl: tepozmāccuahuitl — weapon
• Nanai: пакан (pakan) — weapon
• Nanai: лохон (lohon) — weapon
• Navajo: diltłish — weapon
• Nogai: кылыш (kılış) — weapon
• Norwegian Bokmål: sverd — weapon
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sverd — weapon
• Occitan: espasa — weapon
• Odia: ଖଡ୍ଗ (khaḍga) — weapon
• Odia: ତରୁଆରି (taruāri) — weapon
• Ojibwe: ashaweshk — weapon
• Church Slavic: мечь (mečĭ) — weapon
• Church Slavic: ⰿⰵⱍⱐ (mečĭ) — weapon
• Old East Slavic: мечь (mečĭ) — weapon
• Old English: sweord — weapon
• Old English: sword — weapon
• Old English: bil — weapon
• Old English: mēċe — weapon
• Old English: secg — weapon
• Old Norse: mækir — weapon
• Old Norse: sverð — weapon
• Old Ruthenian: мечъ (meč) — weapon
• Ossetian: кард (kard) — weapon
• Ossetian: цирхъ (cirq) — weapon
• Pannonian Rusyn: меч (meč) — weapon
• Papiamentu: spada — weapon
• Pashto: توره (túra) — weapon
• Pennsylvania German: Dege — weapon
• Pennsylvania German: Schwart — weapon
• Pennsylvania German: Schwaert — weapon
• Dari: شَمْشیر (šamšēr) — weapon
• Dari: سَیْف (sayf) — weapon
• Iranian Persian: شَمْشیر (šamšir) — weapon
• Iranian Persian: سِیْف (seyf) — weapon
• Piedmontese: spa — weapon
• Plautdietsch: Schweat — weapon
• Plautdietsch: Schwieet — weapon
• Pohnpeian: kedlahs — weapon
• Polabian: varo — weapon
• Polish: miecz — weapon
• Portuguese: espada — weapon
• Portuguese: gládio — weapon
• Punjabi: ਤਲਵਾਰ (talvār) — weapon
• Northern Qiang: hɑː — weapon
• Quechua: sawli — weapon
• Rohingya: kiris — weapon
• Romagnol: spêda — weapon
• Romanian: sabie — weapon
• Romanian: spadă — weapon
• Romansh: spada — weapon
• Romansh: speda — weapon
• Russian: меч (meč) — weapon
• Russian: шпа́га (špága) — weapon
• Russian: са́бля (sáblja) — weapon
• Kildin-Sami: мӣһкь (mīhk’) — weapon
• Skolt-Sami: mieʹǩǩ — weapon
• Skolt-Sami: meäʹǩǩ — weapon
• Samogitian: kalavėjs — weapon
• Sanskrit: कृपाण (kṛpāṇa) — weapon
• Sanskrit: असि (asi) — weapon
• Sanskrit: खड्ग (khaḍga) — weapon
• Sardinian: spada — weapon
• Sardinian: ispada — weapon
• Scottish Gaelic: claidheamh — weapon
• Scottish Gaelic: slòighre — weapon
• Serbo-Croatian: ма̏ч — weapon
• Serbo-Croatian: mȁč — weapon
• Shan: လႅဝ်း (léao) — weapon
• Shona: munondo — weapon
• Shor: қылыш (qılış) — weapon
• Sicilian: spata — weapon
• Sinhalese: කඩුව (kaḍuwa) — weapon
• Slovak: meč — weapon
• Slovene: meč — weapon
• Slovene: sablja — weapon
• Somali: seef — weapon
• Lower Sorbian: mjac — weapon
• Upper Sorbian: mječ — weapon
• Spanish: espada — weapon
• Spanish: tizona — weapon
• Sudovian: kalavian — weapon
• Swahili: upanga — weapon
• Swedish: svärd — weapon
• Tagalog: tabak — weapon
• Tai Dam: ꪒꪱꪚ (đáp) — weapon
• Tajik: шамшер (šamšer) — weapon
• Tajik: сайф (sayf) — weapon
• Tamil: வாள் (vāḷ) — weapon
• Tatar: кылыч (qılıç) — weapon
• Telugu: కత్తి (katti) — weapon
• Telugu: కృపాణము (kr̥pāṇamu) — weapon
• Thai: ดาบ (dàap) — weapon
• Northern Thai: ᨯᩣ᩠ᨷ — weapon
• Tibetan: རལ་གྲི (ral gri) — weapon
• Tibetan: དཔའ་དམ། (dpa' dam) — weapon
• Tigrinya: ሴፍ (sef) — weapon
• Tocharian B: apsāl — weapon
• Tocharian B: kertte — weapon
• Tok Pisin: bainat — weapon
• Tok Pisin: bainet — weapon
• Tongan: heleta — weapon
• Turkish: kılıç — weapon
• Ottoman Turkish: قلج (kılıc) — weapon
• Ottoman Turkish: سیف (seyf) — weapon
• Ottoman Turkish: شمشیر (şimşir) — weapon
• Turkmen: gylyç — weapon
• Tuvan: хылыш (xılış) — weapon
• Ukrainian: меч (meč) — weapon
• Unami: kitshikàn — weapon
• Urdu: تَلْوار (talvār) — weapon
• Urdu: شَمْشیر (śamśer) — weapon
• Urdu: شَمْشِیر (śamśīr) — weapon
• Urdu: سَیف (saif) — weapon
• Urhobo: abẹrẹn — weapon
• Uyghur: قىلىچ (qilich) — weapon
• Uyghur: شەمشەر (shemsher) — weapon
• Uzbek: qilich — weapon
• Uzbek: shamshir — weapon
• Venetan: spada — weapon
• Veps: mek — weapon
• Vietnamese: gươm — weapon
• Vietnamese: kiếm — weapon
• Volapük: gläv — weapon
• Võro: myyk — weapon
• Walloon: spêye — weapon
• Waray-Waray: espada — weapon
• Welsh: cleddyf — weapon
• Yaghnobi: шамшер (šamšer) — weapon
• Yakut: кылыс (kïlïs) — weapon
• Yiddish: שווערד (shverd) — weapon
• Zazaki: şımşêr (diq) — weapon
• Bulgarian: мечоно́сец (mečonósec) — one who handles a sword
• Catalan: espasa — one who handles a sword
• Finnish: miekkamies — one who handles a sword
• French: épéiste — one who handles a sword
• Galician: espadachín — one who handles a sword
• German: Schwertkämpfer — one who handles a sword
• German: Schwertkämpferin — one who handles a sword
• Greek: ξιφοφόρος (xifofóros) — one who handles a sword
• Greek: ξιφομάχος (xifomáchos) — one who handles a sword
• Hungarian: kardforgató — one who handles a sword
• Macedonian: мечувалец (mečuvalec) — one who handles a sword
• Marathi: तलवारबाज (talvārbāj) — one who handles a sword
• Portuguese: espadachim — one who handles a sword
• Russian: мечено́сец (mečenósec) — one who handles a sword
• Spanish: espada — one who handles a sword
• Spanish: espadachín — one who handles a sword
• Finnish: miekat — suit in cards
• Polish: miecz — suit in cards
• Finnish: miekka — card of this suit
• Greek: σπαθί (spathí) — card of this suit
• Greek: σπαθιά (spathiá) — card of this suit