epee

See also: épée

English

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epee

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Alternative forms

• épee, épée

Etymology

Borrowed from French épée, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē). Doublet of spatha, spathe, and spade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛpeɪ/, /ˈeɪpeɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛpeɪ
• Homophone: epees

Noun

epee (plural epees)

1. (fencing) A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing.

Coordinate terms

• foil
• sabre

Derived terms

• epeeist

Translations

sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing

Armenian: սուսեր (hy) (suser) Catalan: espasa (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 重劍 / 重剑 (zh) (zhòngjiàn) Czech: kord m Dutch: degen (nl) m Finnish: kalpa (fi) French: épée (fr) f German: Degen (de) m Hungarian: párbajtőr (hu) Italian: spada (it) f Japanese: エペ (epe) Korean: 에페 (epe) Lithuanian: špaga f Macedonian: меч m (meč) Polish: szpada (pl) f Portuguese: espada (pt) f Russian: шпа́га (ru) f (špága) Spanish: espada (es) f Swedish: värja (sv) c Turkish: epe (tr) Ukrainian: шпа́га f (špáha)