halberd

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halberd

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Alternative forms

• halbert, halbard

Etymology

(1495) Middle French hallebarde, from Italian alabarda, from Middle High German helmbarte (“broad-axe with handle”), from halm, from Proto-Germanic *helmô (“handle”) + barte (“hatchet”), from *bardaz (“broadax”), literally "beard."

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhæl.bɚd/, /ˈhɔl.bɚd/, /ˈhɑl.bɚd/

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhælbəd/, /ˈhælbɜːd/

Noun

halberd (plural halberds)

1. A two-handed pole weapon, consisting of a long pole with an axe-like blade mounted on it (at a right angle like an axe, not on the tip like a spear), and (opposite the blade) typically a spike or hook.

Derived terms

• halberded
• halberd fern (Tectaria spp.)
• halberdier
• halberdman
• halberdsman
• halberd willow (Salix hastata)

Translations

hand weapon

Bulgarian: алебарда (bg) f (alebarda) Catalan: alabarda f Chinese: Mandarin: 戟 (zh) (jǐ), 斧槍 / 斧枪 (fǔqiāng) Czech: halapartna (cs) f Danish: hellebard c, atgejr c Dutch: hellebaard (nl) Estonian: hellebard, odakirves Finnish: hilpari (fi) French: hallebarde (fr) f Galician: alabarda (gl) f Georgian: ალებარდე (alebarde) German: Hellebarde (de) f Greek: αλαβάρδα (el) f (alavárda) Ancient: διβολία f (dibolía) Hungarian: alabárd (hu) Icelandic: atgeir m, bryntröll n Irish: halbard m Italian: alabarda (it) f Japanese: 斧槍 (ふそう, fusō), 槍斧 (そうふ, sōfu), 鉾槍 (ほこやり, hokoyari), ハルバード (harubādo) Kazakh: балта-найза (balta-naiza) Korean: 핼버드 (haelbeodeu), 핼버트 (haelbeoteu), 미늘창 (mineulchang), 도끼창 (dokkichang) Latin: hallebarda f, hellebarda f Lithuanian: alebarda f Macedonian: халеба́рда f (halebárda) Maltese: alabarda f Norwegian: hellebard m Occitan: alabarda f Ottoman Turkish: تبر (teber) Persian: ناچخ (fa) (nâčax) Polish: halabarda (pl) f Portuguese: alabarda (pt) f Romanian: halebardă (ro) f, alebardă (ro) f Russian: алеба́рда (ru) f (alebárda), берды́ш (ru) m (berdýš) Scottish Gaelic: pic-catha f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: хелебарда f Roman: helebarda (sh) f Spanish: alabarda (es) f Swedish: hillebard (sv) c Turkish: teber (tr) Ukrainian: алеба́рда (uk) f (alebárda), галяба́рда f (haljabárda) Venetan: labarda (vec) f

See also

• twibill
• Swiss voulge, voulge

References

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Halberd”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
• “halberd”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “halberd”, in Collins English Dictionary.