swordplay

English

Etymology

Inherited from Old English sweordplega. By surface analysis, sword +‎ play.

Pronunciation

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Noun

swordplay (usually uncountable, plural swordplays)

1. fighting with a sword

   His expertise at swordplay made his acting in the part of Hamlet very believable.

Translations

fighting with a sword

Bulgarian: фехто́вка (bg) f (fehtóvka) Chinese: Mandarin: 劍術 / 剑术 (zh) (jiànshù) Danish: sværdkamp c Finnish: miekkailu (fi) French: escrime (fr) f, combat à l'épée German: Schwertkampf (de) m, Fechten (de) n Greek: Ancient: ξιφισμός m (xiphismós) Japanese: 剣術 (ja) (けんじゅつ, kenjutsu), フェンシング (ja) (fenshingu) Kazakh: семсерлесу (semserlesu) Manx: cliweaght f Norwegian: Bokmål: sverdkamp m Persian: شمشیرزنی (šamširzani) Polish: szermierka (pl) f Russian: фехтова́ние (ru) n (fextovánije) Spanish: esgrima (es) f Swedish: svärdkamp c

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