Excalibur

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛksˈkæ.lɪ.bɚ/

Etymology

Middle English Excalaber, from Old French Escalibor, Escaliborc, prothetic form of Calliborc, alteration of Calibourne, from Medieval Latin Caliburnus (Geoffrey of Monmouth, ca. 1136), influenced by calibs ‘steel’ (for chalybs), alteration of Old Welsh *Caledbulch (cf. modern Caledfwlch), compound of caled ‘hard’ and bwlch ‘cleft, crack’. Related to the Irish legendary sword Caladbolg, literally ‘hard-belly’, i.e. ‘voracious’.

Proper noun

Wikipedia

Excalibur

1. A legendary sword of King Arthur, attributed with magical properties.

Translations

Legendary sword

• Breton: Kaledvoulc'h (br)
• Esperanto: Ekskaliburo (eo)
• French: Excalibur (fr)
• Greek: Εξκάλιμπερ (el) (Exkáliber) n
• Hebrew: אקסקליבר (he) (Aqsqalybur)
• Japanese: エクスカリバー (ja) (Ekusukaribā)
• Korean: 엑스칼리버 (ko) (Ekseukaribeo)

• Mandarin: 王者之劍 (cmn) (wángzhězhījiàn)
• Marathi: एक्सकॅलिबर (mr) (eksakǎlibara) f
• Portuguese: Excalibur (pt) f
• Russian: Экскалибур (ru) (Ekskálibur) m
• Thai: ดาบเอ็กซ์คาลิเบอร์ (th)
• Welsh: Caledfwlch (cy)