sabre

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• (chiefly US): saber

Etymology

From French sabre, from German Säbel, from Hungarian szablya, cognate with Danish sabel, Russian сабля, Serbo-Croatian сабља.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈseɪ.bə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -eɪbə(ɹ)

Noun

sabre (plural sabres)

1. (UK, Canada) A light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.
2. (UK, Canada, fencing) A modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre.

Translations

light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point

• Basque: sable (eu), sabre (eu)
• Belarusian: шабля (be) (šáblja) f, шашка (be) (šáška) f
• Bulgarian: сабя (bg) (sábja) f
• Catalan: sabre (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 佩劍 (cmn), 佩剑 (cmn) (pèijiàn), 馬刀 (cmn), 马刀 (cmn) (mǎdāo)

• Czech: šavle (cs) f
• Danish: sabel (da) c
• Dutch: sabel (nl)
• Esperanto: sabro (eo)
• Finnish: säilä (fi), sapeli (fi)
• French: sabre (fr) m
• Georgian: ხმალი (ka) (xmali)
• German: Säbel (de) m
• Hungarian: szablya (hu)
• Italian: sciabola (it) f
• Japanese: サーベル (ja) (sāberu)
• Korean: 사브르 (ko) (sabeuleu)

• Lithuanian: kardas (lt) m (curved), palašas (lt) m (straight)
• Macedonian: сабја (mk) (sábja) f
• Manx: cliwe markee (gv) m
• Marathi: सेबर (mr) (sebara) f
• Norwegian: sabel (no) m
• Polish: szabla (pl) f
• Portuguese: sabre (pt) m
• Russian: сабля (ru) (sáblja) f, шашка (ru) (šáška) f
• Scottish Gaelic: claidheamh crom (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сабља (sh) f

  Roman: sablja (sh) f

• Slovak: šabľa (sk) f
• Slovene: sablja (sl) f
• Spanish: sable (es) m
• Swedish: sabel (sv)
• Ukrainian: шабля (uk) (šáblja) f, шашка (uk) (šáška) f

modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre

• Catalan: sabre (ca) m
• Czech: šavle (cs) f
• Dutch: sabel (nl)
• Esperanto: sabro (eo)
• Finnish: säilä (fi)
• Georgian: ხმალაობა (ka) (xmalaoba)
• German: Säbel (de)
• Italian: sciabola (it) f
• Japanese: サーブル (ja) (sāburu)

• Lithuanian: kardas (lt) m (curved)
• Macedonian: сабја (mk) (sábja) f
• Marathi: सेबर (mr) (sebara) f
• Norwegian: sabel (no) m
• Polish: szabla (pl) f
• Portuguese: sabre (pt) m
• Russian: сабля (ru) (sablja) f
• Scottish Gaelic: claidheamh crom (gd) m
• Spanish: sable (es) m

Verb

sabre (third-person singular simple present sabres, present participle sabring, simple past and past participle sabred)

1. (UK, Canada, transitive) To hit or kill with a sabre.

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.

See also

• sabrer
• sabreur

Anagrams

• bares, barse, baser, bears, saber

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Basque

Alternative forms

• sable

Noun

sabre

1. sabre, saber

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Catalan

Wikipedia ^ca

Etymology

From French sabre, from German Säbel.

Noun

sabre m (plural sabres)

1. sabre

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French

Etymology

From German Säbel.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /sabʁ/, X-SAMPA: /sabR/

Noun

sabre m (plural sabres)

1. a single-edged sword
2. the force, arms
3. cutlassfish

Anagrams

• baser, brase, brasé

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Portuguese

Etymology

From French sabre, from German Säbel, from Hungarian szablya.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA: /ˈsa.bɾɯ/
• (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsa.bɾi/
• (South Brazil) IPA: /ˈsa.bɾe/

Noun

sabre m (plural sabres)

1. sabre (military weapon)
2. sabre (fencing weapon)

Related terms

• espada, esgrima, florete