alabarda

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French hallebarde and Italian alabarda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.ləˈβar.də]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.ləˈbar.də]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.laˈbaɾ.ða]

Noun

alabarda f (plural alabardes)

1. halberd

Derived terms

• alabardada
• alabarder

Further reading

• “alabarda”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “alabarda”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “alabarda” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “alabarda” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Italian

Alternative forms

• labarda (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle High German halmbarte (“broad-axe with handle”), from halm << Proto-Germanic *helmô (“handle”) + barte (“hatchet”) << *bardaz (“broadax”, literally “beard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.laˈbar.da/
• Rhymes: -arda
• Hyphenation: a‧la‧bàr‧da

Noun

alabarda f (plural alabarde)

1. (weaponry) halberd

Derived terms

• alabardiere
• alabardato

Descendants

• → Old French: alabarde
  • Middle French: hallebarde
    • French: hallebarde
    • → English: halberd

Further reading

• alabarda in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.laˈbaʁ.dɐ/ [a.laˈbaɦ.dɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.laˈbaʁ.dɐ/ [a.laˈbaɦ.dɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.laˈbaɾ.dɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.laˈbaʁ.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.laˈbaɻ.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.lɐˈbaɾ.dɐ/ [ɐ.lɐˈβaɾ.ðɐ]

Noun

alabarda f (plural alabardas)

1. halberd (weapon)

Spanish

alabarda

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian alabarda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alaˈbaɾda/ [a.laˈβ̞aɾ.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -aɾda
• Syllabification: a‧la‧bar‧da

Noun

alabarda f (plural alabardas)

1. halberd (hand weapon)

Derived terms

• alabardazo
• alabardero

Further reading

• “alabarda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10