epee

See also: épée

English

Alternative forms

• épee, épée

Etymology

Borrowed from French épée, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē). Doublet of spatha, spathe, and spade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛpeɪ/, /ˈeɪpeɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛpeɪ
• Homophone: epees

Noun

epee (plural epees)

1. (fencing) A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing.

Coordinate terms

• foil
• sabre

Derived terms

• epeeist

Translations

sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing

• Armenian: սուսեր (hy) (suser)
• Catalan: espasa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 重劍／重剑 (zh) (zhòngjiàn)

• Czech: kord m
• Dutch: degen (nl) m
• Finnish: kalpa (fi)
• French: épée (fr) f
• German: Degen (de) m
• Hungarian: párbajtőr (hu)
• Italian: spada (it) f
• Japanese: エペ (epe)
• Lithuanian: špaga f
• Macedonian: меч m (meč)
• Polish: szpada (pl) f
• Portuguese: espada (pt) f
• Russian: шпа́га (ru) f (špága)
• Spanish: espada (es) f
• Swedish: värja (sv) c
• Ukrainian: шпа́га f (špáha)