sabre
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (chiefly US): saber
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French sabre, from German Säbel, from Polish szabla, from Hungarian szablya. Cognate with Danish sabel, Russian са́бля (sáblja), Serbo-Croatian сабља, Sicilian sciàbbula.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈseɪ.bə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈseɪ.bɚ/
- Rhymes: -eɪbə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: sa‧bre
Noun edit
sabre (plural sabres)
- (UK, Canada) A light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.
- (UK, Canada, fencing) A modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre.
Usage notes edit
This spelling has become relatively common in the United States due to the Buffalo Sabres hockey team as well as the occasional tendency to use British spellings for archaic nouns (compare theater versus theatre).
Derived terms edit
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Verb edit
sabre (third-person singular simple present sabres, present participle sabring, simple past and past participle sabred)
- (UK, Canada, transitive) To strike or kill with a sabre.
Quotations edit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:sabre.
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Asturian edit
Noun edit
sabre m (plural sabres)
- Alternative form of sable
Basque edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
sabre
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French sabre, from German Säbel.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sabre m (plural sabres)
- sabre
- the silver scabbardfish (Lepidopus caudatus)
- Synonyms: cinturó, serp de mar
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “sabre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “sabre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “sabre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “sabre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sabre m (plural sabres)
- a single-edged sword
- the force, arms
- cutlassfish
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → English: sabre
Further reading edit
- “sabre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sabre m or f by sense (invariable)
- Alternative form of sabra
Adjective edit
sabre (invariable)
- Alternative form of sabra
Anagrams edit
Leonese edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
sabre m (plural sabres)
References edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French sabre, from German Säbel, from Hungarian szablya.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sabre m (plural sabres)