See also: sabré and Sâbre

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A British 1796 pattern light cavalry sabre

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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.

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈseɪ.bə(ɹ)/
  • (file)
  • (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈseɪ.bɚ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪbə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: sa‧bre

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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.

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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).

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

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

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sabre m (plural sabres)

  1. Alternative form of sable

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sabre

  1. sabre, saber

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Borrowed from French sabre, from German Säbel.

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sabre m (plural sabres)

  1. sabre
  2. the silver scabbardfish (Lepidopus caudatus)
    Synonyms: cinturó, serp de mar

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From German Säbel.

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sabre m (plural sabres)

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

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  • English: sabre

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsa.bre/
  • Rhymes: -abre
  • Hyphenation: sà‧bre

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sabre m or f by sense (invariable)

  1. Alternative form of sabra

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sabre (invariable)

  1. Alternative form of sabra

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sabre m (plural sabres)

  1. sand

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Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -abɾi, (Portugal) -abɾɨ
  • Hyphenation: sa‧bre

Noun edit

sabre m (plural sabres)

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

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