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sabre

See also: sabré and Sâbre

English

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A British 1796 pattern light cavalry sabre

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Etymology

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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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sabre (plural sabres)

  1. (British spelling, Canadian spelling) A light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.
    • 1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page 6:
      Jewan Sadit, who ſtood before the prince, obſerving his youthful temerity, threw himſelf between him and danger, and with a nervous arm, wielding a ſharp ſabre, of the hard tempered ſteel of Damiſk, ruſhing upon the tyger, he ſtruck him acroſs the forehead.
  2. (British spelling, Canadian spelling, 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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Verb

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

  1. (British spelling, Canadian spelling, transitive) To strike or kill with a sabre.
  2. (British spelling, Canadian spelling, transitive) To open (a bottle) via sabrage.

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Asturian

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Noun

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sabre m (plural sabres)

  1. Alternative form of sable

Basque

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sabre

  1. sabre, saber

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Etymology

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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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French

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Etymology

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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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Descendants

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  • → English: sabre

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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sabre m or f by sense (invariable)

  1. Alternative form of sabra

Adjective

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sabre (invariable)

  1. Alternative form of sabra

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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sabre m (plural sabres)

  1. sand

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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

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

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sabre m (plural sabres)

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