Dictionary

epee en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɛpeɪ/
• /ˈeɪpeɪ/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Coordinates

foil · sabre

Deriveds

epeeist

Translations (21)

es espada (sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing) · ja エペ (sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing) · cs kord (sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing) · mk меч (sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing) · fr épée (sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing) · pt espada (sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing) · lt špaga (sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing) · hy սուսեր (sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing) · nl degen (sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing) · de Degen (sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing) · ca espasa (sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing) · it spada (sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing) · cmn 重劍 /重剑 (sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing) · pl szpada (sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing) · sv värja (sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing) · hu párbajtőr (sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing) · ru шпа́га (sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing) · ko 에페 (sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing) · uk шпа́га (sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing) · fi kalpa (sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing) · tr epe (sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing)