sword · glaive · sword; the weapon as shown on a coat of arms
çekim: çoğul épées
köken: Inherited from Middle French espee, from Old French espee, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē). Doublet of spathe, a borrowing from Latin, and espade, a borrowing from Occitan.
aile: coup d'épée dans l'eau, de cape et d'épée, épée de Damoclès, la plume est plus forte que l'épée, passer au fil de l'épée, qui vit par l'épée périra par l'épée
sword (a long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt), which is designed to cut, stab, slash and/or hack) · spade (playing card marked with the symbol ♠) · épée (fencing sword of a certain modern type)
çekim: çoğul espadas
eş: fisberta, tizona, espadachín
köken: Inherited from Old Spanish espada, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē). Doublet of espata.
aile: a capa y espada, comedia de capa y espada, con la espada desnuda, danza de espadas, desceñirse la espada, desnudar la espada, entrar espada en mano, entre la espada y la pared, espada de Damocles, espada de dos filos
köken: Related to Ancient Greek ξίφος (xíphos); either a loan, or from a common original source. The same word is probably preserved in Egyptian zft, Coptic ⲥⲏϥⲉ (sēfe). Dümichen (1867) suggested an Old Semitic saïf or sêf, Myres (1930) a possible Libyan or "Sea Peoples" word. The root س ي ف (s y f) is denominal. Compare Hebrew סַיִף (sáyif).
köken: From Middle Dutch swert, swaert, from Old Dutch swert, from Proto-West Germanic *swerd, from Proto-Germanic *swerdą, of uncertain origin; see there for more.
naginata: a traditional Japanese glaive (polearm historically used to cut down infantry and cavalry)
köken: Compound of 薙ぎ (nagi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem form”) of verb 薙ぐ nagu “to mow, to cut down”) + 鉈 (nata, “hatchet, billhook, machete”). The use of the 刀 kanji is jukujikun (熟(じゅく)字(じ)訓(くん)).
aile: 薙刀会釈, 薙刀応答: keeping at a distance, keeping at arm's length, 薙刀競技, 薙刀香薷: a Vietnamese balm plant, 薙刀草履, 薙刀遣い: usage of a naginata, a skilled user of a naginata, 薙刀直し
köken: From Old Swedish glaven (glaffwin, glawan) n, m, glavene n, variant of glävia, glafwia, glafwa f, from Middle Low German glave, gleve, glevie, obl. & pl. glaven, from Old French glaive (“lance,”) from Latin gladius (“sword”); possibly of Celtic origin. Compare Danish glavind, Icelandic glefja, English glaive.
köken: From Proto-Finnic *mëëkka, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *mēkijaz or its Gothic descendant (see the Proto-Finnic entry for more). Cognate with Estonian mõõk and Livonian mȭk.