épée
French
noun
Definitions
- sword
- glaive
- (heraldiccharge) sword; the weapon as shown on a coat of arms
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French espee inherited from Old French espee (sword) inherited from Latin spatha (straight sword, a type of sword, sword, flat tool, broad, blade, spattle, shovel) derived from Ancient Greek σπάθη (broad blade, blade, of wood metal, any broad blade, a broad wood metal blade, any broad blade of metal wood).
Origin
Ancient Greek
σπάθη
Gloss
broad blade, blade, of wood metal, any broad blade, a broad wood metal blade, any broad blade of metal wood
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- epee English
- epeeist English
- spathe English
- spay English
- épée English
- épéeist English
- spatha Latin
- spathaceus Latin
- spathae Latin
- spatham Latin
- spatharius Latin
- spathifer Latin
- spathula Latin
- spathula, spatula Latin
- spatula Latin
- spatulam Latin
- spada Italian
- spata Italian
- spathe French
- espada Spanish, Castilian
- espata Spanish, Castilian
- σπάθη Ancient Greek
- σπαθίς Ancient Greek
- σπαθηφόρος Ancient Greek
- *sph₂-dʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- espada Portuguese
- espádua Portuguese
- エペ Japanese
- spayen Middle English
- spatach Irish
- espee Old French
- espeer Old French
- espasa Catalan, Valencian
- espasada Catalan, Valencian
- espadana Galician
- espata Galician
- spată Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- epe Turkish
- shpatë Albanian
- espee Middle French
- espada Old Portuguese
- spatã Aromanian
- espada Asturian
- spade Friulian
- espaza Old Occitan
- spatu Sicilian
- espeier xno
- ezpata Basque
- spâ Ligurian
- sputa Dalmatian
- ispada Sardinian
- spada Istriot
- *spatʰā Proto-Hellenic
- spada Corsican
- spada Mirandese