épée

also e·pee (ā-pā', ĕp'ā)
n.

1. A fencing sword with a bowl-shaped guard and a long, narrow, fluted blade that has no cutting edge and tapers to a blunted point.
2. The art or sport of fencing with this sword.

[French, from Old French espee, from Latin spatha, broad double-edged sword. See spathe.]

épéeist é·pée'ist n.

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IN BRIEF: n. - A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.

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• Blades, Clubs, and Projectiles - epee: sharppointed sword with three-sided blade; fencing sword

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See words rhyming with "épée."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - kårde

Nederlands (Dutch)
degen, schermen

Français (French)
n. - épée

Deutsch (German)
n. - Degen

Italiano (Italian)
spada

Português (Portuguese)
n. - florete (m)

Русский (Russian)
шпага

Español (Spanish)
n. - espada pequeña, deporte que se practica con esta espada

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - svärd

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) سيف المبارزة‏

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