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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 1.5 Derived terms 1.6 See also

[ English

[ Etymology

Old English sweord.

[ Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɔ:d/,/soʊrd/
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• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)d

[ Noun

Singular sword

Plural swords

sword (plural swords)

1. (Weapon) A long-bladed weapon having a handle and sometimes a hilt and designed to stab, cut or slash.

   Quotations

   • 1509: Unsheathe your sword and dub him presently. — William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part III, Act II, Scene II, line 59.
   • 1786: Some swords were also made solely to thrust, and some only to cut; others were equally adapted for both. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 49.

2. Someone paid to handle a sword.
3. (tarot) A suit in thee minor arcana in tarot.
4. (tarot) A card of this suit.

[ Translations

weapon

Albanian: shpatë sq(sq) Arabic: سيف (sayf) m. Armenian: թուր hy(hy) Basque: ezpata Belarusian: шабля be(be) (šablia) Bengali: please add this translation if you can Bosnian: mač bs(bs) m. Bulgarian: меч (meč) Burmese: please add this translation if you can CJKV Characters: 劍, 劒, 劔, 剣, 剱, 釖, 釼, 剑; 鋏, 铗; 刀 Catalan: espasa f. Chinese: 劍, 剑 (jiàn); 刀 (dāo) Croatian: mač hr(hr) m. Czech: meč cs(cs) m. Danish: sværd da(da) c. Dutch: zwaard nl(nl) n. Estonian: mõõk et(et) Faroese: svørð fo(fo) n. Finnish: miekka fi(fi) French: épée fr(fr) f. Georgian: ხმალი (xmali) German: Schwert de(de) n. Greek: ξίφος (ksífos) n., σπαθί (spathí) n. Gujarati: તલવાર gu(gu) Hebrew: חרב (he) (kherev) m., סיף (he) (sayif) m. Hindi: तलवार hi(hi) Hungarian: kard hu(hu) Icelandic: sverð is(is) m. Interlingua: spada, gladio Italian: spada f., brando m. (poetic) Japanese: 刀 (かたな, katana), 剣 (劍; つるぎ, tsurugi; けん, ken) Kannada: please add this translation if you can Khmer: ដាវ (dao) Korean: 칼 (kal) Kurdish: Kurmanji: şûr, şimşûr Sorani: شمشێر ku(ku) (shimshaer), شێر ku(ku) (shaer) Latin: gladius la(la) m., spatha la(la) f.

Latvian: zobens lv(lv) m. Lithuanian: kalavijas lt(lt) m. Malayalam: please add this translation if you can Maltese: sejf mt(mt) Maori: hoari mi(mi) Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: sverd no(no) n. Old English: sweord ang(ang) n., bil ang(ang) n., mēċe ang(ang) m., secg ang(ang) m. Old Norse: mækir Old Russian: мечь Oriya: please add this translation if you can Persian: شمشیر fa(fa) (šamšir) Polish: miecz pl(pl) m. Portuguese: espada pt(pt) f. Punjabi: ਤਲਵਾਰ Romanian: sabie ro(ro) f., spadă ro(ro) f. Russian: меч (meč) m., шпага (špága) f. Sanskrit: कृपाण sa(sa) Scottish Gaelic: claidheamh m., slaighre f. Serbian: Cyrillic: мач m. Roman: mač m. Sinhala: please add this translation if you can Slovak: please add this translation if you can Slovene: meč sl(sl) m., sablja sl(sl) f. Spanish: espada es(es) f. Swahili: upanga sw(sw) Swedish: svärd sv(sv) c. Tamil: please add this translation if you can Telugu: కత్తి (katti), కృపాణము (kRpaaNamu) Thai: ดาบ (dàap) Tibetan: please add this translation if you can Turkish: kılıç tr(tr) Urdu: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can West Frisian: swurd n. Yiddish: שווערד yi(yi) (shverd) f.

one who handles a sword

Greek: ξιφοφόρος (ksifofóros) m., ξιφομάχος (ksifomákhos) m.

Hungarian: kardforgató (lit. sword-swinger)

suit in tarot

Finnish: miekat fi(fi) pl.

card of this suit

Finnish: miekka fi(fi)

Greek: σπαθί el(el) n., σπαθιά el(el) pl.

[ Anagrams

• words

[ Derived terms

bastardsword broadsword double-edged sword fall on one’s sword longsword pork sword samurai sword short sword

sword bayonet sword cane sword dance sword fern swordfish sword grass sword knot sword lily

sword of Damocles swordbearer, sword-bearer swordbearing, sword-bearing swordplay swordsman swordsmanship swordstick sword-swallower

[ See also

bayonet claymore cutlass epee, épée falchion

foil katana knife machete rapier

sabre, saber scimitar vorpal yataghan, yatagan