Sabre

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Verb 1.4 See also 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun

English

Alternative spellings

(chiefly used in the US): saber

Noun

Sabre (plural Sabres)

1. A light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.
2. A modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre.

Translations

• Chinese: 佩剑 (peijian)(1)
• Dutch: sabel (1), sabel (2)
• Finnish: sapeli (1), säilä (2)
• German: Säbel (1, 2)
• Italian: sciabola f (1, 2)
• Japanese: サーブル (saburu)(1), 武力 (ぶりょく, buryoku)
• Lithuanian: kardas m (curved)(1, 2), palaÅ¡as m (straight) (1)
• Russian: сабля f (1, 2)

Verb

to sabre (third-person singular simple present sabres, present participle sabring, simple past sabred, past participle sabred)

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: To hit with a sabre.

See also

• sabrer
• sabreur

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sabʁ/
• SAMPA: /sabR/

Noun

sabre m

1. a single-edged sword
2. the force, armsfr:sabre

io:sabre it:sabre