sabre
English
/ˈseɪ.bə(ɹ)/, /ˈseɪ.bɚ/
noun
Definitions
- (UK) A light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.
- (UK) A modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre.
Etymology
Borrowed from French sabre derived from German Säbel (saber, sabre) derived from Polish szabla derived from Hungarian szablya (sabre).
Origin
Hungarian
szablya
Gloss
sabre
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bill English
- cat English
- fish English
- sabrebill English
- sabrecat English
- sabrefish English
- sabrelike English
- sabretooth English
- sabrewing English
- tooth English
- wing English
- Sabel German
- Säbel German
- Säbelrasseln German
- säbelförmig German
- szablya Hungarian
- szablyák Hungarian
- sciabola Italian
- sabrage French
- sabre French
- sabrer French
- sabel Norwegian Bokmål
- sabel Swedish
- szabla Polish
- szablodziób Polish
- szablogrzbiet Polish
- sabel Norwegian Nynorsk
- sabel Danish
- *sabľa Proto-Slavic
- сабља Serbo-Croatian
- sabre Catalan, Valencian
- sabie Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- sabel Middle High German
- шабля Ukrainian
- шабля Belarusian