espee

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See also: espée

Middle French

Alternative forms

  • espée (16th and 17th centuries)

Etymology

From Old French espee.

Noun

espee f (plural espees)

  1. sword

Descendants

  • French: épée

References

  • espee on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin spatha, which was borrowed from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē).

Pronunciation

Noun

espee oblique singular, f (oblique plural espees, nominative singular espee, nominative plural espees)

  1. sword
    • c. 1150, Author unknown, La Chanson de Roland:
      Cler en riant l’ad dit a Guenelun :
      « Tenez m’espee, meillur n’en at nuls hom[. »]
      Clearly laughing, he said to Guenelun
      "Take hold of my sword, no man has better".

Derived terms

Descendants

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