sabre
A light sword with a curved blade, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge,…A light sword with a curved blade, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.
» The men seized their sharpened sabres without hesitation.
Мужчины, не раздумывая долго, схватились за остро заточенные сабли. — Erviy
AlanF_US · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(Canada, UK)A light sword with a curved blade, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.
Säbel
са́бляsáblja, ша́шкаšáška
ша́бляšáblja, ша́шкаšáška
a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back
(Canada, UK)A modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre.
Säbel
са́бляsáblja
ша́бляšáblja
a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle
Examples
4 sentencesThe men seized their sharpened sabres without hesitation.
ruМужчины, не раздумывая долго, схватились за остро заточенные сабли. — Erviy
Help me! he repeated while waving his sabre.
The princess gave her lover a sabre covered with gold.
ruПринцесса подарила своему возлюбленному саблю, покрытую золотом. — odexed
deDie Prinzessin gab ihrem Geliebten einen goldüberzogenen Säbel. — Jens_Odo
Mary feinted a strike to Tom's face, but then swiftly struck his torso with the tip of her sabre.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French sabre, from German Säbel, from Polish szabla, from Hungarian szablya.Borrowed from French sabre, from German Säbel, from Polish szabla, from Hungarian szablya. Cognate with Danish sabel, Russian са́бля (sáblja), Serbo-Croatian сабља, Sicilian sciàbbula.
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Forms
plural: sabresSynonyms
2 synonyms- a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle:saber
- a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back:cavalry swordsaber