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sabre
English
Alternative forms
- (chiefly US): saber
Etymology
Borrowed from French sabre, from German Säbel, from Polish szabla, from Hungarian szablya. Cognate with Danish sabel, Russian ?????? (sáblja), Serbo-Croatian ?????.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?se?.b?(?)/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /?se?.b?/
- Rhymes: -e?b?(?)
- Hyphenation: sa?bre
Noun
sabre (plural sabres)
- (Britain, Canada) A light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.
- (Britain, Canada, fencing) A modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre.
Usage notes
This spelling has become relatively common in the United States due to the Buffalo Sabres hockey team as well as the occasional tendency to use British spellings for archaic nouns (compare theater versus theatre).
Derived terms
- lightsaber, lightsabre
- sabrage
Translations
Verb
sabre (third-person singular simple present sabres, present participle sabring, simple past and past participle sabred)
- (Britain, Canada, transitive) To strike or kill with a sabre.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:sabre.
See also
- sabrer
- sabreur
Anagrams
- BSAer, Bares, Brase, Breas, Saber, bares, barse, baser, bears, besra, braes, rabes, saber
Asturian
Noun
sabre m (plural sabres)
- Alternative form of sable
Basque
Alternative forms
- sable
Noun
sabre
- sabre, saber
Catalan
Etymology
From French sabre, from German Säbel.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /?sa.b??/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?sa.b?e/
Noun
sabre m (plural sabres)
- sabre
Further reading
- “sabre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “sabre” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “sabre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “sabre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From German Säbel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sab?/
Noun
sabre m (plural sabres)
- a single-edged sword
- the force, arms
- cutlassfish
Derived terms
- sabre laser
- tigre à dents de sabre
Descendants
- ? English: sabre
Further reading
- “sabre” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- baser, brase, brasé
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sa.bre/
- Hyphenation: sà?bre
Noun
sabre m or f (invariable)
- Alternative form of sabra
Adjective
sabre (invariable)
- Alternative form of sabra
Leonese
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
sabre m (plural sabres)
- sand
References
- AEDLL
Portuguese
Etymology
From French sabre, from German Säbel, from Hungarian szablya.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /?sa.????/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?sa.b?i/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /?sa.b?e/
- Hyphenation: sa?bre
Noun
sabre m (plural sabres)
- sabre (military weapon)
- sabre (fencing weapon)
Related terms
- espada, esgrima, florete
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sabra
English
Noun
sabra (plural sabras)
- Alternative spelling of Sabra
Anagrams
- Arabs, Baars, Baras, Basra, abras, arbas, sabar
Dutch
Etymology
Ultimately from Hebrew ??????? (tsabár, “prickly pear cactus; Sabra”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sa?.bra?/
- Hyphenation: sa?bra
Noun
sabra m (plural sabra's, diminutive sabraatje n)
- Sabra (native-born Israeli) [from 1950s]
- 1953 December 2, "Het beloofde land. Nederlander is ook in Israel een gewaardeerde immigrant. Nieuw leven in de kibboets.", Het Rotterdamsch Parool, vol. 13, no. 283, page 4.
- 1953 December 2, "Het beloofde land. Nederlander is ook in Israel een gewaardeerde immigrant. Nieuw leven in de kibboets.", Het Rotterdamsch Parool, vol. 13, no. 283, page 4.
Anagrams
- baars
Finnish
Noun
sabra
- sabra
Declension
French
Verb
sabra
- third-person singular past historic of sabrer
Anagrams
- brasa
Italian
Alternative forms
- sabre
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew ??????? (?abár).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sa.bra/
- Hyphenation: sà?bra
Noun
sabra m or f (invariable)
- a Jew born in Palestine
- Sabra (native-born Israeli) [from 1950s]
Adjective
sabra (invariable)
- (relational) Sabra
References
- sabra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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