A British 1796 pattern light cavalry sabre Borrowed fromFrench sabre German Säbel Polish szabla Hungarian szablya Danish sabel Russian са́бля ( sáblja ) ,Serbo-Croatian сабља Sicilian sciàbbula
sabre (plural sabres
( British spelling , Canadian spelling ) sword , sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.1769 Firishta , translated byAlexander Dow ,Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi , volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page 6:Jewan Sadit, who ſtood before the prince, obſerving his youthful temerity, threw himſelf between him and danger, and with a nervous arm, wielding a ſharpſabre , of the hard tempered ſteel of Damiſk, ruſhing upon the tyger, he ſtruck him acroſs the forehead.
( British spelling , Canadian spelling , fencing ) fencing sword modeled after the sabre.This spelling has become relatively common in the United States due to theBuffalo Sabres hockey team as well as the occasional tendency to use British spellings for archaic nouns (comparetheater theatre
light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point
Azerbaijani:qılınc (az) Bashkir:ҡылыс ( qılıs ) Basque:sable (eu) ,sabre Bats:თურ ( tur ) Belarusian:ша́бля f ( šáblja ) ,ша́шка f ( šáška ) Bulgarian:са́бя (bg) f ( sábja ) Catalan:sabre (ca) m Chechen:тур ( tur ) Chinese:Mandarin:佩劍 / 佩剑 (zh) ( pèijiàn ) ,馬刀 / 马刀 (zh) ( mǎdāo ) ,戰刀 / 战刀 (zh) ( zhàndāo ) ,軍刀 / 军刀 (zh) ( jūndāo ) Czech:šavle (cs) f Danish:sabel c Dutch:sabel (nl) m Esperanto:sabro Estonian:saabel (et) Finnish:säilä (fi) ,sapeli (fi) French:sabre (fr) m Galician:sabre (gl) m Georgian:ხმალი (ka) ( xmali ) ,მახვილი ( maxvili ) German:Säbel (de) m Greek:σπαθί (el) n ( spathí ) ,μάχαιρα (el) f ( máchaira ) Ancient:ξιφομάχαιρα f ( xiphomákhaira ) Hindi:सेबर m ( sebar ) Hungarian:szablya (hu) Icelandic:sveðja f Italian:sciabola (it) f Japanese:サーベル (ja) ( sāberu ) Kalmyk:селм ( selm ) ,чашк ( çaşk ) ,мишл ( mişl ) Kashubian:szabla f Kazakh:қылыш ( qylyş ) Korean:군도(軍刀) (ko) ( gundo ) ,사브르 ( sabeureu ) Kyrgyz:кылыч ( kılıc ) Latin:xiphomachaera f Latvian:zobens m Lithuanian:kardas (lt) m ( curved ) ,palašas m ( straight ) Macedonian:сабја f ( sabja ) Manx:cliwe markee m Maori:hoari piko Marathi:सेबर f ( sebar ) Mongolian:Cyrillic:сэлэм (mn) ( selem ) Navajo:diltłish Ngazidja Comorian:upanga class11/ 10 ,panga class9/ 10 Northern Altai:кылыч ( kïlïč ) Norwegian:Bokmål:sabel m Occitan:sabre (oc) m Old East Slavic:саблꙗ f ( sablja ) Plautdietsch:Säbel m Polish:szabla (pl) f Portuguese:sabre (pt) m Romanian:sabie (ro) f Russian:са́бля (ru) f ( sáblja ) ,ша́шка (ru) f ( šáška ) Scottish Gaelic:claidheamh crom m Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:са̏бља f Roman:sȁblja (sh) f Slovak:šabľa f Slovene:sablja (sl) f Southern Altai:кылыч ( kïlïč ) ,кылыш ( kïlïš ) Spanish:sable (es) m Swedish:sabel (sv) c Tagalog:sable Tatar:кылыч (tt) ( qılıç ) Turkish:kılıç (tr) Ukrainian:ша́бля (uk) f ( šáblja ) ,ша́шка f ( šáška ) Uzbek:qilich (uz)
modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre
sabre (third-person singular simple present sabres present participle sabring simple past and past participle sabred
( British spelling , Canadian spelling , transitive ) strike orkill with a sabre.( British spelling , Canadian spelling , transitive ) sabrage .saber bares rabes besra Saber Bears baser Brase barse bears BSAer Breas Bares braes sabre m plural sabres
Alternative form ofsable sabre
sabre ,saber Borrowed fromFrench sabre German Säbel
sabre m plural sabres
sabre thesilver scabbardfish (Lepidopus caudatus Synonyms: cinturó serp de mar FromGerman Säbel
sabre m plural sabres
a single-edgedsword theforce ,arms cutlassfish sabre m or f by sense invariable
Alternative form ofsabra sabre (invariable
Alternative form ofsabra (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
sabre m plural sabres
sand Borrowed fromFrench sabre German Säbel Hungarian szablya
Rhymes:( Brazil ) -abɾi ( Portugal ) -abɾɨ Hyphenation:sa‧bre sabre m plural sabres
sabre ( military weapon ) sabre ( fencing weapon ) 
