epee

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epee

/ˈɛpeɪ/
/ˈeɪpeɪ/

Sounds like epees · Rhymes with -ɛpeɪ

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Borrowed from French épée, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē). Doublet of spatha, spathe, and spade.

noun epees · épee · épée

A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing. The country’s fencing federation has officially recognised lightsaber duelling as a competitive sport, granting the weapon from George Lucas’s space saga the same status as the foil, epee and sabre, the traditional blades used at the Olympics.

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noun sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing

Español	espada
한국어	에페 epe
日本語	エペ epe
中文	重劍 /重剑 zhòngjiàn
Português	espada
Français	épée
Deutsch	Degen
Italiano	spada
Русский	шпа́га špága

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"epee." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/epee. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{epee_2026,
  title = {epee},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/epee},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}