Excalibur

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Excalibur

/ɛksˈkæ.lɪ.bɚ/

Where it comes from

From Middle English Excalaber, from Old French Escalibor, Escaliborc, prothetic form of Calliborc, alteration of Calibourne, from Medieval Latin Caliburnus (Geoffrey of Monmouth, ca. 1136), influenced by calibs (“steel”) (for chalybs), alteration of Old Welsh Caledbulch (compare modern Caledfwlch), compound of caled (“hard”) and bwlch (“cleft, crack”). Related to the Irish legendary sword Caladbolg, literally ‘hard-belly’, i.e. ‘voracious’.

proper noun Excaliburs

The legendary sword of King Arthur, having magical properties. Until recently, suppression of ethnicity has perhaps been the leading characteristic of the trend of thought of these Jewish intellectuals. Some, like Noam Chomsky and I. F. Stone, have been considered by some Jews to be so suppressed—or at least so overcompensating for their being Jewish—as to be r

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name Legendary sword

Español	Excálibur
한국어	엑스칼리버 Ekseukallibeo
日本語	エクスカリバー Ekusukaribā
中文	王者之劍 /王者之剑 Wángzhězhījiàn
Português	Excalibur
Français	Excalibur
Italiano	Excalibur
Ελληνικά	Εξκάλιμπερ Exkálimper
Русский	Экска́либур Ekskálibur
العربية	إِكْسْكَالِيبُر ʔikskālībur
עברית	אקסקליבר Aqsqalybur

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@misc{excalibur_2026,
  title = {Excalibur},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/excalibur},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}