sword
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sword¹
- /soɹd/ US
- /sɔːd/ UK
- /soːd/ Australia, British, Multicultural London English
- /so(r)ɖ/ South Asia, traditional
- /swɔ(r)ɖ/ South Asia
- /soɾd/ Scotland
- [soːɾd] Scotland
- /soːɹd/ Ireland
- /soːd/
- /soəd/ Eastern New England
- /soɹd/ US, archaic
- /sɔəd/ UK, obsolete
- /swɔːrd/
- /s(w)ɔːrd/ Early Modern
- /s(w)uːrd/ Early Modern
- /swɔrd/ Early Modern
- /swʊrd/ Early Modern
- /swɛrd/ Early Modern
- /swɛːrd/ Early Modern
Sounds like sod, soared, (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger) sawed · Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)d
Where it comes from
Inherited from West Midland Middle English sword (swerd in most dialects), from Old English sweord (“sword”), from Proto-West Germanic *swerd (“sword”), from Proto-Germanic *swerdą (“sword”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂w- (“sharp”).
Cognates
Cognate with North Frisian Swērt, Swiirt, swörd (“sword”), Saterland Frisian Swid, Swäid (“sword”), West Frisian swurd (“sword”), Dutch zwaard (“sword”), German Schwert (“sword”), Luxembourgish Schwäert (“sword”), Vilamovian świert (“sword”), Yiddish שווערד (shverd, “sword”), Danish sværd (“sword”), Faroese svørð (“sword”), Icelandic sverð (“sword”), Norn svird (“small longish object”), Norwegian Bokmål sverd (“sword”), Norwegian Nynorsk sverd, svørd (“sword”), Swedish svärd (“sword”); also Belarusian све́рдзел (svjérdzjel, “drill, drill bit”), Bulgarian свре́дел (svrédel, “drill, drill bit”), Czech svider (“drill bit”), Polish świder (“drill”), Russian сверло́ (sverló, “auger, bore, drill, drill bit”), Serbo-Croatian свр̏дло, svȑdlo (“auger”), Slovene sveder (“drill”), Ukrainian све́рдел (svérdel), све́рдло (svérdlo, “drill bit”).
noun swords · swerd · sweard · swoord · swoorde · sworde
- A long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt), which is designed to cut, stab, slash and/or hack. He took out his sword and stabbed the man in the stomach.
- A suit in certain playing card decks, particularly those used in Spain and Italy, or those used for divination.
- A card of this suit.
- One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.
- Violence; military might.
Similar: sword
verb swords · swording · sworded · swerd · sweard
- To stab or cut with a sword
Sword²
Where it comes from
Various origins:
* Metonymic occupational surname for a sword maker or armorer.
* Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Suaird (“descendant of Suard”), a Gaelicized form of Old Norse Sigvarðr.
proper noun Swords · Soard
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: blade, brand, steel, dagger, scimitar, sabre, rapier, sheath, saber, knife, shank, hammer, weapon, thread, epee, wire
noun
Similar: sword
Translations
Every language
noun weapon
| Español | espada, tizona |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 검 geom, 칼 kal |
| 日本語 | 刀 katana, 剣 |
| 中文 | 劍 /剑 jiàn, 刀 dāo |
| हिन्दी | तलवार talvār, शमशेर śamśer |
| Kiswahili | upanga |
| Português | espada, gládio |
| Français | épée, glaive |
| Deutsch | Schwert |
| Italiano | spada, brando, stocco, gladio, ghiado |
| Ελληνικά | ξίφος xífos, σπαθί spathí |
| Română | sabie, spadă |
| Русский | меч meč, шпа́га špága, са́бля sáblja |
| Tiếng Việt | gươm, kiếm |
| العربية | سَيْف sayf, حُسَام ḥusām |
| עברית | חֶרֶב khérev, סַיִף sáyif |
noun one who handles a sword
| Español | espada, espadachín |
|---|---|
| Português | espadachim |
| Français | épéiste |
| Deutsch | Schwertkämpfer, Schwertkämpferin |
| Ελληνικά | ξιφοφόρος xifofóros, ξιφομάχος xifomáchos |
| Русский | мечено́сец mečenósec |
| العربية | سَيَّاف sayyāf |
Talk about this word "sword." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sword. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sword. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sword "sword." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sword.Cite this
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title = {sword},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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