halberd

Senso (Inglese)

A two-handed pole weapon, consisting of a long pole with an axe-like blade mounted on it (at a right angle like an axe, not on the tip like a spear), and (opposite the blade) typically a spike or hook.

Concetti

alabarda

lancia

sbarra

sinonimi

battle-axe

spear

broad axe

halbert

pike

pierce

long sword

halbard

Swiss voulge

glaive

hatchet

lance

partisan

Traduzioni

alabarda

Hellebarde

hallebarde

hellebaard

alabarda

alabarda

Helmbarte

αλεβάρδα

langes Schwert

Langschwert

Spieß

llança

Kriegsbeil

رُمْح

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈhæl.bɚd/

Etimologia (Inglese)

(1495) Middle French hallebarde, from Italian alabarda, from Middle High German helmbarte (“broad-axe with handle”), from halm, from Proto-Germanic *helmô (“handle”) + barte (“hatchet”), from *bardaz (“broadax”), literally "beard."