scimitar

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. A sword of Persian origin that features a curved blade.
2. A long-handled billhook.

Verb

To strike or slice with, or as if with, a scimitar.

Concetti

scimitarra

sinonimi

sword

saber

sabre

yataghan

scimiter

sickle

cutlass

sapele mahogany

knife

🔪

rapier

simitar

African scented mahogany

cedar mahogany

Traduzioni

cimeterre

cimitarra

Krummsäbel

kromsabel

cimitarra

Scimitar

simitarra

sabre

alfanje

sabel

kromzwaard

sable

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈsɪmɪtɑːɹ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

First attested in 1548. From Middle French cimeterre (15c.) or directly from Italian scimitarra, possibly from an unknown Ottoman Turkish word, ultimately from Persian شمشیر (šamšir, “sword”). Doublet of shamshir.