sword

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable) 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.
2. A suit in certain playing card decks, particularly those used in Spain and Italy, or those used for divination.
3. A suit in certain playing card decks, particularly those used in Spain and Italy, or those used for divination.
4. One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.

Verb

To stab or cut with a sword

Synonyms

saber

blade

dagger

🗡️

knife

🔪

sabre

scimitar

rapier

epee

steel

foil

bayonet

brand

broadsword

batten

falchion

katana

spear

beater

cutlass

large knife

edge

razor

🪒

épée

military force

single stroke

armed might

foot sword

simitar

fencing sword

degen

cleaver

club

cutting

force

glaive

iron

lance

long knife

machete

mattock

military power

moonstone

scythe

sheet metal

sickle

skewer

slasher

spatula

spit

tool

Translations

épée

espada

Schwert

spada

zwaard

ξίφος

gladius

espada

sabre

σπαθί

kılıç

espasa

سيف

slagzwaard

Pronounced as (IPA)

[sɔːd]

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sword

Inherited from Old English: sweord

Cognate with Scots: swuird

Cognate with Northern Frisian: swird

Cognate with Western Frisian: swurd

Cognate with Dutch: zwaard

Cognate with Low German: Sweerd

Cognate with German: Schwert

Cognate with Danish: sværd

Cognate with Norwegian: sverd

Cognate with Swedish: svärd

Cognate with Icelandic: sverð

Cognate with Old Russian: свьрдьлъ

In summary

From Middle English sword, swerd, from Old English sweord (“sword”), from Proto-West Germanic *swerd, from Proto-Germanic *swerdą (“sword”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂w- (“sharp”). Cognate with Scots swuird, swerd, sword (“sword”), North Frisian swird (“sword”), West Frisian swurd (“sword”), Dutch zwaard (“sword”), Low German Sweerd, Schwert (“sword”), German Schwert (“sword”), Danish sværd, Norwegian sverd, Swedish svärd (“sword”), Icelandic sverð (“sword”), Old East Slavic свьрдьлъ (svĭrdĭlŭ, “drill”).

Sentences

Then he realized that he had been distracted for a few moments , looking at the sword .