English Explanatory Dictionary

sabre

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A light sword with a curved blade, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.
  2. A modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre.
verb
  1. To strike or kill with a sabre.
  2. To open (a bottle) via sabrage.

Pronunciation

/ˈseɪ.bə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sabre.wav /ˈseɪ.bɚ/

Word forms

sabre sabres saber sabring sabred

Etymology

Borrowed from French sabre, from German Säbel, from Polish szabla, from Hungarian szablya. Cognate with Danish sabel, Russian са́бля (sáblja), Serbo-Croatian сабља, Sicilian sciàbbula.

Related words

en coup de sabre sabrer sabreur

Derived words

false sabre-toothed cat lightsaber lightsabre rattle a sabre rattle one's sabre rattle the sabre sabrage sabrebill sabre carp sabrecat sabrefish sabre leg sabreless sabrelike sabre-rattle sabre rattle sabre rattling sabre-rattling sabre saw sabre-tooth sabre-toothed sabre-toothed cat sabre-toothed tiger sabrewing
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