epee

• épee, épée

Borrowed from French épée, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē). Doublet of spatha, spathe, and spade.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛpeɪ/, /ˈeɪpeɪ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛpeɪ
• Homophone: epees

epee (plural epees)

1. (fencing) A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing.
   • 2019 February 19, “Lightsaber duelling registered as official sport in France”, in The Guardian‎^[1], archived from the original on 8 November 2020:

     The country’s fencing federation has officially recognised lightsaber duelling as a competitive sport, granting the weapon from George Lucas’s space saga the same status as the foil, epee and sabre, the traditional blades used at the Olympics.

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• sabre

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