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épée

épée is the alternative spelling of epee.

Meaning of epee

Noun

epee (plural epees)

  1. A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing.
    • 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.2019 February 19, “Lightsaber duelling registered as official sport in France”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2020

Forms of épée

pluralépées

Origin of épée

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

Words formed from épée

Words that rhyme with épée

Questions about épée

What is épée the alternative spelling of?
Épée is the alternative spelling of epee.

Words near épée in the dictionary

  1. Épinal
  2. Épinay-sur-Orge
  3. Époisses
  4. épopée
  5. épopées
  6. épée
  7. épéeist
  8. épéeists
  9. épées
  10. équipe
  11. équipes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: épée (page history and authors); epee (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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