sabre
Syllables: sa·bre/ˈseɪ.bə/US/ˈseɪ.bɚ/
sabre noun: a light sword with a curved blade, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.
Noun
sabre (plural sabres)
- A light sword with a curved blade, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.
- Jewan Sadit, who ſtood before the prince, obſerving his youthful temerity, threw himſelf between him and danger, and with a nervous arm, wielding a ſharp ſabre, of the hard tempered ſteel of Damiſk, ruſhing upon the tyger, he ſtruck him acroſs the forehead.1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page 6
- A modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre.
- 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
Verb
sabre (third-person singular simple present sabres, present participle sabring, simple past and past participle sabred)
sabre meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
sabre in Hindi
- light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point
- सेबर sebar
- modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre
- सेबर sebar
sabre in Tamil
- வாள்
sabre in Marathi
- light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point
- सेबर sebar
- modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre
- सेबर sebar
sabre in Urdu
- تلوار سے قتل کرنا, تلوار سے زخمی کرنا
More languagesFewer languages
- sabre in Malayalam
- വളഞ്ഞ വാൾ, വാൾപരിച, അശ്വഭടൻ
- sabre in Kannada
- ಕಿರುಬಾಗಿದ ಕತ್ತಿ, ಕುಡುಗತ್ತಿ, ಕೊಂಕುಗತ್ತಿ, ಬಾಗುಕತ್ತಿ
- sabre in Punjabi
- ਕਿਰਪਾਨ kirpān
- sabre in Gujarati
- સાબરે, સાબર
- sabre in Odia
- ସାବ୍ରେ
- sabre in Nepali
- साब्रे
- sabre in Tagalog
- sable
Forms of sabre
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | sabres |
| alternative US | saber |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | sabres |
| present participle | sabring |
| past participle | sabred |
| past | sabred |
Origin of sabre
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.
Words formed from sabre
- 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
Phrases with sabre
- sabre legs
- sabre saws
- sabre rattled
- sabre rattles
- rattled a sabre
- rattles a sabre
- sabre rattlings
- rattling a sabre
- rattled the sabre
- rattles the sabre
- rattling the sabre
- rattled one's sabre
2 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with sabre
Questions about sabre
- What does sabre mean?
- Sabre means a light sword with a curved blade, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.
- What is sabre in Hindi?
- Sabre in Hindi is सेबर (sebar). See Sabre meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sabre?
- Sabre can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce sabre?
- Sabre is pronounced /ˈseɪ.bə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of sabre?
- The plural of sabre is sabres.
Words near sabre in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sabre (page history and authors); sabre (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sabre (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sabre (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sabre (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਕਿਰਪਾਨ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); sabre (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sabre (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sabre (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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