epee – English noun declension

English noun forms of epee

Noun: epee
Singularepee
Pluralepees

Sample Sentences

  • 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:]

Etymology

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