alabarda
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Etymology
Borrowed from French hallebarde and Italian alabarda.
Pronunciation
Noun
alabarda f (plural alabardes)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “alabarda” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “alabarda”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “alabarda” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “alabarda” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German halmbarte (“broad-axe with handle”), from halm << Proto-Germanic *helmô (“handle”) + barte (“hatchet”) << *bardaz (“broadax”, literally “beard”).
Pronunciation
Noun
alabarda f (plural alabarde)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Old French: alabarde
- Middle French: hallebarde
- French: hallebarde
- → English: halberd
- Middle French: hallebarde
Further reading
- alabarda in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology
From Middle French hallebarde and Italian alabarda, from Middle High German halmbarte (“broad-axe with handle”), from halm << Proto-Germanic *helmô (“handle”) + barte (“hatchet”) << *bardaz (“broadax”, literally “beard”).
Pronunciation
Noun
alabarda f (plural alabardas)
- halberd (weapon)
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
alabarda f (plural alabardas)
- halberd (hand weapon)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “alabarda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16
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