escrime

See also: escrimé

French

Etymology

Alteration (after Italian scrima) of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French escremie (“combat”), from escremir, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Frankish *skirmjan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.kʁim/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

escrime m (uncountable)

1. fencing (sport)

Derived terms

• escrimer
• escrimeur, escrimeuse

See also

• épée
• fleuret
• sabre

Further reading

• “escrime”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.