halberd

English

Alternative forms

• halbert

Etymology

(1495) (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French hallebarde, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German halmbarte (“broad-axe with handle”), from halm (“handle”) + barte (“hatchet”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *bardaz (“beard, also broadax”).

an assortment of halberds

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhælbəd/, /ˈhælbɜːd/

Noun

halberd (plural halberds)

1. A hand weapon consisting of a long pole fitted with a metal head; the head consists of a blade similar to an axe and usually a spike or hook.

Derived terms

• halberdier
• halberd fern (Tectaria spp.)
• halberd willow ()

Translations

hand weapon

• Bulgarian: алебарда (bg) f (alebarda)
• Catalan: alabarda f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 戟 (zh) (jǐ), 斧槍／斧枪 (fǔqiāng), 斧枪 (fǔqiāng)

• Czech: halapartna (cs) f
• Danish: hellebard c, atgejr c
• Dutch: hellebaard (nl)
• Finnish: hilpari (fi)
• French: hallebarde (fr) f
• German: Hellebarde (de) f
• Greek: αλαβάρδα f (alavárda)
• Hungarian: alabárd (hu)
• Icelandic: atgeir m, bryntröll n
• Irish: halbard m
• Italian: alabarda (it) f
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• Japanese: 薙刀 (ja) (なぎなた, naginata), ハルバード (harubādo)
• Latin: hallebarda f, hellebarda f
• Macedonian: халеба́рда f (halebárda)
• Maltese: alabarda f
• Norwegian: hellebard m
• Persian: ناچخ (fa) (nâčax)
• Polish: halabarda (pl) f
• Portuguese: alabarda (pt) f
• Russian: алеба́рда (ru) f (alebárda), бе́рдыш (ru) m (bérdyš)
• Scottish Gaelic: pic-catha f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хелебарда f

  Roman: helebarda (sh) f

• Spanish: alabarda (es) f
• Swedish: hillebard (sv) c
• Turkish: teber (tr)
• Ukrainian: алеба́рда (uk) f (alebárda), галяба́рда f (haljabárda)
• Venetian: labarda (vec) f

See also

• twibill

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.