rapier

See also: Rapier

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French rapiere, from Middle French (espee) rapiere, from Old French rapiere, raspiere, from Spanish raspadera (“poker; raker; scraper”), from Spanish raspar (“to scrape”), of (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  origin. More at rasp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪpˌɪə(ɹ)/

Noun

rapier (plural rapiers)

1. A slender, straight, sharply pointed sword (double-edged, single-edged or edgeless).
   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
     , act IV scene 1

     […] In his lawless fit,

     Behind the arras hearing something stir,

     Whips out his rapier, cries ‘A rat, a rat!’

     And in this brainish apprehension kills

     The unseen good old man.

Translations

slender straight sharply pointed sword

• Armenian: սուսեր (hy) (suser)
• Catalan: estoc m
• Czech: rapír m
• Dutch: rapier (nl) n
• Esperanto: rapiro
• Finnish: rapiiri
• French: rapière (fr) f
• Galician: estoque m
• German: Florett (de) n, Rapier (de) n, Stoßdegen m
• Italian: stocco (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: レイピア (reipia)
• Korean: 레이피어 (reipieo)
• Macedonian: рапи́р m (rapír)
• Manx: cliwe keyl m
• Marathi: रेपियर f (repiyar)
• Portuguese: florete (pt) m, rapieira f
• Russian: рапи́ра (ru) f (rapíra)
• Spanish: estoque (es) m, espada ropera f
• Swedish: rapir c, värja (sv) c
• Volapük: steigaden (vo)

Adjective

rapier (comparative more rapier, superlative most rapier)

1. Extremely sharp.
2. Cutting smarts or keen wit.

   John is very quick on his feet during interviews by using his rapier responses.

Anagrams

• pairer, repair

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle French (espee) rapiere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɑpir/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ra‧pier

Noun

rapier n (plural rapieren, diminutive rapiertje n)

1. rapier