espee

== Middle French == === Alternative forms === espée (16th and 17th centuries) === Etymology === From Old French espee. === Noun === espee f (plural espees) sword ==== Descendants ==== French: épée → English: epee === References === espee on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French) == Old French == === Alternative forms === spede (9th century) espethe (early Anglo-Norman) === Etymology === Inherited from Latin spatha, which was borrowed from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē). === Pronunciation === (archaic) IPA(key): /esˈpeːðə/ (classical) IPA(key): /esˈpeːə/ (late) IPA(key): /eːˈpeə/ === Noun === espee oblique singular, f (oblique plural espees, nominative singular espee, nominative plural espees) sword ==== Derived terms ==== espeer ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: espeeFrench: épée→ English: epee === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “espee”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. espee on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub