sword
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [sɔɹd]
ipa: [sɔːd]
ipa: [soːd]
ipa: [soːɹd]
note: Indic
ipa: /s(w)o(r)ɖ/
note: horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /s(w)ɔ(r)ɖ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /so(ː)ɹd/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /soəd/
note: obsolete, African-American Vernacular
ipa: /swɔːrd/
homophone: soared
homophone: (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger) sawed
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
ipa: /s(w)ɔːrd/
ipa: /s(w)uːrd/
note: from Old English sword, ancestral to most modern pronunciations
ipa: /swɔrd/
note: from Old English swurd
ipa: /swʊrd/
ipa: /swɛrd/
note: ord, corresponding to the spelling swerd, sweard
ipa: /swɛːrd/
Forms: form: swords
form: swerd
form: sweard
form: swoord
form: swoorde
form: sworde
Etymology: From Middle English sword, swerd, from Old English sweord (“sword”), from Proto-West Germanic *swerd, from Proto-Germanic *swerdą (“sword”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂w- (“sharp”). Cognate with Scots swuird, swerd, sword (“sword”), North Frisian swird (“sword”), West Frisian swurd (“sword”), Dutch zwaard (“sword”), Low German Sweerd, Schwert (“sword”), German Schwert (“sword”), Danish sværd, Norwegian sverd, Swedish svärd (“sword”), Icelandic sverð (“sword”), Old East Slavic свьрдьлъ (svĭrdĭlŭ, “drill”).
Senses: examples: text: He took out his sword and stabbed the man in the stomach.
text: Malicious tunges, though they have no bones,
Are ſharper then ſwordes, ſturdier then ſtones.
ref: c. 1515–1516, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c., published 1568:
text: Unsheathe your sword and dub him presently.
ref: c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], line 59:
text: Some swords were also made solely to thrust, and some only to cut; others were equally adapted for both.
ref: 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 49:
glosses: A long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt), which is designed to cut, stab, slash and/or hack.
glosses: A suit in certain playing card decks, particularly those used in Spain and Italy, or those used for divination.
glosses: A suit in certain playing card decks, particularly those used in Spain and Italy, or those used for divination.
A card of this suit.
topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
weaving
glosses: One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.
Synonyms: word: sword
Hypernyms: word: artifact
word: weapon
Hyponyms: word: sica
word: Harpe
word: dirk
word: kopis
word: gladius
word: spatha
word: Xiphos
word: falcata
word: makhaira
word: rhomphaia
word: arming sword
word: Baselard
word: Falchion
word: Shashka
word: Viking sword
word: Curtana
word: Szabla
word: Zweihänder
word: Katzbalger
word: claymore
word: cinquedea
word: dussack
word: longsword
word: estoc
word: side-sword
word: bilbo
word: flame-bladed sword
word: Swiss saber
word: Kriegsmesser
word: rapier
word: cutlass
word: small sword
word: épée
word: dueling sword
word: espada ropera
word: hunting sword
word: pistol sword
word: broadsword
word: foil
word: spadroon
word: Mameluke sword
word: chokutō
word: tachi
word: nodachi
word: wakizashi
word: uchigatana
word: katana
word: khopesh
word: acinaces
word: scimitar
word: kilij
word: shamshir
word: saif
word: yatagan
word: jian
word: dao
word: hwandudaedo
word: kampilan
word: bolo
word: khanda
word: zhanmadao
word: hook sword
word: dha
word: firangi
word: talwar
word: kris
word: kukri
word: kastane
word: kalis
word: yanmaodao
word: krabi
word: wodao
word: miao dao
word: panabas
word: urumi
word: klewang
word: macuahuitl
word: macana
word: machete
word: shotel
word: ida
word: billao
word: kaskara
word: flyssa
word: takoba
Coordinate terms: topics: weaponry
military
tools
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
war
government
politics
word: bayonet
topics: weaponry
military
tools
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
war
government
politics
word: claymore
topics: weaponry
military
tools
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
war
government
politics
word: cutlass
topics: weaponry
military
tools
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
war
government
politics
word: dagger
topics: weaponry
military
tools
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
war
government
politics
word: epee
topics: weaponry
military
tools
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
war
government
politics
word: épée
topics: weaponry
military
tools
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
war
government
politics
word: falchion
topics: weaponry
military
tools
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
war
government
politics
word: foil
topics: weaponry
military
tools
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
war
government
politics
word: katana
topics: weaponry
military
tools
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
war
government
politics
word: knife
topics: weaponry
military
tools
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
war
government
politics
word: machete
topics: weaponry
military
tools
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
war
government
politics
word: rapier
topics: weaponry
military
tools
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
war
government
politics
word: sabre
topics: weaponry
military
tools
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
war
government
politics
word: saber
topics: weaponry
military
tools
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
war
government
politics
word: scimitar
topics: weaponry
military
tools
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
war
government
politics
word: vorpal
topics: weaponry
military
tools
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
war
government
politics
word: yataghan
topics: weaponry
military
tools
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
war
government
politics
word: yatagan
Meronyms: word: hilt
word: basket
word: chappe
word: crossguard
word: edge
word: ferrule
word: finger guard
word: fuller
word: grip
word: guard
word: hamon
word: knuckle guard
word: peen block
word: point
word: pommel
word: quillon
word: ricasso
word: tang
Derived terms: Amazon sword
arming sword
at half-sword
backsword
balisword
bastard sword
bearing sword
broad sword
broadsword
cloak-and-sworder
coin-sword
court sword
double-edged sword
dual-edged sword
fall on one's sword
flaming sword
flesh one's maiden sword
greatsword
hunting sword
long sword
longsword
magic sword
measure swords with
mortuary sword
Newton's flaming laser sword
Newton's laser sword
ninja sword
ozelot sword
pork sword
prop sword
put to the sword
rapper sword
samurai sword
scutching sword
sellsword
sell-sword
sheathe the sword
short sword
shortsword
silversword
smallsword
spellsword
sward
swoe
sword and planet
sword and sandal
sword-and-sandal
sword and sorcery
sword-and-sorcery
sword arm
sword bayonet
Sword Beach
swordbearer
sword-bearer
sword-bearing
swordbearing
swordbelt
swordbill
sword-billed hummingbird
swordboat
sword-breaker
swordbrother
sword cane
swordcraft
sword dance
sword dollar
sword drill
sworder
swordery
sword fern
swordfight
swordfighter
sword fighting
swordfish
sword-flag
swordgrass
sword grass
sword hand
sword knot
swordlength
swordless
swordlet
swordlike
sword lily
swordmage
swordmaker
swordmaking
swordman
swordmaster
sword mat
swordmistress
sword of Damocles
sword of state
swordography
swordplay
swordpoint
swordproof
swordslength
swordsman
swordsmanship
swordsmaster
swordsmistress
swordsmith
swordsmithing
swordsperson
swordster
swordstick
swordstress
sword-swallower
sword swallower
sword swallowing
swordswoman
swordtail
sword verse
swordwork
the pen is mightier than the sword
two-edged sword
two-hand sword
two swords
Related terms: word: blade