swordplay

English

Etymology

From sword +‎ play.

Pronunciation

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Noun

swordplay (usually uncountable, plural swordplays)

1. fighting with a sword

   His expertise at swordplay made his acting in the part of Hamlet very believable.

Translations

fighting with a sword

• Bulgarian: фехто́вка (bg) f (fehtóvka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 劍術 / 剑术 (zh) (jiànshù)

• Danish: sværdkamp c
• Finnish: miekkailu (fi)
• French: escrime (fr) f, combat à l’épée
• German: Schwertkampf (de) m, Fechten (de) n
• Greek:

  Ancient: ξιφισμός m (xiphismós)

• Japanese: 剣術 (ja) (けんじゅつ, kenjutsu), フェンシング (ja) (fenshingu)
• Kazakh: семсерлесу (semserlesu)
• Manx: cliweaght f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sverdkamp m

• Persian: شمشیرزنی (šamširzani)
• Russian: фехтова́ние (ru) n (fextovánije)
• Spanish: esgrima (es) f
• Swedish: svärdkamp c

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