flamberge
noun
flamberge is a noun meaning “A European sword, typically a greatsword, which had a wavy blade, possibly to increase the cutting surface or for aid in parrying” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-L-A-M-B-E-R-G-E, and it appears about once in every 98 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of flamberge is flamberges.
What does flamberge mean?
noun
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A European sword, typically a greatsword, which had a wavy blade, possibly to increase the cutting surface or for aid in parrying.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of flamberge
- flamberges plural
- flamberg
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is flamberge?
Flamberge appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Flamberge in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense sword which had a wavy blade:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | flamberge |
| German | Flamberg |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does flamberge come from?
From French.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).