épée
French, noun/e.pe/
épée is spelled É-P-É-E (4 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written French, the 4,658th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Épée is a French feminine noun meaning “sword” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Arme offensive et défensive composée d’une longue lame affilée de section triangulaire avec une poignée et…”.
What does épée mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesword
- 2
feminineglaive
- 3
femininesword; the weapon as shown on a coat of arms
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Arme offensive et défensive composée d’une longue lame affilée de section triangulaire avec une poignée et que les guerriers portaient au côté dans un fourreau. 2. Pratique sportive 3. L’état des gens de guerre, l’état militaire, surtout par opposition à l’état des gens de robe ou d’Église. 4. Le courage, la valeur ou la force de celui qui manie les armes.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of épée
- épées plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce épée?
- /e.pe/
- \e.pe\
- [e.pe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to épée
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is épée in French?
épée appears 16 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).