flamberge
French, noun/flɑ̃.bɛʁʒ/
flamberge is a French feminine noun meaning “sword, brand” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte d’épée à deux mains, à lame fine, ayant une garde à coquille ajourée, un long pommeau et des quillons…”.
What does flamberge mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesword, brand
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte d’épée à deux mains, à lame fine, ayant une garde à coquille ajourée, un long pommeau et des quillons retournés en spirale, utilisée pour les duels. 2. Épée. 3. Tige creuse d'une clé tubulaire.
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 flamberge
- flamberges plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce flamberge?
- /flɑ̃.bɛʁʒ/
- \flɑ̃.bɛʁʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to flamberge
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is flamberge in French?
flamberge appears about once in every 55 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).