rapière
French, noun/ʁa.pjɛʁ/
rapière is spelled R-A-P-I-È-R-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 89,528th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rapière is a French feminine noun meaning “rapier (sword)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Épée longue et fine, à garde filiforme ou hémisphérique”.
What does rapière mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerapier (sword)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Épée longue et fine, à garde filiforme ou hémisphérique. 2. Meuble représentant l’arme du même nom dans les armoiries. Cette arme est plus présente en héraldique espagnole qu’en française. Elle se distingue de l’épée par la finesse de sa lame. À rapprocher de badelaire, coutelas, couteau, cimeterre, épée, kriss et sabre. 3. Couteau (en tant qu’arme).
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 rapière
- rapières plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rapière?
- /ʁa.pjɛʁ/
- \ʁa.pjɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rapière
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rapière in French?
rapière appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).