espadon

From French espadon. Doublet of spadona.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛspədɒn/

espadon (plural espadons)

1. (historical) A long, heavy, two-handed and two-edged sword, formerly used by Spanish foot soldiers and by executioners.
   • 1902, Carlos Augusto Montalto Jesus, Historic Macao:

     royal guardsmen with their espadons

“espadon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• Penados, dapsone, nose pad

• espadron (Louisiana)

Borrowed from Italian spadone.

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.pa.dɔ̃/

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• Rhymes: -ɔ̃

espadon m (plural espadons)

1. swordfish
2. espadon (sword)

• → English: espadon
• Haitian Creole: espandon

• “espadon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From French espadon.

• IPA^(key): /espadɔ̃/

espadon

1. swordfish

Borrowed from French espadon.

espadon n (plural espadoane)

1. espadon