Excalibur

See also: Excálibur

English

Etymology

From Middle English Excalaber, from Old French Escalibor, Escaliborc, prothetic form of Calliborc, alteration of Calibourne, from Medieval Latin Caliburnus (Geoffrey of Monmouth, ca. 1136), influenced by calibs ‘steel’ (for chalybs), alteration of Old Welsh Caledbulch (compare modern Caledfwlch), compound of caled ‘hard’ and bwlch ‘cleft, crack’. Related to the Irish legendary sword Caladbolg, literally ‘hard-belly’, i.e. ‘voracious’.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛksˈkæ.lɪ.bɚ/

Proper noun

Excalibur

(mythology) The legendary sword of King Arthur, having magical properties.

Translations

Legendary sword

Arabic: إِكْسْكَالِيبُر‎ (ʾikskālībur)
Breton: Kaledvoulc'h
Catalan: Excàlibur
Chinese:
Mandarin: 王者之劍, 王者之剑 (Wángzhězhījiàn)
Cornish: Calesvol
Esperanto: Ekskaliburo
French: Excalibur (fr) f
Greek: Εξκάλιμπερ (el) n (Exkálimper)
Hebrew: אקסקליבר‎ (Aqsqalybur)
Italian: Excalibur f

Japanese: エクスカリバー (Ekusukaribā)
Korean: 엑스칼리버 (ekseukallibeo)
Latin: Caliburnus m
Marathi: एक्सकॅलिबर f (eksakĕlibar)
Middle English: brousteell
Portuguese: Excalibur f
Russian: Экска́либур m (Ekskálibur)
Spanish: Excálibur
Thai: ดาบเอ็กซ์คาลิเบอร์ (dàap èkkaalíber), เอกซ์แคลิเบอร์ (èkkaalíber)
Welsh: Caledfwlch

Portuguese

Etymology

From English Excalibur.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.ˌka.li.ˈbuʁ/

Proper noun

Excalibur f

(Arthurian legend) Excalibur (King Arthur’s sword)

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