escrime

See also: escrimé

French

Etymology

Alteration (after Italian scrima) of Old French escremie (“combat”), from escremir, from Frankish *skirmjan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛs.kʁim/
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Noun

escrime f (uncountable)

fencing (sport)

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Turkish: eskrim

See also

escarmouche

Further reading

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

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