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Meaning of "glaive" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GLAIVE

From Old French: javelin, from Latin gladius sword.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GLAIVE

glaive  [ɡleɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GLAIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Glaive is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GLAIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

glaive

Glaive

A glaive is an Asian polearm weapon, consisting of a single-edged blade on the end of a pole. It is similar to the Japanese naginata and the Chinese guandao. Typically, the blade was around 45 cm long, on the end of a pole 2 m long, and the blade was affixed in a socket-shaft configuration similar to an axe head, rather than having a tang like a sword or naginata. Occasionally glaive blades were created with a small hook on the reverse side to better catch riders. Such blades are called glaive-guisarmes. According to the 1599 treatise Paradoxes of Defence by the English gentleman George Silver, the glaive is used in the same general manner as the quarterstaff, half pike, bill, halberd, voulge, or partisan. Silver rates this class of polearms above all other individual hand-to-hand combat weapons. Image taken from the Morgan Bible. Notice the Warbrand in the forefront slicing into a mounted soldier. The Maciejowski Bible depicts an example of a two-handed glaive used on horseback. The contemporary term for this weapon may have been faussart, which was used for a variety of single-edged weapons seen as related to the scythe.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GLAIVE


autoclave
ˈɔːtəˌkleɪv
beslave
bɪˈsleɪv
clave
kleɪv
conclave
ˈkɒnkleɪv
disenslave
ˌdɪsɪnˈsleɪv
enclave
ˈɛnkleɪv
enslave
ɪnˈsleɪv
exclave
ˈɛkskleɪv
laticlave
ˈlætɪˌkleɪv
lave
leɪv
reenslave
ˌriːɪnˈsleɪv
sclave
skleɪv
slave
sleɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GLAIVE

glaik
glaiket
glaiketness
glaikit
glaikitness
glair
glaireous
glairin
glairiness
glairy
glaived
glam
glam rock
Glamis Castle
glammed up
glamor
Glamorgan
Glamorganshire
glamorisation
glamoriser

WORDS THAT END LIKE GLAIVE

active
alive
alternative
archive
arrive
automotive
competitive
comprehensive
cooperative
creative
drive
effective
exclusive
executive
expensive
extensive
five
give
naive
waive

Synonyms and antonyms of glaive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «glaive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GLAIVE

Find out the translation of glaive to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of glaive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «glaive» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

长刀
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

guja
570 millions of speakers

English

glaive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तलवार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

glaive
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Glaive
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

glaive
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তরবার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

glaive
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Glaive
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

glaive
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

글레이브
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Glaive
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đoản kiếm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Glaive
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ग्लॅव्ह
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kılıç
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Glaive
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Glaive
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Glaive
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

glaive
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Glaive
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

piek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

glaive
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Glaive
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of glaive

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GLAIVE»

The term «glaive» is regularly used and occupies the 90.089 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GLAIVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about glaive

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GLAIVE»

Discover the use of glaive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to glaive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Omnifray RPG Expert Manual
THE FROSTED GLAIVE Common Rumours History (Probable) History ( Alternative) History (Improbable) The Perished Sands have long been a deadly desert wilderness, but the gloryhungry and the foolhardy of Ezreffir and other nations have ...
Matt West, 2009
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Satanism, Magic and Mysticism in Fin-de-siècle France
Vintras, Le Glaive sur Rome, p. 33. Vintras, L'Eternel Evangile, p. 590. Vintras, L' Eternel Evangile, p. 690. Huysmans, Sainte Lydwine de Schiedam, Vol. I, p. 99. Huysmans, Sainte Lydwine de Schiedam, Vol. II, p. 100. Baldick, p. 214. Baldick ...
Robert Ziegler, 2012
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Forging of a Knight
Before Glaive could continue, the gnarled fingers of two of the caretaker's hands suddenly lengthened, extending forward like sharpened spears. Two of them impaled the wall, crisscrossing over Glaive's neck. “This is not ... really ... necessary!
Hugo Valentin Negron, 2012
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Path of Heroes
Alex gracefully pirouetted away from the glaive, grabbing Joseph as he came out ofhis spin and pulling him away from the deadly weapon. Anthony hopped over the glaive when it came at him and leapt backward. Alberto ducked under the ...
Alex Asea, 2011
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Elf Lord: Elf Book I
Leaping sideways with cool precision, he skipped through the cycles of the hermit's lower spinning glaive, his nimble feet avoiding the sharp blade by inches . But this left his head vulnerable for the second glaive's killing stroke. In the Battle of ...
David Wright, 2013
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The Yeshua Codex
"All done," Glaive said. "Can I ask you a question Glaive?" Anne said. "Shoot," Glaive said as checked Anne's gear "What is it with Blair? Speak freely," Anne said. "His star is on the rise... the title of Commandant. He has been passed over  ...
J. W. Jessup, 2004
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Mordray's Whale
The seas were calming as he began his short swim to Glaive's stern to complete his task. “Hi Sweetness, told you I was comin' back. So let's see if you're ready to go flyin.” Caressing the animal as he re-inspected the sling for any potential ...
R. Grubb, 2005
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The Glaive
The non-stop action of the epic legend of Iroshi, the ultimate woman-warrior, continues when she finds herself stranded on a man-eating planet. Original.
Cary Osborne, 1996
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Wielders of Fate
Now, Glaive, what are your thoughts on my request for aid? Destiny asked in his most reasonable tone. Glaive drew his grey lips back from his teeth in an equine version of a sneer. It is pathetic. The herds will not even consider it. Destiny knew  ...
Sara Waymont, 2006
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The Epimetheus Trial: Elder Blood
Galo stood a couple of meters away, his glaive held above his head like a scorpion's tail, vigorously shuffling his feet as he bobbed. Their eyes remained fixed on one another's, Namias being rather too disciplined to be befuddled by Galo's ...
E. A. Setser

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GLAIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term glaive is used in the context of the following news items.
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Teen gamer turns starfighter in Cline's latest adventure 'Armada'
A few days later, a Glaive Fighter from a video game lands in the school parking lot and insists Zack climb aboard. The universe needs him. «Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jul 15»
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Here is this week's free hero rotation on Vainglory featuring Petal …
... hero rotation on Vainglory featuring Petal, Koshka, Glaive and more ... we have Koshka and for the Jungle Warrior we have Glaive this week. «DroidGamers, Jun 15»
3
Read the First Chapter of Ernest Cline's Armada
The Sobrukai and their Glaive Fighters were fictional videogame creations. They didn't exist in the real world—they couldn't. In reality ... «Good E-Reader, Jun 15»
4
The Best Monster Hunter Games
The new weapon Insect Glaive lets you vault yourself up in the air in order to more easily pull off these rodeo shows. I can also knock ... «Paste Magazine, Jun 15»
5
More Details About Monster Hunter X Have Been Revealed
... Dual Blades, Lance, Gunlance, Hammer, Hunting Horn, Switch Axe, Charge Blade, Insect Glaive, Bow, Light Bowgun, and Heavy Bowgun. «Twinfinite, Jun 15»
6
A New Monster Hunter Was Just Announced, Looks Amazing
... a hunter sticks what looks like the Insect Glaive into the ground, and there's also a hunter vaulting over the back of a Rathian and SHOOTING ... «Kotaku, May 15»
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Armourer Peter Brooke cooks, cleans and then makes chain maille …
In the round robin, two fighters chose either an axe, glaive, sword and shield, spear or billhook. “My preferred weapon is spear but I take sword, ... «The Daily Telegraph, May 15»
8
Happy third birthday, Diablo III! Here's that Cow Level you won't shut …
... the Cow King, wherein they would fight hordes of anthropomorphic, glaive-wielding cows. “There is no cow level” became a mantra within the ... «Digital Trends, May 15»
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New Mortal Kombat X PS4 and Xbox One Patch Coming Today
Kitana (Mournful) – Fixed a bug that causing the 2nd hit of Glaive Return to sometimes not come out. Kitana (Mournful) – Opponent can no ... «GameSpot, May 15»
10
Darth Vader, Modded Into DOTA 2
In another dimension, people are playing DOTA 2 as a giant ice cream cone wielding a nacho glaive. Read more Read more. The Steam ... «Kotaku, May 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Glaive [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/glaive>. Apr 2024 ».
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