épée

noun

ˈe-ˌpā  ā-ˈpā 

1

: a fencing or dueling sword having a bowl-shaped guard and a rigid blade of triangular section with no cutting edge that tapers to a sharp point blunted for fencing compare foil entry 4 sense 1, saber

2

: the art or sport of fencing with the épée

Illustration of épée

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Examples of épée in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Geva served as Team USA's head coach in women's epee for the 2016 Rio Olympics and Tokyo Olympics in 2021, and has led American fencers to six World Championship gold medals. —Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2025

The women's epee semifinals are set to begin at 1:00 p.m. ET. —NBC News, 28 July 2024

Fencing — Men’s team epee at 1:30 p.m. ET and 7:30 p.m. —Larissa Gao, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2024

Also Sunday, Japan's Koki Kano beat France's Yannick Borel 15-9 for the men's epee gold medal. —CBS News, 29 July 2024

Vivian Kong won Hong Kong's first medal at the Paris Games, topping the podium in the women's epee individual event. —Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 31 July 2024

Susan Baek Fencing uses three different weapons: epee (or épée), foil and saber. —Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 30 July 2024

Dressage, Grand Prix, Day 1 (delay) | E! FENCING 7:30 a.m. —Team epee semifinals | E! 1:30 p.m. —Women’s team epee bronze/gold finals (delay) | E! —Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2024

Also Sunday, France’s Yannick Borel was facing Japan’s Koki Kano for the men’s epee gold medal. —James Ellingworth, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2024

Word History

Etymology

French, from Old French espee, Latin spatha

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined at sense 1