Fencing in other Languages
The sport we know as fencing is not necessarily called by the same name around the world. Here are the names for fencing in many of the languages of the world. The names are taken from the Wikipedia page for fencing in each of these languages.
Name by Language
| Language | Name for the sport of fencing |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Skermsport |
| Arabic | مبارزة السلاح |
| Armenian | Սուսերամարտ |
| Asturian | Esgrima |
| Azerbaijani | Qılıncoynatma |
| Bashkir | Фехтование |
| Basque | Eskrima |
| Belarusian | Фехтаванне |
| Belarusian | Фэхтаваньне |
| Bosnian | Mačevanje |
| Breton | Iskrim |
| Bulgarian | Фехтовка |
| Cantonese | 劍擊 |
| Catalan | Esgrima |
| Chinese | 击剑 |
| Croatian | Mačevanje |
| Czech | Sportovní šerm |
| Danish | Fægtning |
| Dutch | Schermen |
| Eastern Punjabi | ਤਲਵਾਰਬਾਜ਼ੀ |
| English | Fencing |
| Esperanto | Skermo |
| Estonian | Vehklemine |
| Fiji Hindi | Fencing |
| Finnish | Miekkailu |
| French | Escrime |
| Galician | Esgrima |
| Georgian | ფარიკაობა |
| German | Fechten |
| Greek | Ξιφασκία |
| Hebrew | סיף |
| Hindi | तलवारबाजी |
| Hungarian | Vívás |
| Icelandic | Skylmingar |
| Indonesian | Anggar |
| Irish | Pionsóireacht |
| Italian | Scherma (sport) |
| Japanese | フェンシング |
| Javanese | Anggar |
| Kannada | ಕತ್ತಿವರಸೆ |
| Kazakh | Семсерлесу |
| Khmer | កីឡាចាក់សាប |
| Korean | 펜싱 |
| Latin | Ars gladii |
| Latvian | Paukošana |
| Lithuanian | Fechtavimas |
| Luxembourgish | Fechten |
| Macedonian | Мечување |
| Malay | Lawan pedang |
| Malayalam | ഫെൻസിംഗ് |
| Maltese | Skerma |
| Min Nan | Se-iûⁿ-kiàm |
| Minangkabau | Anggar |
| Nepali | तरवारबाजी |
| Norwegian | Fekting |
| Occitan | Escrima |
| Persian | شمشیربازی |
| Polish | Szermierka |
| Portuguese | Esgrima |
| Romanian | Scrimă |
| Russian | Фехтование |
| Scots | Fencin |
| Serbian | Мачевање |
| Serbo-Croatian | Mačevanje |
| Sinhalese | කඩු හරඹය |
| Slovak | Športový šerm |
| Slovene | Sabljanje |
| Sorani Kurdish | شمشێربازی |
| Spanish | Esgrima |
| Sundanese | Anggar |
| Swedish | Fäktsport |
| Tagalog | Eskrima |
| Tamil | வாள்வீச்சு (விளையாட்டு) |
| Tatar | Фехтование |
| Telugu | ఖడ్గ యుద్ధం |
| Thai | กีฬามหาวิทยาลัยแห่งประเทศไทย ครั้งที่ 44 |
| Tibetan | གྲི་རྩེད། |
| Turkish | Eskrim |
| Ukrainian | Фехтування |
| Uzbek | Qilichbozlik |
| Venetian | Scherma |
| Vietnamese | Đấu kiếm |
| Võro | Vehklemine |
| Waray | Iskrima |
| Welsh | Cleddyfa |
| West Frisian | Skermjen |
Related Pages
- See the main fencing page
- About Fencing Type Sports
- Sport Names in Other Languages
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