debole

From Italian debole, meaning "weak", equivalent to the French foible.

debole (plural deboles)

1. (fencing) The flexible part of the blade near the tip of light swords such as rapiers.
   • 2021, Guy Windsor, The Complete Rapier:

     There are two parts to the sword: the forte and the debole. The forte begins from the hilt, extending as far as the middle of the blade; and the remainder is called the debole. The forte is for parrying, and the debole for striking. This is really important because: if you always keep your forte in the way of the opponent's debole, you will never be hit.

From Latin debilis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈde.bo.le/
• Rhymes: -ebole
• Hyphenation: dé‧bo‧le

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debole (plural deboli, superlative debolissimo)

1. weak, dim, faint

   Synonym: (obsolete) debile

   Antonym: forte

• debilità
• debilitare

debole m or f by sense (plural deboli)

1. weakling

debole m (plural deboli)

1. weakness
2. soft spot, weakness (for something)

• debole in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• debole in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• debole in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• debole in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• debole in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• debole in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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