Précieuse

{{Short description|Fictional sword in The Song of Roland}}

{{for|the 17th century French intellectual phenomenon|Précieuses}}

{{Language with name/for|fr|Précieuse|precious|paren=left}}; {{langx|fro|Preciuse}}) is the sword of Baligant, the Saracen king in the French epic The Song of Roland.{{cite book |translator-last=Sayers |translator-first=Dorothy L. | title = The Song of Roland | publisher = Penguin Books | location = Hammondsworth, Middlesex, England | year = 1957 | isbn = 0-14-044075-5 | page = [https://archive.org/details/songofroland00saye/page/38 38] | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/songofroland00saye/page/38 }}

Baligant allegedly named his sword in response to hearing that Charlemagne's sword had a name. Throughout the epic, there are several contrasts between the two, with Baligant being portrayed as a foolish counterpart to Charlemagne. Baligant felt inferior, and so named his sword with a similar name.