Adding to our discussion of pole arms, if it had a French name in AD&D 1e, it was likely a pretty deadly (and aesthetically pleasing) meat-cleaver-on-a-stick.
Here are a few family snaps from the greatest of all orange spines, 1st edition Unearthed Arcana.
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I'm sure they're not necessarily the most effective polearms, but I always found things in the Partisan, Glaive/Fauchard, and Bardiche styles to be most aesthetically interesting.