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6-letter words (3 found)

BAILED,BALDIE,DIABLE,

5-letter words (9 found)

ABIDE,ABLED,AILED,BALED,BIELD,BILED,BLADE,ELIAD,IDEAL,

4-letter words (33 found)

ABED,ABID,ABLE,AIDE,ALBE,BADE,BAEL,BAIL,BALD,BALE,BEAD,BEAL,BIDE,BILE,BLAD,BLAE,BLED,DALE,DALI,DEAL,DEIL,DELI,DIAL,DIEB,DIEL,EILD,IDEA,IDLE,ILEA,LADE,LAID,LEAD,LIED,

3-letter words (28 found)

AID,AIL,ALB,ALE,BAD,BAE,BAL,BED,BEL,BID,DAB,DAE,DAL,DEB,DEI,DEL,DIB,DIE,ELD,IDE,LAB,LAD,LEA,LED,LEI,LIB,LID,LIE,

2-letter words (17 found)

AB,AD,AE,AI,AL,BA,BE,BI,DA,DE,DI,EA,ED,EL,ID,LA,LI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 91 words from diable according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of diable

diable

Alternative forms

  • diablo

Etymology

From French (à la) diable, from diable (“devil”), from Old French. Doublet of devil, diablo, and diabolus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diˈɑːbəl/

Noun

diable (plural diables)

  1. An unglazed earthenware casserole dish.

Adjective

diable (not comparable)

  1. (postpositive) Flavored with hot spices.
    sauce diable

Anagrams

  • Abdiel, Idabel, bailed, baldie, belaid, bidale, dabeli, déblai

Catalan

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin or Late Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [diˈab.blə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [diˈa.ble]
  • Rhymes: -ablə, -able

Noun

diable m (plural diables)

  1. devil

Derived terms

  • advocat del diable
  • diables
  • endiablar
  • ou del diable

Related terms

  • diabòlic

See also

  • dimoni
  • Satanàs

Further reading

  • “diable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “diable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “diable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “diable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Esperanto

Etymology

diablo +‎ -e

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [diˈable]
  • Audio:
  • Rhymes: -able
  • Hyphenation: di‧a‧ble

Adverb

diable

  1. devilishly (in a way characteristic of the devil)
  2. terribly, awfully

Interjection

diable

  1. deuce, damn

French

Alternative forms

  • yiable (Canada)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French diable, from Old French diable, deable, a semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin or Late Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /djabl/, /djɑbl/
  • (Louisiana, also) IPA(key): /dʒɔb/, /dʒawb/, /dʒa.bul/

Noun

diable m (plural diables)

  1. (religion, mythology) devil
  2. (colloquial) rogue, (old) devil
  3. hand truck
    • 2011 Louis Cagin and Laetitia Nicolas, Construire en pierre sèche p.35

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: dyab
  • → English: diable, diablo
  • Chinook Jargon: le diaub

Proper noun

le diable m

  1. the Devil

Interjection

diable

  1. (dated) dash it!, deuce!

Further reading

  • “diable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Alternative forms

  • Diable (proper noun)
  • dyable

Etymology

From Old French diable, deable.

Proper noun

le diable m

  1. the Devil

Noun

diable m (plural diables)

  1. devil

Adjective

diable m or f (plural diables)

  1. evil

Descendants

  • French: diable, yiable
    • Haitian Creole: dyab
    • → English: diable, diablo
    • Chinook Jargon: le diaub
  • Norman: dgiâbl'ye (Jersey), diablle (France)

References

  • diable on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Old French

Proper noun

diable m (nominative singular diables)

  1. Alternative form of deable

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdjab.lɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ablɛ
  • Syllabification: diab‧le
  • Homophone: diablę

Adjective

diable

  1. inflection of diabli:
    1. neuter nominative singular
    2. neuter accusative singular
    3. neuter vocative singular
    4. nonvirile nominative plural
    5. nonvirile accusative plural
    6. nonvirile vocative plural

Noun

diable m

  1. inflection of diabeł:
    1. locative singular
    2. vocative singular

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