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5-letter words (7 found)

ABLES,BAELS,BALES,BEALS,BLAES,BLASE,SABLE,

4-letter words (21 found)

ABLE,ALBE,ALBS,ALES,BAEL,BAES,BALE,BALS,BASE,BEAL,BELS,BLAE,LABS,LASE,LEAS,SABE,SALE,SEAL,SLAB,SLAE,SLEB,

3-letter words (20 found)

ABS,ALB,ALE,ALS,BAE,BAL,BAS,BEL,BES,EAS,ELS,LAB,LAS,LEA,LES,SAB,SAE,SAL,SEA,SEL,

2-letter words (10 found)

AB,AE,AL,AS,BA,BE,EA,EL,ES,LA,

1-letter words (1 found)

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Definitions and meaning of sable

sable

Alternative forms

  • sa., s. (in heraldic contexts)

Etymology

Attested since 1275, from Middle English, from Old French sable and martre sable (“sable marten”), in reference to the animal or its fur; from Medieval Latin sabelum, from Middle Low German sabel (compare Middle Dutch sabel, Middle High German zobel); ultimately from a Balto-Slavic word (compare Russian со́боль (sóbolʹ), Polish soból, Czech sobol). Doublet of sobol. Compare also Middle Persian smwl (*samōr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈseɪbəl/, /ˈseɪbɫ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪbəl
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ble

Noun

sable (countable and uncountable, plural sables)

  1. (countable) A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur (Wikipedia).
  2. (countable) Any other marten, especially Martes americana (syn. Mustela americana).
  3. (countable and uncountable) A pelt of fur of a sable or of one of another species of martens; a coat made from this fur.
  4. (countable) An artist's brush made from the fur of the sable (Wikipedia).
  5. (heraldry) A black colour on a coat of arms (Wikipedia).
  6. (countable and uncountable) A dark brown colour, resembling the fur of some sables.
  7. (in the plural, sables) Black garments, especially worn in mourning.
  8. The sablefish.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • zibeline

Translations

Adjective

sable (comparative sabler, superlative sablest)

  1. Of the black colour sable.
  2. (heraldry): In blazon, of the colour black.
  3. Made of sable fur.
  4. Dark, somber.
  5. (obsolete, literary) Dark-skinned; black.

Synonyms

  • (dark-skinned): black, dusky, inky, sooty, swarthy

Translations

See also

  • Appendix:Colors

References

  • Random House Dictionary, 2nd Edition, 1987.

Anagrams

  • Ables, Basel, Basle, Blase, Bleas, Sabel, ables, albes, baels, bales, beals, blase, blasé, labes, saleb

Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsable/, [ˈsa.β̞le]
  • Rhymes: -able
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ble

Etymology 1

From French sable and this from Late Latin sablum, from Latin sabulum, alternative form of sabulō. Compare sablera. Compare Italian sabbia, Occitan sabla.

Noun

sable m (plural sables)

  1. sand

Etymology 2

From Spanish sable and this from French sabre, from German Säbel, from Hungarian szablya, cognate with Danish sabel, Russian са́бля (sáblja), Polish szabla, Serbo-Croatian сабља.

Alternative forms

  • sabre
  • sálabre

Noun

sable m (plural sables)

  1. saber
  2. edge of a scythe

Basque

Alternative forms

  • sabre

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s̺able/ [s̺a.β̞le]
  • Rhymes: -able
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ble

Noun

sable inan

  1. sabre, saber

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsab.blə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈsa.ble]

Noun

sable m (plural sables)

  1. (heraldry) sable

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sabl/, /sɑbl/
  • (Quebec) IPA(key): [sɑɔ̯bl]
  • (Louisiana) IPA(key): [sab]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French, from Vulgar Latin sablum, from Latin sabulum, alternative form of sabulō. Compare sablon, which was used more often in Old French. Compare Italian sabbia, Occitan sabla.

Noun

sable m (plural sables)

  1. sand
    un grain de sable ― a grain of sand
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old French martre sable (“sable marten”), an animal. From Middle Low German sabel (compare Middle Dutch sabel, Middle High German zobel); ultimately from a Balto-Slavic word (compare Russian со́боль (sóbolʹ), Polish soból, Czech sobol). Compare also Persian سمور (samur). Doublet of zibeline.

Noun

sable m (plural sables)

  1. (heraldry) the heraldic colour sable; black

Etymology 3

From sabler.

Verb

sable

  1. inflection of sabler:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • bêlas, blasé

Galician

Etymology

13th century. From older savel, from *sabŏlos, from Proto-Celtic *samos (“summer”). Cognate with Portuguese sável and Spanish sábalo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsaβle̝̝/

Noun

sable f (plural sables)

  1. allis shad (Alosa alosa)
    Synonyms: sabenla, tasca, zamborca

References

  • “savees” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “sable” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “sable” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “sábel” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  • “sabenla” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Old French

Noun

sable oblique singular, m (oblique plural sables, nominative singular sables, nominative plural sable)

  1. sable (fur of a sable)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Adjective

sable m or f (plural sables)

  1. (heraldry) sable (of black colour on a coat of arms)
    Synonym: saibro

Noun

sable m (uncountable)

  1. (heraldry) sable (the black colour on coats of arms)
    Synonym: saibro

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsable/ [ˈsa.β̞le]
  • Rhymes: -able
  • Syllabification: sa‧ble

Etymology 1

From French sable, ultimately from a Balto-Slavic word.

Adjective

sable m or f (masculine and feminine plural sables)

  1. (heraldry) sable

Etymology 2

From French sabre, from Hungarian szablya.

Noun

sable m (plural sables)

  1. saber, cutlass
  2. (fencing) saber
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Latin sabŭlum. Cognate with French sable.

Noun

sable m (plural sables)

  1. (dated) sand
    Synonym: arena

Further reading

  • “sable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sable.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsable/, [ˈsab.lɛ]
  • Hyphenation: sab‧le

Noun

sable (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜊ᜔ᜎᜒ)

  1. saber

Derived terms

  • sablehin

See also

  • espada
  • alpanghe

Source: wiktionary.org