gable

See also gâble, and gabble

English

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Etymology

From Old French gable (compare modern French gâble).

A house with four gables visible.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɡeɪ.bəl/
• Rhymes: -eɪbəl
• gay-bull

Noun

gable (plural gables)

1. (architecture) The triangular area of external wall adjacent to two meeting sloped roofs.

Derived terms

• gable roof

Translations

triangular area of wall

• Catalan: gablet (ca) m
• Dutch: gevelspits (nl)
• Finnish: päätykolmio (fi)
• French: gâble (fr) m
• German: Giebel (de) m
• Greek: αέτωμα (el) (aétoma) n
• Macedonian: калкан (mk) (kálkan) m

• Norwegian: gavl (no) m
• Polish: szczyt m
• Portuguese: empena f
• Russian: щипец (ru) (ščipec) m
• Serbo-Croatian: zabat (sh) m
• Spanish: hastial (es) m
• Turkish: kalkan duvarı (tr), pencere kalkanı (tr), kalkan (tr)

See also

• pediment

Anagrams

• bagel
• gleba

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German

Verb

gable

1. First-person singular present of gabeln.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of gabeln.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of gabeln.
4. Imperative singular of gabeln.