gable

See also gâble, and gabble

English

Wikipedia

A house with four gables visible.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɡeɪ.bəl/
• Rhymes: -eɪbəl
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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. Croatian: zabat (hr) m. Dutch: gevel (nl) Finnish: päätykolmio (fi) French: gâble (fr) m. German: Giebel (de) m.

Greek: αέτωμα (el) (aétoma) n. Macedonian: калкан (mk) (kálkan) m. Polish: szczyt m. Portuguese: empena f. Russian: щипец (ru) 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.