sable
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[edit] English
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- sa. or s. in heraldic contexts.
[edit] Etymology
C.1275, Middle English; from Old French sable and martre sable (“sable martin”), in reference to the animal or its fur; from Middle Low German sabel (compare Middle Dutch sabel, Middle High German zobel); ultimately from an Old Slavonic or Baltic word (compare Russian соболь (sóbol'), Polish soból, Czech sobol). Compare also Persian samōr.
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[edit] Noun
sable (countable and uncountable; plural sables)
- A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Mustela zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
- The marten, especially Mustela americana.
- The fur or pelt of the sable or other species of martens; a coat made from this fur.
- 1928, Virginia Woolf, Orlando
- Lovers dallied upon divans spread with sables.
- 1928, Virginia Woolf, Orlando
- An artist's brush made from the fur of the sable.
- (heraldry): A black colour on a coat of arms.
- A black colour, resembling the fur of some sables.
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sable colour:
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- Template:in the pluralsables Black garments worn in mourning.
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animal
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fur
heraldic colour
colour
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[edit] Adjective
sable (comparative more sable, superlative most sable)
- Of the black colour sable.
- 2002, Christopher Paolini, Eragon, chapter 3
- They wound between the wagons to a tent removed from the rest of the traders'. It was crimson at the top and sable at the bottom, with thin triangles of colors stabbing into each other.
- 2002, Christopher Paolini, Eragon, chapter 3
- (heraldry): In blazon, of the colour black.
- Made of sable fur.
- Dark, somber.
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colour
of black colour on a coat of arms
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- Random House Dictionary, 2nd Edition, 1987.
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sable
[edit] French
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[edit] Etymology 1
From Latin sablō, a form of sabulō.
[edit] Noun
sable m. (plural sables)
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- bac à sable
- être le grain dans la mécanique
- sable mouvant
- sablage
- sabler
- sableur
- sableux
- sableuse
- sablier
- sablière
- sablon
[edit] Etymology 2
From Old French martre sable "sable marten", an animal. Possibly from an Old Slavonic word; compare with Russian соболь.
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sable m. (plural sables)
- The heraldic colour sable; black.
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From sabler
[edit] Verb
sable
- first-person singular present indicative of sabler
- third-person singular present indicative of sabler
- first-person singular present subjunctive of sabler
- first-person singular present subjunctive of sabler
- second-person singular imperative of sabler
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[edit] Spanish
[edit] Noun
sable m. (plural sables)
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