sable
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative forms
- sa. or s. in heraldic contexts.
[edit] Etymology
From Old French martre sable "sable marten", an animal (see below). Possibly from an Old Slavonic word; compare with Russian соболь.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈseɪbəl/
- Audio (US)help, file
- Rhymes: -eɪbəl
[edit] Noun
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sable (countable and uncountable; plural sables)
- A small mammal, related to the marten of Eurasia and North Pacific Islands. Taxonomic name: Martes zibellina.
- The marten. Taxonomic name: Mustela americana.
- A coat made from the fur of the sable.
- 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.
- (color/colour) a black colour, like that of sable fur.
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sable colour:
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animal
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fur
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heraldic colour
colour
[edit] Adjective
sable (comparative more sable, superlative most sable)
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- (color/colour) of a black colour, like that of sable fur.
- 2002, Christopher Paolini, Eragon, ch 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, ch 3
- (heraldry): In blazon, of the colour black.
- Made of sable fur.
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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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[edit] Basque
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sable
[edit] French
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [sabl]
[edit] Etymology 1
From Latin sablō, a form of sabulō.
[edit] Noun
sable m. (plural sables)
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[edit] Etymology 2
From Old French martre sable "sable marten", an animal. Possibly from an Old Slavonic word; compare with Russian соболь.
[edit] Noun
sable m. (plural sables)
- The heraldic colour sable; black.
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[edit] Spanish
[edit] Noun
sable m. (plural sables)
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