sable

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative forms 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Adjective 1.5.1 Translations 1.6 Derived terms 1.7 Related terms 1.8 See also 1.9 References 1.10 Anagrams 2 Basque 2.1 Alternative forms 2.2 Noun 3 French 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Etymology 1 3.2.1 Noun 3.2.1.1 Derived terms 3.3 Etymology 2 3.3.1 Noun 3.4 Anagrams 4 Spanish 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Derived terms

[edit] English

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[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

sable (countable and uncountable; plural sables)

1. A small mammal, related to the marten of Eurasia and North Pacific Islands. Taxonomic name: Martes zibellina.
2. The marten. Taxonomic name: Mustela americana.
3. A coat made from the fur of the sable.
   • 1928, Virginia Woolf, Orlando:

     Lovers dallied upon divans spread with sables.

4. An artist's brush made from the fur of the sable.
5. (heraldry): A black colour on a coat of arms.
6. (color/colour) a black colour, like that of sable fur.

   sable colour:

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sable (comparative more sable, superlative most sable)

1. (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.

2. (heraldry): In blazon, of the colour black.
3. Made of sable fur.

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[edit] Derived terms

• sable antelope
• sablefish

[edit] Related terms

• zibeline

[edit] See also

• Appendix:Colours

[edit] References

• Random House Dictionary, 2nd Edition, 1987.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: abels
• ables
• bales
• Basel
• Basle
• blasé

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[edit] Basque

[edit] Alternative forms

• sabre

[edit] Noun

sable

1. sabre, saber

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [sabl]

[edit] Etymology 1

From Latin sablō, a form of sabulō.

[edit] Noun

sable m. (plural sables)

1. sand

[edit] Derived terms

• bac à sable
• sable mouvant

[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)

1. The heraldic colour sable; black.

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• Alphagram: abels
• bêlas

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Noun

sable m. (plural sables)

1. saber; cutlass

[edit] Derived terms

• diente de sable