gabel

See also: Gabel

English

Etymology

From French gabelle, from Late Latin gabella, gabulum, gablum; of uncertain origin. Compare gavel (“tribute”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡeɪbəl/

Noun

gabel (plural gabels)

1. (law, obsolete) Any rent, charge, tribute, custom, tax, duty, excise etc.
   • 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC:

     He enables St. Peter to pay his gabel by the ministry of a fish.

   • 1662, A Treatise of Taxes and Contributions, chapter VI:

     The same Imposition might also be made on the Tin spent at home, unless it be as impossible so to do, as for the King of France to impose the Gabel upon Salt in the very places where it is made.

   • 1674, Procopius (original), unknown translator, Secret History:

     These Mercenary Officers who had no greater desire, than to demonstrate to the Emperor their Zeal and affection to his service, serewed and ra­vished from the Mariners by violence, illegal and unaccustomed Gabels upon all sorts of Com­modities.

2. Obsolete spelling of gable

Derived terms

• gabeler

References

• “gabel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Gable, Gebal, bagel, gable, galbe, gleba

Albanian

Etymology

From gabë (“lie, deception”) +‎ -el (suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡaˈbɛl]

Noun

gabel m (plural gabelë, definite gabeli, definite plural gabelët)

1. (derogatory, vulgar) a Gypsy, Roma

Declension

Declension of gabel

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gabel	gabeli	gabelë	gabelët
accusative		gabelin
dative	gabeli	gabelit	gabelëve	gabelëve
ablative			gabelësh

Synonyms

• rom
• magjup
• arixhi
• jevg
• evgjit

Cimbrian

Noun

gàbel

1. plural of gabala
2. dative singular of gabala

German

Verb

gabel

1. inflection of gabeln:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German gabel, gabele, from Old High German gabala, from Proto-West Germanic *gabulu (“fork”). Cognate with German Gabel.

Noun

gabel f

1. fork

References

• “gabel” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy., p. 29