sable
English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Attested since 1275, from Middle English, from Old French sable and martre sable (“sable martin”), in reference to the animal or its fur; from Medieval Latin sabelum, from Middle Low German sabel (compare Middle Dutch sabel, Middle High German zobel); ultimately from a Balto-Slavic word (compare Russian со́боль (sóbolʹ), Polish soból, Czech sobol). Doublet of sobol. Compare also Middle Persian smwl (*samōr).
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Noun[edit]
sable (countable and uncountable, plural sables)
- (countable) A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur (Wikipedia).
- (countable) The marten, especially Martes americana (syn. Mustela americana).
- (countable and uncountable) 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
- (countable) An artist's brush made from the fur of the sable (Wikipedia).
- (heraldry) A black colour on a coat of arms (Wikipedia).
- sable (heraldry):
- (countable and uncountable) A dark brown colour, resembling the fur of some sables.
- sable:
- (in the plural, sables) Black garments, especially worn in mourning.
- Template:RQ:RQ:Young Night-Thoughts
- Sables wove by destiny.
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326:
- […] a delighted shout from the children swung him toward the door again. His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ "Phil! You! Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow!" recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.
- Template:RQ:RQ:Young Night-Thoughts
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Adjective[edit]
sable (comparative more sable, superlative most sable)
- Of the black colour sable.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 12:
- When I behold the violet past prime,
- And sable curls all silver'd o'er with white
- 1742, Edward Young, The Complaint: or Night-Thoughts on Life, Death & Immortality, Night I
- Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, / In rayless majesty, now stretches forth / Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world.
- 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.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 12:
- (heraldry): In blazon, of the colour black.
- Made of sable fur.
- Dark, somber.
- 1922, Michael Arlen, “3/2/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days[1]:
- She turned and waved a hand to him, she cried a word, but he didn't hear it, it was a lost word. A sable wraith she was in the parkland, fading away into the dolorous crypt of winter.
- (obsolete, literary) Dark-skinned; black.
- 1789, Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative, vol. I, ch. 7:
- Some of the sable females, who formerly stood aloof, now began to relax and appear less coy; but my heart was still fixed on London, where I hoped to be ere long.
- 1905, Banjo Paterson, Old Bush Songs, page 40:
- For twelve long months I had to pace, / Humping my swag with a cadging face, / Sleeping in the bush, like the sable race.
- 1789, Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative, vol. I, ch. 7:
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References[edit]
- Random House Dictionary, 2nd Edition, 1987.
Anagrams[edit]
- Ables, Basel, Basle, Blase, Bleas, Sabel, ables, albes, baels, bales, beals, blase, blasé, labes, saleb
Asturian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From French sable and this from Late Latin sablum, from Latin sabulum, alternative form of sabulō. Compare sablera. Compare Italian sabbia, Occitan sabla.
Noun[edit]
sable m (plural sables)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Spanish sable and this from French sabre, from German Säbel, from Hungarian szablya, cognate with Danish sabel, Russian са́бля (sáblja), Polish szabla, Serbo-Croatian сабља.
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Noun[edit]
sable m (plural sables)
Basque[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
sable
Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sable m (plural sables)
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /sabl/
audio (France) (file) - (Quebec) IPA(key): [sɑɔ̯bl]
audio (Quebec) (file) - (Louisiana) IPA(key): [sab]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old French, from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin sablum, from Latin sabulum, alternative form of sabulō. Compare sablon, which was used more often in Old French. Compare Italian sabbia, Occitan sabla.
Noun[edit]
sable m (plural sables)
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Etymology 2[edit]
From Old French martre sable (“sable marten”), an animal. From Middle Low German sabel (compare Middle Dutch sabel, Middle High German zobel); ultimately from a Balto-Slavic word (compare Russian со́боль (sóbolʹ), Polish soból, Czech sobol). Compare also Persian سمور (samur).
Noun[edit]
sable m (plural sables)
Etymology 3[edit]
From sabler
Verb[edit]
sable
- first-person singular present indicative of sabler
- third-person singular present indicative of sabler
- first-person singular present subjunctive of sabler
- third-person singular present subjunctive of sabler
- second-person singular imperative of sabler
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Further reading[edit]
- “sable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
13th century. From older savel, from *sabŏlos, from Proto-Celtic *samos (“summer”). Cognate with Portuguese sável and Spanish sábalo.[1]
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sable f (plural sables)
- allis shad (Alosa alosa)
- 1274, M. Sponer (ed.), "Documentos antiguos de Galicia", Anuari de l'Oficina Románica de Lingüística i Literatura (Barcelona), 7, page 76:
- Outroſi nos dardes cadá ãno por kalendas mayaſ una duzea de bonoſ [s]auééſ τ outra duzea de lanpreas
- Also, you shall give to us yearly, by the calends of May, a dozen good shads and another dozen lampreys
- Outroſi nos dardes cadá ãno por kalendas mayaſ una duzea de bonoſ [s]auééſ τ outra duzea de lanpreas
- 1319, Ermelindo Portela Silva (ed.), La región del obispado de Tuy en los siglos XII a XV. Una sociedad en expansión y en la crisis. Santiago: Tip. El Eco Franciscano, page 393:
- vos que ayades esa renda da dizima dos savees e do pescado que y sayr en vossa vida e despos vosa morte que fique a nos o dito arynno
- you should have this rent of a tenth of the shads and of the fish that is captured there, in your life, and after your death this sand island should return to us
- vos que ayades esa renda da dizima dos savees e do pescado que y sayr en vossa vida e despos vosa morte que fique a nos o dito arynno
- 1274, M. Sponer (ed.), "Documentos antiguos de Galicia", Anuari de l'Oficina Románica de Lingüística i Literatura (Barcelona), 7, page 76:
References[edit]
- “savees” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “sable” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “sable” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “sábel” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- “sabenla” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997) , “sábalo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico, Madrid: Gredos
Old French[edit]
Noun[edit]
sable m (oblique plural sables, nominative singular sables, nominative plural sable)
- sable (fur of a sable)
Portuguese[edit]
Adjective[edit]
sable m or f (plural sables, comparable)
Noun[edit]
sable m (uncountable)
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Adjective[edit]
sable (plural sables)
Noun[edit]
sable m (plural sables)
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