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 2 French 2.1 Etymology1 2.1.1 Noun 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Noun 2.3 Related Terms 3 Spanish 3.1 Noun

English

Alternative forms

sa. or s. in heraldic contexts.

Etymology

From Old French martre sable "sable marten", an animal (see below). Possibly from an Old Slavonic word; compare with Russian соболь.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈseɪbəl/

Noun

sable (countable and uncountable; plural sables)

1. A small mammal, related to the marten. Taxonomic name: Martes zibellina.
2. A coat made from the fur of the sable.
3. An artist's brush made from the fur of the sable.
4. (heraldry): A black colour on a coat of arms.
5. (colour) a black colour, like that of sable fur.

   sable colour:

Translations

animal

Bosnian: samur m., sabolj m. French: zibeline German: Zobel Finnish: soopeli Japanese: クロテン (kuroten)

Russian: соболь Serbian: Cyrillic: самур m., сабољ m. Latin: samur m., sabolj m. Turkish: samur

fur

Finnish: soopelinnahka

Japanese: クロテンの毛皮 (kuroten no kegawa)

heraldic colour

Bosnian: crna f. Croatian: crna f. Dutch: sabel, zwart French: sable German: Schwarz Polish: czarna

Portuguese: sable Romanian: neagră Serbian: Cyrillic: црна f. Latin: crna f. Slovak: čierna

colour

Bosnian: crna f. Croatian: crna f. Japanese: 黒色 (kuro iro)

Serbian: Cyrillic: црна f. Latin: crna f.

Adjective

sable

1. (colour) of a black colour, like that of sable fur.
2. (heraldry): In blazon, of the colour black.

Translations

colour

Bosnian: crna f. Croatian: crna f. Japanese: 黒色の (kuro iro no)

Serbian: Cyrillic: црна f. Latin: crna f.

of black colour on a coat of arms

Bosnian: crna f. Croatian: crna f. Dutch: zwart m., sabel French: sable German: schwarz Hungarian: fekete Italian: nero m. Polish: czarny

Portuguese: sable Romanian: negru Russian: черный Serbian: Cyrillic: црна f. Latin: crna f. Spanish: sable Swedish: svart

Derived terms

• sable antelope
• sablefish

Related terms

• zibeline

See also

• Appendix:Colours

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French

Etymology1

Latin sabulum

Noun

sable

1. sand

Etymology 2

From Old French martre sable "sable marten", an animal. Possibly from an Old Slavonic word; compare with Russian соболь.

Noun

sable

1. The heraldic colour sable; black.

Related Terms

1. bac à sable

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Spanish

Noun

sable m

1. saber; cutlasset:sable

el:sable fa:sable fr:sable gl:sable io:sable id:sable it:sable hu:sable fi:sable zh:sable