wikipedia|sable (heraldry)
English
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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 �обол�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�seɪb�l/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪb�l|-eɪb�l

Noun
Image:Sable.gif|thumb|A sable (Martes zibellina)
en-noun|s|-

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, w:Virginia Woolf|Virginia Woolf, w:Orlando:_A_Biography|Orlando:
#*:Lovers dallied upon divans spread with sables.

1. An artist's brush made from the fur of the sable.
2. tincture: A black colour on a coat of arms.
3. colour a black colour, like that of sable fur.

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Translations
trans-top|animal
Bosnian: samur#Bosnian|samur m, sabolj#Bosnian|sabolj m
Esperanto: zibelo
French: zibeline f , martre f
German: Zobel m
Finnish: soopeli
Japanese: ���� (kuroten)
Korean: ���� (geomeundambi)
trans-mid
Latin: mus silvestris m
Polish: soból m
Russian: �обол� (sóbol') m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: �ам�� m, �або� m
:Latin: samur#Serbian|samur m, sabolj#Serbian|sabolj m
Turkish: samur#Turkish|samur
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trans-top|fur
Finnish: soopelinnahka
trans-mid
Japanese: ������� (kuroten no kegawa)
Russian: �обол� (sóbol') m
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trans-top|heraldic colour
Bosnian: crna#Bosnian|crna f
Croatian: crna#Croatian|crna f
Dutch: sabel, zwart
French: sable
German: Schwarz
Polish: czarna
trans-mid
Portuguese: sable
Romanian: neagr�
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: ��на#Serbian|��на f
:Latin: crna#Serbian|crna f
Slovak: �ierna
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trans-top|colour
Bosnian: crna#Bosnian|crna f
Croatian: crna#Croatian|crna f
Japanese: �� (kuro iro)
trans-mid
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: ��на#Serbian|��на f
:Latin: crna#Serbian|crna f
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Adjective
en-adj-more

1. 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.

1. tincture: In blazon, of the colour black.
2. Made of sable fur.

Translations
trans-top|colour
Bosnian: crna#Bosnian|crna f
Croatian: crna#Croatian|crna f
Japanese: ��� (kuro iro no)
trans-mid
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: ��на#Serbian|��на f
:Latin: crna#Serbian|crna f
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trans-top|of black colour on a coat of arms
Bosnian: crna#Bosnian|crna f
Croatian: crna#Croatian|crna f
Dutch: zwart m, sabel
French: sable
German: schwarz
Hungarian: fekete
Italian: nero m
Polish: czarny
trans-mid
Portuguese: sable
Romanian: negru
Russian: �е�н�й
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: ��на#Serbian|��на f
:Latin: crna#Serbian|crna f
Spanish: sable
Swedish: svart
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Derived terms
sable antelope
sablefish

Related terms
zibeline

See also
Wiktionary_Appendix:Colours|Appendix:Colours

References
Random House Dictionary, 2nd Edition, 1987.

Category:Colors
Category:Blacks
Category:Mammals

French

Pronunciation
IPA|[sabl]

Etymology 1
Latin sabulum

Noun
fr-noun|m

1. sand

Derived terms
bac à sable
sable mouvant

Etymology 2
From Old French martre sable "sable marten", an animal. Possibly from an Old Slavonic word; compare with Russian �обол�.

Noun
fr-noun|m

1. The heraldic colour sable; black.

Spanish

Noun
sable m

1. saber; cutlass

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• 2007-10-31 23:07 - Derbeth - IPA from [[Transwiki:French language/Swadesh list]]

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