câble

common nounverb

Syllable Decomposition

câble

from the Late Latin word capulum, which gave chable, cheable, chaable in Old French (see chablis and chabler) and cable, kable in Picard, the Normano-Picard form, which became predominant in maritime vocabulary and definitively ousted the Francien chable in the 18th century.

Definitions

arts
ornement
marine

Feminine

cablée

Plural

câbles

Translations

  • germangerman:Kabel
  • englishenglish:cable
  • danishdanish:kabel
  • spanishspanish:cable
  • italianitalian:cavo
  • dutchdutch:tros
  • portugueseportuguese:cabo
  • swedishswedish:kabel

See also

câble (v.) câblé (adj.) câblière (cn.) câblage (cn.) câblier (cn.) câbleur (cn.) câbler (v.) monocâble (adj.) multicâble (adj.) câblette (cn.) câbles (v.)