sable

adjective

Syllable Decomposition

sable

(12th century) Old French sable (often feminine by analogy with pairs such as glace-glaçon) is weakly attested: we mainly find sablon and areine, arene (see arène); it comes from Latin sabulum (sand, gravel) which was syncopated into sablum.

Definitions

héraldique

See also

ensablé (adj.) sableur (cn.) sableux (adj.) sablière (cn.) sablé (adj.) sabulaire (adj.) désensabler (v.) ensablement (cn.) ensabler (v.) arénaire (adj.) sabler (v.) sablier (cn.) psammite (cn.) sableuse (cn.) sableuse (adj.) sablage (cn.)