cable

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• /ˈkeɪ.bəl/
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Recorded since c.1205 as Middle English cable, from Old Northern French cable, from Late Latin capulum (“lasso, rope, halter”), from Latin capiō (“to take, seize”). Use of the term "cable" to refer to the USD/GBP exchange rate originated in the mid-19th century, when the exchange rate began to be transmitted across the Atlantic by a submarine communications cable.

260 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: ճոպան (čopan) — large wire, rope
• Azerbaijani: buraz — large wire, rope
• Bashkir: арҡан (arqan) — large wire, rope
• Belarusian: трос (tros) — large wire, rope
• Belarusian: кана́т (kanát) — large wire, rope
• Bulgarian: дебе́ло въже́ (debélo vǎžé) — large wire, rope
• Catalan: cable — large wire, rope
• Chinese Mandarin: 纜繩 /缆绳 (lǎnshéng) — large wire, rope
• Chinese Mandarin: 纜索 /缆索 (lǎnsuǒ) — large wire, rope
• Czech: lano — large wire, rope
• Danish: kabel — large wire, rope
• Dutch: kabel — large wire, rope
• Esperanto: kablo — large wire, rope
• Finnish: kaapeli — large wire, rope
• French: câble — large wire, rope
• Galician: cabo — large wire, rope
• Galician: cable — large wire, rope
• Galician: calabrote — large wire, rope
• Georgian: ბაგირი (bagiri) — large wire, rope
• Georgian: კაბელი (ḳabeli) — large wire, rope
• German: Seil — large wire, rope
• German: Tau — large wire, rope
• Ancient Greek: σπάρτον (spárton) — large wire, rope
• Hebrew: כֶּבֶל (kével) — large wire, rope
• Hebrew: כָּבֶּל (kábel) — large wire, rope
• Hungarian: kábel — large wire, rope
• Indonesian: kabel — large wire, rope
• Irish: cábla — large wire, rope
• Italian: cavo — large wire, rope
• Khmer: ពួរ (puə) — large wire, rope
• Khmer: ខ្សែ (khsae) — large wire, rope
• Lao: ເຊືອກ (sư̄ak) — large wire, rope
• Latin: saphon — large wire, rope
• Latvian: trose — large wire, rope
• Lithuanian: lynas — large wire, rope
• Macedonian: јаже (jaže) — large wire, rope
• Macedonian: ортома (ortoma) — large wire, rope
• Macedonian: гајтан (gajtan) — large wire, rope
• Malay: tali belati — large wire, rope
• Māori: taura — large wire, rope
• Norwegian Bokmål: kabel — large wire, rope
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kabel — large wire, rope
• Polish: kabel — large wire, rope
• Polish: przewód — large wire, rope
• Portuguese: cabo — large wire, rope
• Romanian: cablu — large wire, rope
• Romanian: frânghie — large wire, rope
• Russian: трос (tros) — large wire, rope
• Russian: кана́т (kanát) — large wire, rope
• Scottish Gaelic: càball — large wire, rope
• Slovak: lano — large wire, rope
• Slovene: kabel — large wire, rope
• Spanish: cable — large wire, rope
• Swedish: kabel — large wire, rope
• Swedish: wire — large wire, rope
• Tatar: аркан (arqan) — large wire, rope
• Thai: พวน (puuan) — large wire, rope
• Thai: เชือก (chʉ̂ʉak) — large wire, rope
• Ukrainian: трос (tros) — large wire, rope
• Ukrainian: ли́нва (lýnva) — large wire, rope
• Ukrainian: кодо́ла (kodóla) — large wire, rope
• Ukrainian: кана́т (kanát) — large wire, rope
• Urdu: تار (tār) — large wire, rope
• Uzbek: kabel — large wire, rope
• Welsh: cebl — large wire, rope
• Albanian: kabllo — assembly of wires for electricity
• Arabic: كَابْل (kābl) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Armenian: մալուխ (malux) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Armenian: կաբել (kabel) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Azerbaijani: kabel — assembly of wires for electricity
• Belarusian: ка́бель (kábjelʹ) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Bulgarian: ка́бел (kábel) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Burmese: သံကြိုး (samkrui:) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Catalan: cable — assembly of wires for electricity
• Chinese Mandarin: 電纜 /电缆 (diànlǎn) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Chinese Mandarin: 電線 /电线 (diànxiàn) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Czech: kabel — assembly of wires for electricity
• Danish: kabel — assembly of wires for electricity
• Dutch: (electrische) kabel — assembly of wires for electricity
• Esperanto: kablo — assembly of wires for electricity
• Estonian: kaabel — assembly of wires for electricity
• Finnish: kaapeli — assembly of wires for electricity
• Finnish: johto — assembly of wires for electricity
• French: câble — assembly of wires for electricity
• French: fil électrique — assembly of wires for electricity
• Galician: cable — assembly of wires for electricity
• Georgian: კაბელი (ḳabeli) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Georgian: სადენი (sadeni) — assembly of wires for electricity
• German: Kabel — assembly of wires for electricity
• German: Leitung — assembly of wires for electricity
• Greek: καλώδιο (kalódio) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Hebrew: כֶּבֶל (kevél) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Hindi: केबल (kebal) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Italian: cavo — assembly of wires for electricity
• Italian: cavo elettrico — assembly of wires for electricity
• Japanese: ケーブル (kēburu) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Japanese: 電線 (densen) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Japanese: 電纜 (denran) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Kazakh: кабель (kabel) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Kazakh: кәбіл (käbıl) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Kazakh: шоғырсым (şoğyrsym) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Khmer: ខ្សែលួសធំ (khsae luəh thom) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Khmer: ពួរ (puə) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Khmer: ខ្សែ (khsae) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Korean: 케이블 (keibeul) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Korean: 까벨 (kkabel) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Korean: 전선 (jeonseon) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Korean: 전람 (jeollam) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Kyrgyz: кабель (kabel) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Lao: ລວດ (lūat) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Lao: ສາຍໄຟ (sāi fai) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Latvian: kabelis — assembly of wires for electricity
• Lithuanian: kabelis — assembly of wires for electricity
• Macedonian: кабел (kabel) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Malay: kabel — assembly of wires for electricity
• Māori: taura hiko — assembly of wires for electricity
• Mongolian: утас (utas) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Norwegian Bokmål: kabel — assembly of wires for electricity
• Norwegian Bokmål: ledning — assembly of wires for electricity
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kabel — assembly of wires for electricity
• Norwegian Nynorsk: leidning — assembly of wires for electricity
• Persian: کابل (kâbl) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Persian: کیبل (kēbl, kēbal) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Polish: kabel — assembly of wires for electricity
• Polish: przewód — assembly of wires for electricity
• Portuguese: cabo — assembly of wires for electricity
• Portuguese: fio — assembly of wires for electricity
• Romanian: cablu — assembly of wires for electricity
• Romanian: conductor — assembly of wires for electricity
• Russian: ка́бель (kábelʹ) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Russian: про́вод (próvod) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Scottish Gaelic: càball — assembly of wires for electricity
• Serbo-Croatian: ка́бел — assembly of wires for electricity
• Serbo-Croatian: kábel — assembly of wires for electricity
• Slovak: kábel — assembly of wires for electricity
• Slovene: kabel — assembly of wires for electricity
• Slovene: vodič — assembly of wires for electricity
• Spanish: cable — assembly of wires for electricity
• Swedish: elkabel — assembly of wires for electricity
• Swedish: kabel — assembly of wires for electricity
• Tagalog: kable — assembly of wires for electricity
• Tajik: кабел (kabel) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Tatar: кабель (qäbelʹ) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Thai: เคเบิล (kee-bə̂n) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Thai: ลวด (lûuat) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Thai: สายไฟ (sǎai-fai) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Turkish: kablo — assembly of wires for electricity
• Turkmen: kabel — assembly of wires for electricity
• Ukrainian: ка́бель (kábelʹ) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Urdu: کیبَل (kebal) — assembly of wires for electricity
• Uzbek: kabel — assembly of wires for electricity
• Vietnamese: cáp — assembly of wires for electricity
• Armenian: ճոպան (čopan) — heavy rope or chain as used for mooring
• Bulgarian: швартово въже́ (švartovo vǎžé) — heavy rope or chain as used for mooring
• Czech: lano — heavy rope or chain as used for mooring
• Dutch: kabel — heavy rope or chain as used for mooring
• Dutch: tros — heavy rope or chain as used for mooring
• Finnish: touvi — heavy rope or chain as used for mooring
• Galician: cable — heavy rope or chain as used for mooring
• Galician: toa — heavy rope or chain as used for mooring
• German: Tau — heavy rope or chain as used for mooring
• German: Kette — heavy rope or chain as used for mooring
• Greek: παλαμάρι (palamári) — heavy rope or chain as used for mooring
• Hebrew: עֲבוֹת (avot) — heavy rope or chain as used for mooring
• Latvian: tauva — heavy rope or chain as used for mooring
• Macedonian: ортома (ortoma) — heavy rope or chain as used for mooring
• Māori: taura — heavy rope or chain as used for mooring
• Polish: lina — heavy rope or chain as used for mooring
• Portuguese: boça — heavy rope or chain as used for mooring
• Russian: кана́т (kanát) — heavy rope or chain as used for mooring
• Russian: шварто́в (švartóv) — heavy rope or chain as used for mooring
• Russian: ка́бельтов (kábelʹtov) — heavy rope or chain as used for mooring
• Russian: трос (tros) — heavy rope or chain as used for mooring
• Scottish Gaelic: càball — heavy rope or chain as used for mooring
• Slovak: lano — heavy rope or chain as used for mooring
• Spanish: cuerda — heavy rope or chain as used for mooring
• Swedish: kabel — heavy rope or chain as used for mooring
• Swedish: tross — heavy rope or chain as used for mooring
• Tagalog: sao — heavy rope or chain as used for mooring
• Ottoman Turkish: غومنه (gomena, gumena) — heavy rope or chain as used for mooring
• Armenian: կաբելային (kabelayin) — communications system with coaxial or fiber optic
• Bulgarian: кабел (kabel) — communications system with coaxial or fiber optic
• Czech: kabel — communications system with coaxial or fiber optic
• Dutch: kabel — communications system with coaxial or fiber optic
• Dutch: kabelnetwerk — communications system with coaxial or fiber optic
• Finnish: kaapeliverkko — communications system with coaxial or fiber optic
• Georgian: სადენი (sadeni) — communications system with coaxial or fiber optic
• Georgian: კაბელი (ḳabeli) — communications system with coaxial or fiber optic
• German: Kabel — communications system with coaxial or fiber optic
• German: Leitung — communications system with coaxial or fiber optic
• Hebrew: כְּבָלִים (kvalím) — communications system with coaxial or fiber optic
• Macedonian: кабел (kabel) — communications system with coaxial or fiber optic
• Portuguese: cabo — communications system with coaxial or fiber optic
• Portuguese: linha — communications system with coaxial or fiber optic
• Romanian: cablu — communications system with coaxial or fiber optic
• Romanian: cablu optic — communications system with coaxial or fiber optic
• Russian: ка́бель (kábelʹ) — communications system with coaxial or fiber optic
• Scottish Gaelic: càball — communications system with coaxial or fiber optic
• Spanish: cable — communications system with coaxial or fiber optic
• Swedish: kabel — communications system with coaxial or fiber optic
• Vietnamese: cáp — communications system with coaxial or fiber optic
• Czech: kabelovka — TV broadcast over cable network
• Indonesian: TV kabel — TV broadcast over cable network
• Korean: 케이블 (keibeul) — TV broadcast over cable network
• Latvian: kabeļtelevīzija — TV broadcast over cable network
• Romanian: televiziune prin cablu — TV broadcast over cable network
• Spanish: televisión por cable — TV broadcast over cable network
• Vietnamese: cáp — TV broadcast over cable network
• Vietnamese: truyền hình cáp — TV broadcast over cable network
• Armenian: հեռագիր (heṙagir) — telegram — see also telegram
• Bulgarian: телегра́ма (telegráma) — telegram — see also telegram
• Czech: telegram — telegram — see also telegram
• Dutch: telegram — telegram — see also telegram
• Dutch: kabeltelegram — telegram — see also telegram
• Finnish: sähke — telegram — see also telegram
• French: câble — telegram — see also telegram
• German: Telegramm — telegram — see also telegram
• Lithuanian: telegrama — telegram — see also telegram
• Macedonian: телеграма (telegrama) — telegram — see also telegram
• Māori: waea — telegram — see also telegram
• Polish: telegram — telegram — see also telegram
• Polish: depesza — telegram — see also telegram
• Portuguese: telegrama — telegram — see also telegram
• Romanian: telegramă — telegram — see also telegram
• Romanian: telegrame — telegram — see also telegram
• Russian: телегра́мма (telegrámma) — telegram — see also telegram
• Scottish Gaelic: teileagram — telegram — see also telegram
• Slovene: telegram — telegram — see also telegram
• Spanish: cablegrama — telegram — see also telegram
• Spanish: telegrama — telegram — see also telegram
• Swedish: telegram — telegram — see also telegram
• Swedish: meddelande — telegram — see also telegram
• Bulgarian: ка́белт (kábelt) — nautical unit of length
• Czech: kabel — nautical unit of length
• Dutch: kabellengte — nautical unit of length
• Esperanto: kablo — nautical unit of length
• Finnish: kaapelinmitta — nautical unit of length
• Hebrew: כֶּבֶל (kevel) — nautical unit of length
• Russian: ка́бельтов (kábelʹtov) — nautical unit of length
• Spanish: cable — nautical unit of length
• Swedish: kabellängd — nautical unit of length
• French: torsade — texture pattern in knitting
• German: Zopfmuster — texture pattern in knitting
• Italian: treccia — texture pattern in knitting
• Norwegian Bokmål: kabel — texture pattern in knitting
• Russian: ка́бель (kábelʹ) — texture pattern in knitting
• Bulgarian: окабелявам (okabeljavam) — provide with cable(s)
• Catalan: cablejar — provide with cable(s)
• Dutch: bekabelen — provide with cable(s)
• Dutch: cableren — provide with cable(s)
• Italian: cablare — provide with cable(s)
• Polish: okablowywać — provide with cable(s)
• Polish: okablować — provide with cable(s)
• Romanian: cablare — provide with cable(s)
• Catalan: lligar — fasten (as if) with cable(s)
• Dutch: kabelen — fasten (as if) with cable(s)
• German: kabeln — send a telegram by cable(s)
• Polish: kablować — send a telegram by cable(s)
• Swedish: kabla — send a telegram by cable(s)
• Dutch: kabelen — communicate by cable(s)