sable

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• /ˈseɪbəl/
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Attested since 1275, from Middle English sable, from Old French sable and martre sable (“sable marten”), in reference to the animal or its fur; from Medieval Latin sabelum, from Middle Low German sabel (compare Middle Dutch sabel, Middle High German zobel, whence German Zobel); ultimately from a Slavic word (compare Russian со́боль (sóbolʹ), Polish soból, Czech sobol). Compare also Middle Persian smwl (*samōr).

152 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: черен (čeren) — colour
• Hungarian: fekete — colour
• Macedonian: црн (crn) — colour
• Serbo-Croatian: црна — colour
• Serbo-Croatian: crna — colour
• Bulgarian: черен (čeren) — of black colour on a coat of arms
• Danish: sort — of black colour on a coat of arms
• Dutch: zwart — of black colour on a coat of arms
• Dutch: sabel — of black colour on a coat of arms
• Finnish: musta — of black colour on a coat of arms
• French: sable — of black colour on a coat of arms
• German: schwarz — of black colour on a coat of arms
• Hungarian: fekete — of black colour on a coat of arms
• Italian: nero — of black colour on a coat of arms
• Macedonian: црн (crn) — of black colour on a coat of arms
• Polish: czarny — of black colour on a coat of arms
• Portuguese: sable — of black colour on a coat of arms
• Portuguese: saibro — of black colour on a coat of arms
• Romanian: negru — of black colour on a coat of arms
• Russian: чёрный (čórnyj) — of black colour on a coat of arms
• Serbo-Croatian: црна — of black colour on a coat of arms
• Serbo-Croatian: crna — of black colour on a coat of arms
• Spanish: sable — of black colour on a coat of arms
• Swedish: svart — of black colour on a coat of arms
• Southern Altai: киш (kiš) — animal
• Arabic: سَمُّور (sammūr) — animal
• Armenian: սամույր (samuyr) — animal
• Old Armenian: սամոյր (samoyr) — animal
• Azerbaijani: samur — animal
• Bashkir: кеш (keş) — animal
• Belarusian: со́баль (sóbalʹ) — animal
• Bulgarian: самур (samur) — animal
• Buryat: булган (bulgan) — animal
• Catalan: mart gibelí — animal
• Catalan: marta gibelina — animal
• Catalan: gibelí — animal
• Chinese Mandarin: 黑貂 (hēidiāo) — animal
• Chinese Mandarin: 紫貂 (zǐdiāo) — animal
• Chukchi: кытгым (kytgym) — animal
• Czech: sobol — animal
• Danish: zobel — animal
• Daur: baleg — animal
• Dolgan: киис (kiis) — animal
• Dutch: sabel — animal
• Dutch: sabelmarter — animal
• Dutch: sabeldier — animal
• Esperanto: zibelo — animal
• Estonian: soobel — animal
• Even: хэгэп (həgəp) — animal
• Evenki: некэ̄ (ņekə̄) — animal
• Faroese: sobul — animal
• Faroese: sibiriskur márur — animal
• Finnish: soopeli — animal
• French: zibeline — animal
• French: martre — animal
• Galician: marta cibelina — animal
• Georgian: სიასამური (siasamuri) — animal
• German: Zobel — animal
• Hindi: सेबल (sebal) — animal
• Hungarian: coboly — animal
• Icelandic: safali — animal
• Ingrian: sooboli — animal
• Irish: sáible — animal
• Italian: zibellina — animal
• Japanese: クロテン (kuroten) — animal
• Kazakh: бұлғын (būlğyn) — animal
• Khakas: албыға (albığa) — animal
• Komi-Zyrian: низь (ńiź) — animal
• Korean: 검은담비 (geomeundambi) — animal
• Kyrgyz: киш (kiş) — animal
• Latin: mus silvestris — animal
• Latvian: sabulis — animal
• Lithuanian: sabalas — animal
• Macedonian: са́мур (sámur) — animal
• Malay: samur — animal
• Malay: sabel — animal
• Manchu: ᠰᡝᡴᡝ (seke) — animal
• Mangghuer: khara — animal
• Mongghul: hara — animal
• Mongolian: булга (bulga) — animal
• Nanai: сэпэ (sepe) — animal
• Nogai: кис (kis) — animal
• Norwegian Bokmål: sobel — animal
• Occitan: marta — animal
• Persian: سمور (samôr) — animal
• Middle Persian: smwl — animal
• Polish: soból — animal
• Portuguese: zibelina — animal
• Punjabi: ਸੇਬਲ (sebal) — animal
• Romanian: zibelină — animal
• Romanian: samur — animal
• Russian: со́боль (sóbolʹ) — animal
• Serbo-Croatian: са̀мӯр — animal
• Serbo-Croatian: sàmūr — animal
• Shor: албыға (albığa) — animal
• Slovak: soboľ — animal
• Spanish: cebellina — animal
• Spanish: marta cibelina — animal
• Swedish: sobel — animal
• Tatar: кеш (keş) — animal
• Thai: เซเบิล — animal
• Turkish: samur — animal
• Turkish: su samuru — animal
• Ottoman Turkish: سمور (samur) — animal
• Tuvan: киш (kiş) — animal
• Udmurt: нӥзь (niź) — animal
• Ukrainian: со́боль (sóbolʹ) — animal
• Urdu: سیبل (sēbal) — animal
• Uyghur: بۇلغۇن (bulghun) — animal
• Uzbek: samur — animal
• Uzbek: sobol — animal
• Welsh: bele — animal
• Welsh: sabl — animal
• Yakut: киис (kiis) — animal
• Armenian: սամույր (samuyr) — fur
• Old Armenian: սամոյր (samoyr) — fur
• Bulgarian: самурова кожа (samurova koža) — fur
• Chinese Mandarin: 黑貂皮 (hēidiāopí) — fur
• Faroese: saval — fur
• Finnish: soopelinnahka — fur
• German: Zobel — fur
• Hungarian: cobolyprém — fur
• Japanese: クロテンの毛皮 (kuroten-no kegawa) — fur
• Latvian: sabuļāda — fur
• Romanian: zibelină — fur
• Romanian: samur — fur
• Russian: со́боль (sóbolʹ) — fur
• Spanish: marta — fur
• Swedish: sobelpäls — fur
• Ottoman Turkish: سمور (samur) — fur
• Bulgarian: черен цвят (čeren cvjat) — heraldic colour
• Danish: sort — heraldic colour
• Dutch: sabel — heraldic colour
• Dutch: zwart — heraldic colour
• Finnish: musta — heraldic colour
• French: sable — heraldic colour
• German: Schwarz — heraldic colour
• Hungarian: fekete — heraldic colour
• Italian: nero — heraldic colour
• Macedonian: црна (crna) — heraldic colour
• Polish: czerń — heraldic colour
• Portuguese: sable — heraldic colour
• Romanian: neagră — heraldic colour
• Serbo-Croatian: црна — heraldic colour
• Serbo-Croatian: crna — heraldic colour
• Slovak: čierna — heraldic colour
• Spanish: sable — heraldic colour
• Swedish: svart — heraldic colour
• Hungarian: feketébe hajló sötétbarna — colour
• Irish: ciardhubh — colour
• Japanese: 黒色 (kuro iro) — colour
• Macedonian: црна (crna) — colour