sable

  • 41sable — marten mar ten, n. [From older martern, marter, martre, F. martre, marte, LL. martures (pl.), fr. L. martes; akin to AS. mear[eth], meard, G. marder, OHG. mardar, Icel. m[ o]r[eth]r. Cf. {Foumart}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several fur bearing… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 42Sable FC — Football club infobox clubname = Sable FC fullname = Sable FC nickname = San San Boys founded = 1995 ground = Stade de Batié Batié, Cameroon capacity = 5,000 chairman = manager = flagicon|CMR Edouard Djonkam league = Cameroon Premiere Division… …

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  • 43sable — UK [ˈseɪb(ə)l] / US noun Word forms sable : singular sable plural sables 1) [countable] a small animal whose fur is used for making expensive coats, hats etc 2) [uncountable] the fur of a sable …

    English dictionary

  • 44sable — sable1 (Del fr. sabre, este del al. ant. sabel, y este del húngaro szablya). 1. m. Arma blanca semejante a la espada, pero algo corva y por lo común de un solo corte. 2. coloq. Habilidad para sacar dinero a otro o vivir a su costa. 3. Cuba. Pez… …

    Diccionario de la lengua española

  • 45sable — 1. noun /ˈseɪbəl/ a) A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Mustela zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur. Lovers dallied upon divans spread with sables …

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  • 46sable — [14] The sable, an animal like a large weasel with valuable fur, lives in northern Europe and Asia, and its name reflects where it comes from – for it is of Slavic origin, related to Russian sóbol’. It came west with the fur trade, and was… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 47sable — n.m. Être sur le sable, être sans travail. / Aller dans le sable, dérailler (ch. de fer) …

    Dictionnaire du Français argotique et populaire

  • 48sable —    De la sable noire. Ce mot est masculin; dites, du sable noir. L a est long, ainsi que dans sablon …

    Dictionnaire grammatical du mauvais langage

  • 49sable — sa•ble [[t]ˈseɪ bəl[/t]] n. pl. bles, (esp. collectively for1, 2) ble, 1) mam a dark colored Eurasian marten, Martes zibellina, valued for its fur 2) mam a North American marten Martes americana[/ex] 3) clo the fur of the sable 4) her the color… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 50sable — /ˈseɪbəl / (say saybuhl) noun 1. a small mammal, Martes zibellina, of the weasel family, Mustelidae, inhabiting taiga regions of Eurasia; valued for its dark brown fur. 2. a marten, especially Martes americana. 3. the fur of the sable. 4. some… …