Noun: sable
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | sable |
| Plural m | sables |
Sample Sentences
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un grain de sable (a grain of sand)
Nouns inflected like sable
trichogramme,
wintergreen,
urinoir,
contrespionnage,
aréomètre,
palefroi,
whiskey,
whippin,
tee-shirt,
hypocycloïde,
surrisque,
lanternon,
dissentiment,
phonogramme,
phonographe,
trioxygène,
fétichisme,
synode,
synthé,
modérantisme, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Old French, from Vulgar Latin sablum, from Latin sabulum, alternative form of sabulō. Compare sablon, which was used more often in Old French. Compare Italian sabbia, Occitan sabla. See: Latin Nouns '
sabulum', Italian Nouns '
sabbia'.
Verbs referencing "sable"
Italian Nouns
sabbia, Asturian Nouns
sable, Spanish Nouns
sable.
Translations