cable

See also câble, and câblé

English

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Cable

Etymology

Recorded since c.1205, from Old Northern French, from Medieval Latin capulum (“lasso, rope, halter”), from Latin capiō (“to take, seize”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cable (plural cables)

A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.
An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes
An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated.
(nautical) A heavy rope or chain of at least 10 inches thick, as used to moor or anchor a ship
(communications) A system for receiving television or Internet service over coaxial or fibreoptic cables
I tried to watch the movie last night but my cable was out.
Short for cable television, broadcast over the above network, not by antenna
A telegram, notably when send by (submarine) telegraph cable
(nautical) A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile
(finance) The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar
(architecture) A moulding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope.

Synonyms

wire rope
cord
(telegram) cablegram
(nautical unit) cable length
See also Wikisaurus:string

Antonyms

(nautical rope) hawser (thinner)

Derived terms

Related terms

cablet

Translations

large wire, rope

Armenian: ճոպան (hy) (č̣opan)
Bulgarian: дебело въже (bg) (debelo vǎže)
Catalan: cable (ca) m
Czech: lano (cs) n
Dutch: kabel (nl) m
Esperanto: kablo (eo)
Finnish: kaapeli (fi)
German: Seil (de), Tau (de)
Hungarian: kábel (hu)
Irish: cábla (ga) m
Italian: cavo (it) m

Lithuanian: lynas (lt) m
Macedonian: јаже (mk) (jáže) n, ортома (mk) (órtoma) f, гајтан (mk) (gájtan) m
Maori: taura (mi)
Polish: kabel (pl) m, przewód (pl) m
Portuguese: cabo (pt) m
Romanian: cablu (ro)
Russian: трос (ru) (tros) m, канат (ru) (kanát) m
Scottish Gaelic: càball (gd) m
Slovak: lano (sk) n
Slovene: kabel (sl) m
Spanish: cable (es) m
Swedish: kabel (sv) c, wire (sv) c

assembly of wires for electricity

Armenian: մալուխ (hy) (malux)
Bulgarian: кабел (bg) (kabel) m
Catalan: cable (ca)
Czech: kabel (cs) m
Dutch: (electrische) kabel (nl) m
Esperanto: kablo (eo)
Finnish: kaapeli (fi)
Georgian: კაბელი (ka) (k'abeli)
German: Kabel (de), Leitung (de)
Lithuanian: kabelis (lt) m
Macedonian: кабел (mk) (kábel) m

Maori: taura hiko (mi)
Polish: kabel m, przewód m
Portuguese: cabo (pt) m, fio (pt) m
Romanian: cablu (ro) n, cabluri (ro) n pl
Russian: кабель (ru) (kábel’) m
Scottish Gaelic: càball (gd) m
Slovak: kabel (sk) m
Slovene: kabel (sl) m
Swedish: elkabel (sv) c, kabel (sv) c
Tagalog: (literally) kable (tl) n
Turkish: kablo (tr)

heavy rope or chain as used for mooring

Armenian: ճոպան (hy) (č̣opan)
Bulgarian: швартово въже (bg) (švartovo vǎže)
Czech: lano (cs) n
Dutch: kabel (nl) m, tros (nl)
Finnish: touvi (fi)
German: Tau (de), Kette (de)
Greek: παλαμάρι (el) (palamári) n
Macedonian: ортома (mk) (órtoma) f

Maori: taura (mi)
Polish: lina (pl) f
Portuguese: boça (pt) f
Russian: канат (ru) (kanát) m
Scottish Gaelic: càball (gd) m
Slovak: lano (sk) n
Swedish: kabel (sv) c, tross (sv) c

communications system with coaxial or fiber optic

Armenian: կաբելային (hy) (kabelayin)
Bulgarian: кабел (bg) (kabel) m
Czech: kabel (cs) m
Dutch: kabel (nl) m, kabelnetwerk (nl) n
Finnish: kaapeliverkko (fi)
German: Kabel (de), Leitung (de)
Macedonian: кабел (mk) (kábel) m

Portuguese: cabo (pt) m, linha (pt) f
Romanian: cablu (ro)
Russian: кабель (ru) (kábel’) m
Scottish Gaelic: càball (gd) m
Slovak: kabel (sk) m
Swedish: kabel (sv) c

tv broadcast over such network — see cable tv

Armenian: հեռագիր (hy) (heṙagir)
Bulgarian: телеграма (bg) (telegrama) f
Czech: telegram (cs) m
Dutch: telegram (nl) n, kabeltelegram (nl) n
Finnish: sähke (fi)
German: Telegramm (de)
Lithuanian: telegrama (lt) f
Macedonian: телеграма (mk) (telegráma) f

Maori: waea (mi)
Polish: telegram (pl) m, depesza (pl) f
Portuguese: telegrama (pt) m
Romanian: telegramă (ro) f, telegrame (ro) f pl
Russian: телеграмма (ru) (t'el'egrámma) f
Scottish Gaelic: teileagram (gd) m
Slovene: telegram (sl) m
Swedish: telegram (sv) n, meddelande (sv) n

nautical unit of length

Bulgarian: кабелт (bg) (kabelt) m
Dutch: kabellengte (nl)
Esperanto: kablo (eo)

Finnish: kaapelinmitta (fi)
Russian: кабельтов (ru) (kábel’tov) m
Swedish: kabellängd (sv) c

currency pair

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