sabel

See also: Sabel and Säbel

Basque

Pronunciation

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Noun

sabel inan

1. (anatomy) The abdomen or belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis.
2. (zoology) The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda.

Danish

Etymology

From German Säbel, from Hungarian szablya (“sabre”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saːbəl/, [ˈsæːˀb̥əl]

Noun

sabel c (singular definite sablen or sabelen, plural indefinite sabler)

1. sabre, saber

Declension

Declension of sabel

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sabel	sablen sabelen	sabler	sablerne
genitive	sabels	sablens sabelens	sablers	sablernes

Derived terms

• sable

Further reading

• sabel on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaː.bəl/

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• Hyphenation: sa‧bel

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Sabel, obsolete form of Säbel, from Polish szabla, from Hungarian szablya.

Noun

sabel m (plural sabels, diminutive sabeltje n)

1. sabre (Commonwealth), saber (US) (sword with a narrow, slightly curved blade)

Derived terms

• sabelen
• sabelgekletter
• sabeltandtijger

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: sabel
• → Japanese: サーベル (sāberu)
• → Papiamentu: sabel (dated)
• → Indonesian: sabel

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch sabel.

Noun

sabel m (plural sabels)

1. sable, Martes zibellina

   Synonyms: sabeldier, sabelmarter

2. (heraldry) sable, the colour black

Derived terms

• sabeldier
• sabelmantel
• sabelmarter
• sabelpels

 

Anagrams

• belas, besla

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Hungarian szablya, via German Säbel.

Noun

sabel m (definite singular sabelen, indefinite plural sabler, definite plural sablene)

1. a sabre, or saber (US)

Derived terms

• sabeltanntiger

References

• “sabel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Hungarian szablya, via German Säbel.

Noun

sabel m (definite singular sabelen, indefinite plural sablar, definite plural sablane)

1. a sabre, or saber (US)

Derived terms

• sabeltanntiger

References

• “sabel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

sabel

Etymology

Borrowed from German Säbel (Late Middle High German sabel), from Hungarian szablya.

Noun

sabel c

1. sabre (a light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point)

Declension

Declension of sabel
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sabel	sabeln	sablar	sablarna
Genitive	sabels	sabelns	sablars	sablarnas

Related terms

• sabla
• sabrera

Further reading

• sabel in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• sabel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• Basel, elbas