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cable
English
Etymology
Recorded since c.1205 as Middle English cable, from Old Northern French cable, from Late Latin capulum (“lasso, rope, halter”), from Latin capi? (“to take, seize”). Use of the term "cable" to refer to the USD/GBP exchange rate originated in the mid-19th century, when the exchange rate began to be transmitted across the Atlantic by a submarine communications cable.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ke?.bl/
- Rhymes: -e?b?l
Noun
cable (plural cables)
- (material) A long object used to make a physical connection.
- 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 strong rope or chain used to moor or anchor a ship.
- (communication) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.
- Short for cable television, broadcast over the above network, not by antenna.
- A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.
- (nautical) A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile.
- (unit, chiefly nautical) 100 fathoms, 600 imperial feet, approximately 185 m.
- (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.
- (knitting) A textural pattern achieved by passing groups of stitches over one another.
Synonyms
- wire rope
- cord
- (telegram) cablegram
- (nautical unit) cable length
- See also Thesaurus:string
Antonyms
- (nautical rope) hawser (thinner)
Derived terms
Related terms
- cablet
Translations
Verb
cable (third-person singular simple present cables, present participle cabling, simple past and past participle cabled)
- (transitive) To provide with cable(s)
- (transitive) To fasten (as if) with cable(s)
- (transitive) To wrap wires to form a cable
- (transitive) To send a telegram by cable
- (intransitive) To communicate by cable
- (architecture, transitive) To ornament with cabling.
- (knitting) To create cable stitches.
Derived terms
- cable guy
Translations
Anagrams
- Caleb
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from French câble.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /?ka.bl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?ka.ble/
- Rhymes: -a?le
Noun
cable m (plural cables)
- cable
Derived terms
- cablar
- cablejar
Further reading
- “cable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
Alternative forms
- calabre, cabre
Etymology
Attested in 1432 as caabre. From Old French chaable (“cable”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ka?le?/
Noun
cable m (plural cables)
- (material) cable
- 1432, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Livro do Concello de Pontevedra (1431-1463). Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 69:
- Outrosy, que nenghum seja ousado de amarrar nauio algund a a Ponte desta dita billa nen meter estaqas en ela e o que o contrario fezer peyte de pena por la primeira vez XX marauedises e por la segunda XXX maravedisse e por la tercera que pague perca o caabre ou cordaçon que asy amarrar o dito nauio e fasta dez dias enna cadea
- Also, that nobody dares to moor any ship to the bridge of this town, nor to put stakes in it. Whoever does another thing shall pay as a penalty 20 maravedis for the first time, 30 for the second time, and for the third time he will lose the cable or rope used for mooring the ship, and shall stay up to ten days in prison
- Outrosy, que nenghum seja ousado de amarrar nauio algund a a Ponte desta dita billa nen meter estaqas en ela e o que o contrario fezer peyte de pena por la primeira vez XX marauedises e por la segunda XXX maravedisse e por la tercera que pague perca o caabre ou cordaçon que asy amarrar o dito nauio e fasta dez dias enna cadea
- Synonym: cabo
- 1432, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Livro do Concello de Pontevedra (1431-1463). Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 69:
References
- “caabre” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “cable” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “cabre” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “cable” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cable” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Middle English
Alternative forms
- kable, cabul, cabull, kabel, cabil, cabel, cabulle, cabill
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Northern French cable, from Late Latin capulum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ka?b?l/
Noun
cable (plural cables)
- A cable or strong rope (as used in nautical applications)
- Any kind of rope or cable; a supporting wire.
Descendants
- English: cable
- Scots: cable
References
- “c?ble, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-12.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French câble.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kable/, [?ka.??le]
Noun
cable m (plural cables)
- a cable or cord
- a wire
- (colloquial) hand, help
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Tagalog: kable
Further reading
- “cable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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undergird
English
Etymology
From under- +? gird.
Verb
undergird (third-person singular simple present undergirds, present participle undergirding, simple past and past participle undergirded or undergirt)
- To strengthen, secure, or reinforce by passing a rope, cable, or chain around the underside of an object.
- (figuratively) To give fundamental support; provide with a sound or secure basis; provide supportive evidence for.
- To lend moral support to.
- To secure below or underneath.
Synonyms
- shore up
- fortify
- succour
Antonyms
- undermine
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