different between comble vs cobble

English

Etymology

From French comble. Doublet of cumulus.

Noun

comble (plural combles)

1. (heraldry) A band along the top part of the shield, half the breadth of the chief.

Anagrams

• clombe

French

Etymology

From Old French cumble, inherited through a Vulgar Latin form *cumlu(s) from Latin cumulus. Doublet of cumulus, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??bl/

Noun

comble m (plural combles)

1. summit, peak (of a building)
2. (figuratively) pinnacle
3. overabundance; overload
4. (heraldry) comble

Derived terms

• de fond en comble

Adjective

comble (plural combles)

1. packed, heaving, crowded

Derived terms

• archicomble
• faire salle comble

Further reading

• “comble” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French comble.

Noun

comble m (plural combles)

1. (heraldry) comble

English

Etymology

From Middle English cobill, kobill (used in various combinations with ston, stan (“stone”), note, nutt (“nut”), etc.), probably a diminutive of Middle English *cob, *cobb, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kubb- (“lump; round object”). Equivalent to cob +? -le.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?b.l?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?b.?l/
• Rhymes: -?b?l

Noun

cobble (plural cobbles)

1. A cobblestone.
2. (geology) A particle from 64 to 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
3. Alternative form of coble (a kind of fishing-boat).

Translations

Verb

cobble (third-person singular simple present cobbles, present participle cobbling, simple past and past participle cobbled)

1. (intransitive) To make shoes (what a cobbler does).
2. (transitive) To assemble in an improvised way.

   I cobbled something together to get us through till morning.

3. (transitive, intransitive) To use cobblestones to pave a road, walkway, etc.

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