different between mink vs sable

English

Etymology

From Late Middle English mink (“fur of the European mink”), apparently from Swedish mink, mänk, menk (“stinking animal in Finland, mink”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: m?ngk, IPA^(key): /m??k/
• Rhymes: -??k

Noun

mink (plural mink or minks)

1. (plural mink or minks) Any of various semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammals in the Mustelinae subfamily, similar to weasels, with dark fur, native to Europe and America, of which two species in different genera are extant: the American mink (Neovison vison) and the European mink (Mustela lutreola).
2. (plural mink) The fur or pelt of a mink, used to make apparel.
3. (plural minks) An article of clothing made of mink.
4. (Scotland, slang, derogatory) (plural minks) An individual with poor personal hygiene; a smelly person.

Alternative forms

• minx (obsolete)

Hyponyms

• (mammal): American mink (Neovison vison), European mink (Mustela lutreola)

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• polecat

References

Further reading

• mink on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• mink (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Noun

mink c (singular definite minken, plural indefinite mink)

1. mink

References

• “mink” in Den Danske Ordbog

Estonian

Etymology 1

From English mink.

Noun

mink (genitive mingi, partitive minki)

1. American mink, Neovison vison

Declension

Synonyms

• ameerika naarits

Etymology 2

From German Schminke.

Noun

mink (genitive mingi, partitive minki)

1. (dated) makeup, cosmetics

Declension

Synonyms

• meik

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?mi?k]
• Hyphenation: mink
• Rhymes: -i?k

Etymology 1

Pronoun

mink

1. (personal, folksy) Alternative form of mi (“we”).

Declension

Etymology 2

mi (“what”) +? -nk (“our, of ours”, possessive suffix)

Pronoun

mink

1. first-person plural single-possession possessive of mi

Declension

Further reading

• (“we”; dialectal) mink , redirecting to (1): mi in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??k/

Etymology 1

From English mink.

Noun

mink m (definite singular minken, indefinite plural minkar, definite plural minkane)

1. an American mink, Neovison vison or Mustela vison
   • 1928, Edv. Ryste, Mink-al:

     Å ala mink er eit gildt arbeid for alle som er glade i dyr; for det er eit vakkert dyr med mange tiltalande eigenskapar […]

     Breeding mink is pleasant work for everyone who loves animals; as it is a beautiful animal with many appealing properties […]

Etymology 2

Verb

mink

1. imperative of minka

References

• “mink” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish or another Uralic language in a region where the mink is found.

Noun

mink c

1. American mink (Neovison vison).

Declension

References

• Hogg & Denison (2008): A History of the English Language

English

Alternative forms

• sa., s. (in heraldic contexts)

Etymology

Attested since 1275, from Middle English, from Old French sable and martre sable (“sable martin”), in reference to the animal or its fur; from Medieval Latin sabelum, from Middle Low German sabel (compare Middle Dutch sabel, Middle High German zobel); ultimately from a Balto-Slavic word (compare Russian ??????? (sóbol?), Polish soból, Czech sobol). Doublet of sobol. Compare also Middle Persian smwl (*sam?r).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?se?b?l/, /?se?b?/
• Rhymes: -e?b?l
• Hyphenation: sa?ble

Noun

sable (countable and uncountable, plural sables)

1. (countable) A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur (Wikipedia).
2. (countable) The marten, especially Martes americana (syn. Mustela americana).
3. (countable and uncountable) The fur or pelt of the sable or other species of martens; a coat made from this fur.
   • 1928, Virginia Woolf, Orlando

     Lovers dallied upon divans spread with sables.

4. (countable) An artist's brush made from the fur of the sable (Wikipedia).
5. (heraldry) A black colour on a coat of arms (Wikipedia).

6. (countable and uncountable) A dark brown colour, resembling the fur of some sables.

7. (in the plural, sables) Black garments, especially worn in mourning.
   • […] a delighted shout from the children swung him toward the door again. His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ "Phil!  You!  Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow!" recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.

Derived terms

Related terms

• zibeline

Translations

Adjective

sable (comparative more sable, superlative most sable)

1. Of the black colour sable.
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 12:

     When I behold the violet past prime,

     And sable curls all silver'd o'er with white

   • 1742, Edward Young, The Complaint: or Night-Thoughts on Life, Death & Immortality, Night I

     Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, / In rayless majesty, now stretches forth / Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world.

   • 2002, Christopher Paolini, Eragon, chapter 3

     They wound between the wagons to a tent removed from the rest of the traders'. It was crimson at the top and sable at the bottom, with thin triangles of colors stabbing into each other.

2. (heraldry): In blazon, of the colour black.
3. Made of sable fur.
4. Dark, somber.
5. (obsolete, literary) Dark-skinned; black.
   • 1789, Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative, vol. I, ch. 7:

     Some of the sable females, who formerly stood aloof, now began to relax and appear less coy; but my heart was still fixed on London, where I hoped to be ere long.

Synonyms

• (dark-skinned): black, dusky, inky, sooty, swarthy

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Colors

References

• Random House Dictionary, 2nd Edition, 1987.

Anagrams

• Ables, Basel, Basle, Blase, Bleas, Sabel, ables, albes, baels, bales, beals, blase, blasé, labes, saleb

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sa.?le/

Etymology 1

From French sable and this from Late Latin sablum, from Latin sabulum, alternative form of sabul?. Compare sablera. Compare Italian sabbia, Occitan sabla.

Noun

sable m (plural sables)

1. sand

Etymology 2

From Spanish sable and this from French sabre, from German Säbel, from Hungarian szablya, cognate with Danish sabel, Russian ?????? (sáblja), Polish szabla, Serbo-Croatian ?????.

Alternative forms

• sabre
• sálabre

Noun

sable m (plural sables)

1. saber
2. edge of a scythe

Basque

Alternative forms

• sabre

Noun

sable

1. sabre, saber

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?sa.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?sa.ble/

Noun

sable m (plural sables)

1. (heraldry) sable

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sabl/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): [s???bl]
• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): [sab]

Etymology 1

From Old French, from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin sablum, from Latin sabulum, alternative form of sabul?. Compare sablon, which was used more often in Old French. Compare Italian sabbia, Occitan sabla.

Noun

sable m (plural sables)

1. sand

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old French martre sable (“sable marten”), an animal. From Middle Low German sabel (compare Middle Dutch sabel, Middle High German zobel); ultimately from a Balto-Slavic word (compare Russian ??????? (sóbol?), Polish soból, Czech sobol). Compare also Persian ????? (samur).

Noun

sable m (plural sables)

1. (heraldry) The heraldic colour sable; black.

Etymology 3

From sabler

Verb

sable

1. first-person singular present indicative of sabler
2. third-person singular present indicative of sabler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of sabler
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of sabler
5. second-person singular imperative of sabler

Anagrams

• bêlas, blasé

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology

13th century. From older savel, from *sab?los, from Proto-Celtic *samos (“summer”). Cognate with Portuguese sável and Spanish sábalo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sa?le??/

Noun

sable f (plural sables)

1. allis shad (Alosa alosa)
   • 1274, M. Sponer (ed.), "Documentos antiguos de Galicia", Anuari de l'Oficina Románica de Lingüística i Literatura (Barcelona), 7, page 76:

     Outro?i nos dardes cadá ãno por kalendas maya? una duzea de bono? [s]auéé? ? outra duzea de lanpreas

     Also, you shall give to us yearly, by the calends of May, a dozen good shads and another dozen lampreys

   • 1319, Ermelindo Portela Silva (ed.), La región del obispado de Tuy en los siglos XII a XV. Una sociedad en expansión y en la crisis. Santiago: Tip. El Eco Franciscano, page 393:

     vos que ayades esa renda da dizima dos savees e do pescado que y sayr en vossa vida e despos vosa morte que fique a nos o dito arynno

     you should have this rent of a tenth of the shads and of the fish that is captured there, in your life, and after your death this sand island should return to us

   Synonyms: sabenla, tasca, zamborca

References

• “savees” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “sable” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “sable” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “sábel” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “sabenla” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Old French

Noun

sable m (oblique plural sables, nominative singular sables, nominative plural sable)

1. sable (fur of a sable)

Portuguese

Adjective

sable m or f (plural sables, comparable)

1. (heraldry) sable (of black colour on a coat of arms)

   Synonym: saibro

Noun

sable m (uncountable)

1. (heraldry) sable (the black colour on coats of arms)

   Synonym: saibro

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sable/, [?sa.??le]

Adjective

sable (plural sables)

1. (heraldry) sable

Noun

sable m (plural sables)

1. saber, cutlass
2. (fencing) saber

Derived terms

• sablazo
• diente de sable
• tragasables
• sable de luz