kabel

See also: Kabel, kaabel, and kábel

Afar

Pronunciation

• kábel: IPA^(key): /ˈkʌbel/
• kabél: IPA^(key): /kʌˈbel/
• Hyphenation: ka‧bel

Noun

kábel or kabél m (singulative kabellá f)

1. (collective) shoes, sandals

Declension

Declension of kábel
absolutive	kábel
predicative	kábeeli
subjective	kábel
genitive	kábel
Postpositioned forms l-case kábeelil k-case kábeelik t-case kábeelit h-case kábeelih

Declension of kabél
absolutive	kabél
predicative	kabéeli
subjective	kabél
genitive	kabél
Postpositioned forms l-case kabéelil k-case kabéelik t-case kabéelit h-case kabéelih

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “kabella”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Cornish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From Middle Cornish cabal, cabel. Cognate with Breton kablus (“guilty”) and Welsh cabl (“slander”).

Noun

kabel m (plural kablow)

1. accusation

   Synonyms: akusacyon, kuhudhans

2. blame

   Synonym: blam

3. libel

Derived terms

• kabla, kabli (“blame”, verb)
• kablus (“guilty”)
• kabluster (“guilt”)

Verb

kabel

1. inflection of kabla:
   1. third-person singular present indicative/future indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Mutation

Mutation of kabel

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
kabel	gabel	habel	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkabɛl]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Kabel, from Middle Dutch cabel, from French câble, which is probably from Medieval Latin capulum (“rope”), from Latin capere (“to capture, seize, take”)

Noun

kabel m inan (relational adjective kabelový)

1. cable

Declension

Declension of kabel (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	kabel	kabely
genitive	kabelu	kabelů
dative	kabelu	kabelům
accusative	kabel	kabely
vocative	kabele	kabely
locative	kabelu	kabelech
instrumental	kabelem	kabely

Derived terms

• kabelogram m

See also

• drát m
• kabela f
• kabelka f

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kabel

1. genitive plural of kabela

Further reading

• “kabel”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kabel”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

From late Old Norse kabill, from Middle Low German kabel, from Latin capulum.

Noun

kabel n (singular definite kablet, plural indefinite kabler)

1. a cable, wire, cord

Declension

Declension of kabel

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kabel	kablet	kabler	kablerne
genitive	kabels	kablets	kablers	kablernes

Derived terms

• bærekabel
• elkabel
• gearkabel
• jordkabel
• kabelanlæg
• kabelfabrik
• kabelforbindelse
• kabelfri
• kabellægning
• kabeludlægning
• kobberkabel
• lyslederkabel
• søkabel
• telefonkabel

See also

• ledning

References

• “kabel” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “kabel” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch cabel, from Old Northern French cable, a variant of Old French chable, from Late Latin capulum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaː.bəl/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ka‧bel

Noun

kabel m (plural kabels, diminutive kabeltje n)

1. cable
2. (television, uncountable) cable television
3. (Internet, uncountable) cable internet

Derived terms

• ankerkabel
• coaxkabel
• kabelbaan
• kabelhaspel
• kabelinternet
• kabeltelevisie
• scheepskabel
• staalkabel
• startkabel
• telefoonkabel
• USB-kabel

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kabel
• → German: Kabel
• → Indonesian: kabel
• → Papiamentu: kabel

Anagrams

• balke, blake

Estonian

Etymology 1

Middle Low German kapelle, from Medieval Latin cappella.

Noun

kabel (genitive kabeli, partitive kabelit)

1. chapel

Declension

Declension of kabel (ÕS type 2e/minut, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kabel	kabelid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kabeli
genitive			kabelite
partitive		kabelit	kabeleid
illative		kabelisse	kabelitesse kabeleisse
inessive		kabelis	kabelites kabeleis
elative		kabelist	kabelitest kabeleist
allative		kabelile	kabelitele kabeleile
adessive		kabelil	kabelitel kabeleil
ablative		kabelilt	kabelitelt kabeleilt
translative		kabeliks	kabeliteks kabeleiks
terminative		kabelini	kabeliteni
essive		kabelina	kabelitena
abessive		kabelita	kabeliteta
comitative		kabeliga	kabelitega

Etymology 2

Noun

kabel

1. adessive singular of kabe

Further reading

• kabel in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Verb

kabel

1. inflection of kabeln:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative

Iban

Etymology

From English cable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka.bəl]

Noun

kabel

1. cable
2. cord
3. line

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch kabel, from Middle Dutch cabel, from Old Northern French cable, a variant of Old French chable, from Late Latin capulum.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkabəl/ [ˈka.bəl]
• Rhymes: -abəl
• Syllabification: ka‧bel

Noun

kabêl (plural kabel-kabel)

1. cable:
   1. (electricity) an assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated.
   2. (nautical) a strong rope or chain used to moor or anchor a ship.
2. wiring (a set of electric wires)

Derived terms

• berkabel
• pengkabelan
• perkabelan

Compounds

• kabel angkur
• kabel aux
• kabel bercadar
• kabel berisolasi
• kabel busi
• kabel data
• kabel daya
• kabel diplomatik
• kabel fisik
• kabel keras
• kabel kertas
• kabel koaksial
• kabel las
• kabel laut
• kabel listrik
• kabel optik
• kabel pintar
• kabel primer
• kabel sepaksi
• kabel serat optik
• kabel tanam
• kabel udara
• kabel utama
• kabel utilitas

Further reading

• “kabel”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

From English cable, from Middle English cable, from Old Northern French cable, from Late Latin capulum (“lasso, rope, halter”), from Latin capiō (“to take, seize”).

Pronunciation

• (English-based) IPA^(key): [ke.bəl]
• (Literary Standard) IPA^(key): [ka.bəl]
• Rhymes: -bəl, -əl
• Hyphenation: ka‧bel

Noun

kabel (Jawi spelling کابل, plural kabel-kabel or kabel²)

1. A cable.
2. (slang) People with whom one is acquainted who can offer help and influence; connections.

   Budak tu mesti dapat kerja tu dengan kabel.

   That kid definitely got that job with connections.

Derived terms

Compounds

• kabel sepaksi
• pekerja kabel

Further reading

• "kabel" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "kabel" at PRPM first version)

Middle English

Noun

kabel

1. alternative form of cable

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse kabill and Middle Low German kabel, from Latin capulum.

Noun

kabel m (definite singular kabelen, indefinite plural kabler, definite plural kablene)

1. a cable (wire rope, electrical cable)
2. (mildly vulgar) a longish turd

Derived terms

• kabelferje
• kabellengde
• kraftkabel
• sjøkabel
• strømkabel
• stålkabel

References

• “kabel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “kabel” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German kabel, from Latin capulum.

Noun

kabel m (definite singular kabelen, indefinite plural kablar, definite plural kablane)

1. a cable (wire rope, electrical cable)
2. (mildly vulgar) a longish turd

Derived terms

• kabelferje
• kabellengd, kabellengde
• kabla
• kable
• kraftkabel
• leggja kabel
• sjøkabel
• stålkabel

References

• “kabel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• blake

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kabel, from Middle High German kabel, from Middle Low German, from Middle Dutch cabel, from Old French cable, an Old Northern French (i.e. Old Norman or Picard) variant of chable, cheable, chaable, from Vulgar Latin *caplum, contracted form of Late Latin capulum, from Latin capiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.bɛl/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -abɛl
• Syllabification: ka‧bel

Noun

kabel m inan

1. (electricity) cable (large wire or rope)
2. (colloquial, derogatory) snitch, informant

Declension

Declension of kabel

	singular	plural
nominative	kabel	kable
genitive	kabla	kabli
dative	kablowi	kablom
accusative	kabel	kable
instrumental	kablem	kablami
locative	kablu	kablach
vocative	kablu	kable

Derived terms

• kablować
• kablówka

Further reading

• “kabel”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “kabel”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kabel, from Latin capulum (“lasso, rope, halter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kǎːbel/
• Hyphenation: ka‧bel

Noun

kábel m inan (Cyrillic spelling ка́бел)

1. cable

   Synonym: (Serbia) kábl

Declension

Declension of kabel

	singular	plural
nominative	kábel	káblovi/ kabeli
genitive	kábla	káblōvā / kábēlā
dative	kablu	kablovima / kablima
accusative	kabel	kablove / kable
vocative	kable	kablovi /kabli
locative	kablu	kablovima / kablima
instrumental	kablom	kablovima / kablima

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish kabel (“heavy rope”), kabbla (plural) (15th c.), from Old Norse kabill (14th c.), by some merit a derivative of kabb- (“spool, roll”) +‎ -ill (agent suffix), related to kafli (“roll; handle, swordhilt”), but also a derivative of Old Northern French cable, Occitan câble, from Late Latin capulum (“lasso, rope, halter; handle, swordhilt”), from Latin capiō (“to take, seize”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːbɛl/

Noun

kabel c

1. a cable (conductor – heavily insulated wire, fiber-optic cable, network cable, etc. – same as in English)
2. a cable (thick wire or line – compare vajer)
3. (collectively) cable (both senses)
4. (communication) cable

   kabel-tv

   cable TV

Declension

Declension of kabel

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kabel	kabels
	definite	kabeln	kabelns
plural	indefinite	kablar	kablars
	definite	kablarna	kablarnas

Derived terms

• duplexkabel
• elkabel
• högspänningskabel
• kabel-tv
• kabelavbrott
• kabeldragare
• kabeldragning
• kabelskarv
• kabeltrumma
• kabla
• koaxialkabel
• lägga en kabel
• nätverkskabel
• telefonkabel
• telegrafkabel
• undervattenskabel

Descendants

• → Finnish: kaapeli

See also

• ledning
• sladd (“cord”)
• vajer
• wire

Further reading

• “kabel”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• kabel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• Kaleb, bleka

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ка́бель (kábelʹ), from German Kabel or Dutch kabel.

Noun

kabel (plural kabellar)

1. cable (large wire, rope)
2. electrical cable

   Synonym: shnur

Declension

Declension of kabel

	singular	plural
nominative	kabel	kabellar
genitive	kabelning	kabellarning
dative	kabelga	kabellarga
definite accusative	kabelni	kabellarni
locative	kabelda	kabellarda
ablative	kabeldan	kabellardan
similative	kabeldek	kabellardek

Possessive forms of kabel

1st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	kabelim	kabellarim
genitive	kabelimning	kabellarimning
dative	kabelimga	kabellarimga
definite accusative	kabelimni	kabellarimni
locative	kabelimda	kabellarimda
ablative	kabelimdan	kabellarimdan
similative	kabelimdek	kabellarimdek
2nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	kabeling	kabellaring
genitive	kabelingning	kabellaringning
dative	kabelingga	kabellaringga
definite accusative	kabelingni	kabellaringni
locative	kabelingda	kabellaringda
ablative	kabelingdan	kabellaringdan
similative	kabelingdek	kabellaringdek
3rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	kabeli	kabellari
genitive	kabelining	kabellarining
dative	kabeliga	kabellariga
definite accusative	kabelini	kabellarini
locative	kabelida	kabellarida
ablative	kabelidan	kabellaridan
similative	kabelidek	kabellaridek
1st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	kabelimiz	kabellarimiz
genitive	kabelimizning	kabellarimizning
dative	kabelimizga	kabellarimizga
definite accusative	kabelimizni	kabellarimizni
locative	kabelimizda	kabellarimizda
ablative	kabelimizdan	kabellarimizdan
similative	kabelimizdek	kabellarimizdek
2nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	kabelingiz	kabellaringiz
genitive	kabelingizning	kabellaringizning
dative	kabelingizga	kabellaringizga
definite accusative	kabelingizni	kabellaringizni
locative	kabelingizda	kabellaringizda
ablative	kabelingizdan	kabellaringizdan
similative	kabelingizdek	kabellaringizdek
3rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	kabeli	kabellari
genitive	kabelining	kabellarining
dative	kabeliga	kabellariga
definite accusative	kabelini	kabellarini
locative	kabelida	kabellarida
ablative	kabelidan	kabellaridan
similative	kabelidek	kabellaridek

Related terms

• kabelchi