cable
English
/keɪ.bl/
noun
Definitions
- (material) A long object used to make a physical connection.
- (communications) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.
- A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.
- (nautical) A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile.
- (unit) 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.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English cable derived from cable derived from Latin capulum (lasso, rope, halter, handle, hilt), capiō (take, seize, capture, contain, I capture, I seize, I hold, I take, understand, hold, I seize upon, grasp, am large enough for, I lay hold of) root from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (seize, grasp, take, catch, grab, stick to, hold).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*keh₂p-
Gloss
seize, grasp, take, catch, grab, stick to, hold
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -ception English
- Cablegate English
- Hawkery English
- Princess English
- Principality English
- acapsular English
- acceptability English
- acceptably English
- accepted English
- acceptedly English
- acceptibly English
- acceptive English
- acceptress English
- afterperception English
- anticable English
- anticonception English
- anticontraception English
- antinociception English
- antioccupation English
- archdeceiver English
- beaucatcher English
- becatch English
- behaver English
- behavioral English
- behaviorism English
- behaviorist English
- behaviour English
- birdcatcher English
- birdcatching English
- bycatch English
- cable-laid English
- cablecar English
- cablecast English
- cableco English
- cablegami English
- cablegram English
- cableless English
- cablelike English
- cabler English
- cablese English
- cablet English
- cablevision English
- cableway English
- cablework English
- capability English
- capacitate English
- capacitation English
- capacitively English
- capsular English
- capsulate English
- captee English
- captionable English
- captioner English
- car English
- catchable English
- catcher English
- catchy English
- caterer English
- chemoperception English
- chemoreception English
- chemosusceptibility English
- chickenhawk English
- coalheaver English
- coalheaving English
- conceit English
- conceited English
- conceivability English
- conceivable English
- conceivableness English
- conceivably English
- conceiver English
- conceptible English
- conceptionally English
- conceptively English
- conceptor English
- conceptualism English
- conceptuality English
- conceptualization English
- contracept English
- contraceptive English
- copepodite English
- cowcatcher English
- deceitful English
- deceivability English
- deceivableness English
- deceiver English
- deceivingly English
- deceptress English
- disoccupation English
- dogcatcher English
- dorhawk English
- dreamcatcher English
- electroreception English
- emancipatist English
- emancipatory English
- emancipatrix English
- emancipist English
- encapsulate English
- enchaser English
- exceptional English
- exceptionally English
- eye English
- eye-catcher English
- fishcatcher English
- flycatcher English
- flycatching English
- forechase English
- foreconceive English
- foreconceiving English
- forepurchased English
- gamecatcher English
- gnatcatcher English
- graviperception English
- havenage English
- hawk English
- hawkery English
- hawkish English
- hawklike English
- hawkmoth English
- hawknose English
- hawksbeard English
- hawkweed English
- hawky English
- heaver English
- heavingly English
- heavyish English
- heavyweight English
- hypernociception English
- hypersusceptibility English
- imperceivable English
- imperceivableness English
- imperceivably English
- imperceived English
- imperceptibly English
- imperception English
- imperceptive English
- impercipient English
- inacceptable English
- inacceptably English
- inceptual English
- incipiently English
- inconceivableness English
- inconceivably English
- inconceptible English
- inoccupation English
- insusceptible English
- interceptable English
- interceptive English
- interpurchase English
- intussuscepted English
- jashawk English
- laid English
- magnetoreception English
- mailcatcher English
- meadowhawk English
- mechanonociception English
- mechanoreception English
- merprince English
- metaconcept English
- microconcept English
- microforceps English
- misbehaviour English
- misconceiver English
- misconception English
- misperceive English
- misperceiver English
- misreceive English
- molecatcher English
- monocable English
- multicable English
- nanocable English
- newshawk English
- nonacceptable English
- nonacceptance English
- nonaccepted English
- nonaccepter English
- noncable English
- nonheavy English
- nonoccupation English
- nonoccupational English
- nonoccupying English
- nonperceived English
- nonperceiving English
- nonperceptible English
- nonperception English
- nonpurchased English
- nonpurchaser English
- nonpurchasing English
- nonreceipt English
- nonsusceptibility English
- nonsusceptible English
- occupational English
- occupationally English
- occupationless English
- occupiable English
- occupier English
- omnipercipient English
- outcatch English
- overcatch English
- overheavy English
- overperceive English
- oystercatcher English
- paperchase English
- particeps criminis English
- participatory English
- participially English
- perceivable English
- perceivableness English
- perceivably English
- perceivedness English
- perceptibly English
- perceptively English
- perceptivity English
- perceptualize English
- photoreceiver English
- podcatch English
- podcatcher English
- posticipate English
- postpurchase English
- preceptorship English
- preceptress English
- preconceit English
- preconceive English
- preoccupancy English
- prepurchase English
- princely English
- princessipality English
- princessly English
- principally English
- pseudoconcept English
- puncept English
- ratcatcher English
- reaccept English
- reacceptance English
- recapture English
- receivable English
- receival English
- receivedness English
- receivership English
- reconceive English
- recuperatively English
- reoccupation English
- reoccupy English
- reperceive English
- reperception English
- repurchase English
- repurchaser English
- slavecatcher English
- slavecatching English
- smokechaser English
- splurchase English
- spycatching English
- steeplechase English
- steeplechaser English
- steeplechasing English
- subchaser English
- subconcept English
- subpercept English
- subpurchaser English
- suncatcher English
- superaccept English
- superheavy English
- superheavyweight English
- suscept English
- susceptibly English
- transceive English
- transceiver English
- ultraheavy English
- unaccept English
- unacceptability English
- unacceptably English
- unacceptance English
- unaccepted English
- uncable English
- uncaught English
- unchased English
- unconceivable English
- unconceivably English
- unconceived English
- undeceivably English
- undeceive English
- undeceiver English
- underperceive English
- unexcepted English
- unheavy English
- unperceivable English
- unperceivably English
- unperceived English
- unperceivedly English
- unperceiving English
- unpurchased English
- unreceived English
- unsusceptible English
- upcaught English
- upheaval English
- upheaver English
- way English
- windcatcher English
- *accaptāre Latin
- *appercipiō Latin
- *caplum Latin
- *capseum Latin
- *incapiō Latin
- acceptiō, acceptiōnis Latin
- accepto Latin
- accepto, acceptō, acceptāre Latin
- acceptum Latin
- acceptābilis Latin
- acceptāre Latin
- accipio Latin
- antecapio Latin
- anticipo Latin
- capabilis Latin
- capax Latin
- capere Latin
- capesso Latin
- capio Latin
- capis Latin
- capistrum Latin
- capiās Latin
- capiō Latin
- capsa Latin
- capsula Latin
- captio Latin
- captiō Latin
- captiōsus Latin
- capto Latin
- captor Latin
- captura Latin
- captāre, captō, capto Latin
- captīvitās Latin
- captīvus Latin
- captīvō Latin
- captō Latin
- captūra Latin
- capula Latin
- capulum Latin
- capulāre Latin
- capābilis Latin
- capācitās Latin
- capāx Latin
- conceptiō Latin
- conceptus Latin
- concipere, concipio, concipiō Latin
- decipio Latin
- disceptō Latin
- dēceptīvus Latin
- dēcipere, decipio Latin
- dēcipiō Latin
- exceptio Latin
- exceptiō Latin
- exceptus Latin
- excipio Latin
- excipiēns Latin
- forceps Latin
- imperceptibilis Latin
- inceptiō Latin
- inceptor Latin
- incipientia Latin
- incipio Latin
- incipit Latin
- incipiēns Latin
- interceptiō Latin
- interceptum Latin
- intercipio Latin
- intercipiēns Latin
- muscipula Latin
- mūnicipālis Latin
- nuncupātus Latin
- nuncupātīvus Latin
- occipio Latin
- occupare Latin
- occupo Latin
- occupāre, occupō Latin
- occupātio Latin
- occupātus Latin
- participare Latin
- participatiō Latin
- participium Latin
- participiālis Latin
- participāns Latin
- perceptio Latin
- perceptiō Latin
- perceptum Latin
- percipio Latin
- percipiēns Latin
- percipiō Latin
- prae Latin
- praeceptor Latin
- praeceptum Latin
- praecipio Latin
- praecipitium Latin
- praeoccupare Latin
- praeoccupare, praeoccupo Latin
- praeoccupatiō Latin
- princeps Latin
- pro- Latin
- prīnceps Latin
- prīncipium Latin
- prīncipālis Latin
- receptibilis Latin
- receptio Latin
- receptiō Latin
- receptor Latin
- receptum Latin
- receptus Latin
- receptāculum Latin
- recipiēns Latin
- recipiō Latin
- recuperator Latin
- recuperatorius Latin
- recuperātiō Latin
- recuperō Latin
- recuperō, recuperāre, recupero Latin
- recuperō, recuperātus, recupero Latin
- susceptus Latin
- suscipio Latin
- ēmancipātiō Latin
- ēmancipātus Latin
- ēmancipō Latin
- Kabel German
- Kapsel German
- prinzipiell German
- cacciatore Italian
- aperception French
- chasseur French
- câble French
- câblogramme French
- exceptionnel French
- municipalité French
- princesse French
- κάπη Ancient Greek
- κώπη Ancient Greek
- *kapno- Proto-Indo-European
- *keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European
- *kh₂pnós Proto-Indo-European
- *kh₂ptós Proto-Indo-European
- *kh₂pyéti Proto-Indo-European
- *kopuǵos Proto-Indo-European
- *káput- Proto-Indo-European
- *kóh₂p-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *ne Proto-Indo-European
- *bihōfą Proto-Germanic
- *bihōfōną Proto-Germanic
- *habilaz Proto-Germanic
- *habjaną Proto-Germanic
- *habnō Proto-Germanic
- *habukaz Proto-Germanic
- *habą Proto-Germanic
- *habīgaz Proto-Germanic
- *haftijaną Proto-Germanic
- *haftiją Proto-Germanic
- *uber Proto-Germanic
- ケーブル Japanese
- heft Norwegian Nynorsk
- hev Norwegian Nynorsk
- heving Norwegian Nynorsk
- hiv Norwegian Nynorsk
- hoven Norwegian Nynorsk
- hovne Norwegian Nynorsk
- håve Norwegian Nynorsk
- tverrhalehauk Norwegian Nynorsk
- uakseptabel Norwegian Nynorsk
- gōshafoc Old English
- habban Old English
- hefiġlīċe Old English
- hefiġnes Old English
- spearhafoc Old English
- ūphebban Old English
- behaven Middle English
- behavoure Middle English
- behovely Middle English
- cable Middle English
- havener Middle English
- havenles Middle English
- hevysum Middle English
- misbehaven Middle English
- misconceite Middle English
- misconceiven Middle English
- recevere Middle English
- sperhauke Middle English
- unacceptabylle Middle English
- haf Old Norse
- hafa Old Norse
- hafna Old Norse
- hefð Old Norse
- hefða Old Norse
- hepta Old Norse
- hæfr Old Norse
- hǫfugleikr Old Norse
- København Danish
- *xapati Proto-Slavic
- okupace Czech
- accepter Old French
- achater Old French
- chacepol Old French
- chaceür Old French
- princesse Old French
- recovree Old French
- เคเบิล Thai
- Prinsesa Cebuano
- cebl Welsh
- cabel Middle Dutch
- *կիպ Old Armenian
- câbl'ye Norman
- accepteur Middle French
- incapable Middle French
- hever Middle Low German
- kabel Middle Low German
- 케블 Korean
- 케이블 Korean
- *kapelos Proto-Italic
- cúan Middle Irish
- *iš-gabā Proto-Albanian
- *kapa Proto-Albanian
- *kapmi Proto-Albanian
- acatòu Ligurian
- riacatâ Ligurian
- cable ONF.
- car
- eye
- way
- hawk
- laid
- hawky
- cabler
- catchy
- heaver
- captee
- cablet
- puncept
- cableco
- bycatch
- unheavy
- dorhawk
- jashawk
- becatch
- catcher
- caterer
- cablese
- suscept
- conceit
- uncable
- behaver
- hawkery
- hawkish
- Hawkery
- newshawk
- hawkmoth
- upheaval
- enchaser
- receival
- nonheavy
- havenage
- podcatch
- heavyish
- deceiver
- occupier
- capsular
- hawklike
- hawkweed
- upheaver
- princely
- accepted
- Princess
- cablecar
- -ception
- hawknose
- reoccupy
- cableway
- unchased
- upcaught
- uncaught
- noncable
- reaccept
- outcatch
- unaccept
- captioner
- anticable
- cablelike
- recapture
- overheavy
- acapsular
- undeceive
- cablecast
- conceptor
- merprince
- deceitful
- catchable
- Cablegate
- forechase
- behaviour
- cablegram
- inceptual
- conceiver
- subchaser
- capsulate
- overcatch
- cablework
- conceited
- cableless
- cablegami
- monocable
- heavingly
- nanocable
- acceptive
- unreceived
- coalheaver
- reperceive
- unaccepted
- reconceive
- preconceit
- copepodite
- occupiable
- capability
- acceptably
- nonreceipt
- cable-laid
- contracept
- capacitate
- dogcatcher
- acceptress
- podcatcher
- acceptedly
- cowcatcher
- transceive
- hawksbeard
- subconcept
- suncatcher
- paperchase
- subpercept
- acceptibly
- undeceiver
- splurchase
- emancipist
- ratcatcher
- behavioral
- receivable
- ultraheavy
- unexcepted
- multicable
- misreceive
- flycatcher
- superheavy
- princessly
- deceptress
- meadowhawk
- repurchase
- misperceive
- molecatcher
- smokechaser
- preceptress
- perceivable
- transceiver
- prepurchase
- conceivably
- exceptional
- perceivably
- coalheaving
- preconceive
- unperceived
- perceptibly
- deceivingly
- nonaccepted
- flycatching
- gnatcatcher
- posticipate
- metaconcept
- incipiently
- birdcatcher
- fishcatcher
- mailcatcher
- cablevision
- eye-catcher
- encapsulate
- beaucatcher
- repurchaser
- heavyweight
- nonaccepter
- imperceived
- behaviorism
- spycatching
- gamecatcher
- behaviorist
- susceptibly
- unconceived
- superaccept
- captionable
- conceptible
- unpurchased
- conceivable
- principally
- windcatcher
- chickenhawk
- perceptivity
- misperceiver
- unperceiving
- microconcept
- inacceptable
- preoccupancy
- imperception
- unacceptably
- capacitation
- capacitively
- Principality
- misconceiver
- occupational
- inacceptably
- receivedness
- emancipatory
- subpurchaser
- nonperceived
- microforceps
- foreconceive
- nonpurchased
- slavecatcher
- postpurchase
- interceptive
- imperceptive
- overperceive
- unacceptance
- perceptively
- nonpurchaser
- reacceptance
- inoccupation
- receivership
- emancipatist
- dreamcatcher
- reoccupation
- reperception
- undeceivably
- nonoccupying
- impercipient
- misbehaviour
- emancipatrix
- birdcatching
- archdeceiver
- steeplechase
- conceptively
- inconceptible
- perceivedness
- nonoccupation
- unsusceptible
- imperceptibly
- unperceivably
- pseudoconcept
- oystercatcher
- imperceivable
- photoreceiver
- interpurchase
- nonperception
- nonacceptance
- unconceivable
- deceivability
- steeplechaser
- contraceptive
- misconception
- nonacceptable
- preceptorship
- perceptualize
- slavecatching
- imperceivably
- nonpurchasing
- interceptable
- underperceive
- unperceivedly
- exceptionally
- conceptuality
- inconceivably
- acceptability
- participatory
- nonperceiving
- insusceptible
- unconceivably
- disoccupation
- conceptualism
- participially
- forepurchased
- unperceivable
- omnipercipient
- recuperatively
- antioccupation
- occupationless
- chemoreception
- occupationally
- foreconceiving
- steeplechasing
- conceivability
- intussuscepted
- deceivableness
- conceptionally
- nonsusceptible
- nonperceptible
- anticonception
- princessipality
- graviperception
- chemoperception
- nonoccupational
- conceivableness
- unacceptability
- antinociception
- afterperception
- perceivableness
- magnetoreception
- hypernociception
- superheavyweight
- electroreception
- mechanoreception
- anticontraception
- nonsusceptibility
- conceptualization
- inconceivableness
- imperceivableness
- mechanonociception
- particeps criminis
- hypersusceptibility
- chemosusceptibility