cable
Middle English
/ˈkaːbəl/
noun
Definitions
- A cable or strong rope as used in nautical applications
- Any kind of rope or cable; a supporting wire.
Etymology
Borrowed from cable derived from Latin capulum (lasso, rope, halter, handle, hilt).
Origin
Latin
capulum
Gloss
lasso, rope, halter, handle, hilt
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
縄, 綱
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Cablegate English
- anticable English
- cable English
- cable-laid English
- cablecar English
- cablecast English
- cablegram English
- cableless English
- cablelike English
- cabler English
- cablese English
- cablet English
- cableway English
- cablework English
- monocable English
- multicable English
- nanocable English
- noncable English
- uncable English
- *caplum Latin
- capere Latin
- capio Latin
- capiō Latin
- capulum Latin
- capulāre Latin
- Kabel German
- câble French
- *keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European
- ケーブル Japanese
- เคเบิล Thai
- cebl Welsh
- cabel Middle Dutch
- câbl'ye Norman
- kabel Middle Low German
- 케블 Korean
- 케이블 Korean
- cable ONF.