gabel
English
Etymology
From French gabelle, from Late Latin gabella, gabulum, gablum; of uncertain origin. Compare gavel (“tribute”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡeɪbəl/
Noun
gabel (plural gabels)
- (UK, law, obsolete) A rent, service, tribute, custom, tax, impost, or duty; an excise.
- 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC:
- He enables St. Peter to pay his gabel by the ministry of a fish.
Derived terms
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “gabel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams
Albanian
Etymology
From gabë (“lie, deception”) + -el (suffix).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡaˈbɛl]
Noun
gabel m (plural gabelë, definite gabeli, definite plural gabelët)
- (derogatory, vulgar) a Gypsy, Roma
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | gabel | gabeli | gabelë | gabelët |
| accusative | gabelin | |||
| dative | gabeli | gabelit | gabelëve | gabelëve |
| ablative | gabelësh | |||
Synonyms
References
- ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017) “gabel”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 518
Cimbrian
Noun
gàbel
German
Verb
gabel
- inflection of gabeln:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
Mòcheno
Etymology
From Middle High German gabel, gabele, from Old High German gabala, from Proto-West Germanic *gabulu (“fork”). Cognate with German Gabel.
Noun
gabel f
References
- “gabel” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy., p. 29