cable
pronunciation
How to pronounce cable in British English:
UK [ˈkeɪbl]
How to pronounce cable in American English:
US [ˈkeɪbl]
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- Noun:
- a telegram sent abroad
- a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
- a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire
- a nautical unit of depth
- television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver
- a television system transmitted over cables
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- Verb:
- send cables, wires, or telegrams
- fasten with a cable
Word Origin
- cable
- cable: [13] The ultimate source of cable is late Latin capulum ‘lasso’, a derivative of the verb capere ‘take, seize’, either directly or perhaps via Arabic habl. In Provençal, capulum became cable, which produced the Old French form chable: so English must either have borrowed the word straight from Provençal, or from *cable, an unrecorded Anglo-Norman variant of the Old French word.=> capture, heave
- cable (n.)
- c. 1200, from Old North French cable, from Medieval Latin capulum "lasso, rope, halter for cattle," from Latin capere "to take, seize" (see capable). Technically, in nautical use, a rope 10 or more inches around, to hold the ship when at anchor; in non-nautical use, a rope of wire (not hemp or fiber). Given a new range of senses in 19c.: Meaning "message received by telegraphic cable" is from 1883 (short for cable message). Cable car is from 1879. Cable television first attested 1963; shortened form cable is from 1972.
- cable (v.)
- c. 1500, "to tie up with cables;" 1871, American English, "to transmit by cable;" from cable (n.). Related: Cabled; cabling.
Example
- 1. Rival networks and cable providers have pledged to co-operate .
- 2. A quarter of fixed-broadband customers now get online via cable .
- 3. The cable seemed to confirm what many long assumed .
- 4. So do you need to get a fancy cable for the best hd experience ?
- 5. How much money these services will bring to cable operators ?