diable

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See also: diablę

English

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From French (à la) diable, from diable (“devil”), from Old French. Doublet of devil, diablo, and diabolus.

Pronunciation

Noun

diable (plural diables)

  1. An unglazed earthenware casserole dish.

Adjective

diable (not comparable)

  1. (postpositive) Flavored with hot spices.
    sauce diable

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin or Late Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos).

Pronunciation

Noun

diable m (plural diables)

  1. devil

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

Further reading

Esperanto

Etymology

diablo +‎ -e

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -able
  • Hyphenation: di‧a‧ble

Adverb

diable

  1. devilishly (in a way characteristic of the devil)
  2. terribly, awfully

Interjection

diable

  1. deuce, damn

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French diable, from Old French diable, deable, a semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin or Late Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /djabl/, /djɑbl/
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  • (Louisiana, also) IPA(key): /dʒɔb/, /dʒawb/, /dʒa.bul/

Noun

diable m (plural diables)

  1. (religion, mythology) devil
  2. (colloquial) rogue, (old) devil
  3. hand truck
    • 1954, Institut français d'Afrique noire, Mémoires de l'Institut français d'Afrique noire, page 179:
      ... l’ensemble a l’aspect d’une brouette ou d’un diable, mais ne peut être que tiré, car, en poussant, la roue sortirait ...
      ... the whole has the appearance of a wheelbarrow or a hand truck, but can only be pulled, because, when pushed, the wheel would come out ...
    • 1996, Charles-Édouard de Suremain, Jours ordinaires à la finca: une grande plantation de café au Guatemala, page 172:
      En milieu d’après-midi, juste avant la pluie, un ouvrier ramasse le café de consommation à l’aide d’un « diable », une sorte de repoussoir en bois qui a la forme d’une caisse ouverte, qu’il pousse devant lui.
      By mid-afternoon, just before the rain, a worker picks the coffee for consumption with the aid of a "devil", a kind of trolley of wood in the form of an open box, which is pushed before you.
    • 2011 Louis Cagin and Laetitia Nicolas, Construire en pierre sèche p.35
      Déplacer une pierre avec une brouette ou un diable
      Moving a stone with a wheelbarrow or a hand truck
      Diable à roues pneumatiques
      hand truck with pneumatic wheels.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: dyab
  • → English: diable, diablo
  • Chinook Jargon: le diaub

Proper noun

le diable m

  1. the Devil

Interjection

diable

  1. (dated) dash it!, deuce!

Further reading

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French diable, deable.

Proper noun

le diable m

  1. the Devil

Noun

diable m (plural diables)

  1. devil

Adjective

diable m or f (plural diables)

  1. evil

Descendants

References

  • diable on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Old French

Proper noun

diable m (nominative singular diables)

  1. Alternative form of deable

Polish

Pronunciation

Adjective

diable

  1. inflection of diabli:
    1. neuter nominative singular
    2. neuter accusative singular
    3. neuter vocative singular
    4. nonvirile nominative plural
    5. nonvirile accusative plural
    6. nonvirile vocative plural

Noun

diable m

  1. inflection of diabeł:
    1. locative singular
    2. vocative singular
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