Cable in Different Languages
Discover 'Cable' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Cable
Afrikaans kabel | ||
Albanian kabllo | ||
Amharic ገመድ | ||
Arabic كابل | ||
Armenian մալուխ | ||
Assamese কেবল | ||
Aymara cable | ||
Azerbaijani kabel | ||
Bambara kabali | ||
Basque kablea | ||
Belarusian кабель | ||
Bengali তারের | ||
Bhojpuri केबल के बा | ||
Bosnian kabel | ||
Bulgarian кабел | ||
Catalan cable | ||
Cebuano kable | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 电缆 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 電纜 | ||
Corsican cavu | ||
Croatian kabel | ||
Czech kabel | ||
Danish kabel | ||
Dhivehi ކޭބަލް އެވެ | ||
Dogri केबल | ||
Dutch kabel | ||
English cable | ||
Esperanto kablo | ||
Estonian kaabel | ||
Ewe kaƒomɔ̃ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) kable | ||
Finnish kaapeli | ||
French câble | ||
Frisian kabel | ||
Galician cable | ||
Georgian საკაბელო | ||
German kabel | ||
Greek καλώδιο | ||
Guarani cable rehegua | ||
Gujarati કેબલ | ||
Haitian Creole kab | ||
Hausa kebul | ||
Hawaiian uwea | ||
Hebrew כֶּבֶל | ||
Hindi केबल | ||
Hmong txoj sia hlau | ||
Hungarian kábel | ||
Icelandic kapall | ||
Igbo usb | ||
Ilocano kable | ||
Indonesian kabel | ||
Irish cábla | ||
Italian cavo | ||
Japanese ケーブル | ||
Javanese kabel | ||
Kannada ಕೇಬಲ್ | ||
Kazakh кабель | ||
Khmer ខ្សែ | ||
Kinyarwanda umugozi | ||
Konkani केबल | ||
Korean 케이블 | ||
Krio kebul | ||
Kurdish kablo | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) کێبڵ | ||
Kyrgyz кабель | ||
Lao ສາຍໄຟ | ||
Latin funem | ||
Latvian kabelis | ||
Lingala câble | ||
Lithuanian kabelis | ||
Luganda cable | ||
Luxembourgish kabel | ||
Macedonian кабел | ||
Maithili केबल | ||
Malagasy tariby | ||
Malay kabel | ||
Malayalam കേബിൾ | ||
Maltese kejbil | ||
Maori taura | ||
Marathi केबल | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯀꯦꯕꯜ ꯇꯧꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo cable hmanga siam a ni | ||
Mongolian кабель | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ကေဘယ်လ် | ||
Nepali केबल | ||
Norwegian kabel | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chingwe | ||
Odia (Oriya) କେବୁଲ୍ | | ||
Oromo keebilii | ||
Pashto کیبل | ||
Persian کابل | ||
Polish kabel | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) cabo | ||
Punjabi ਕੇਬਲ | ||
Quechua cable | ||
Romanian cablu | ||
Russian кабель | ||
Samoan uaea | ||
Sanskrit केबल | ||
Scots Gaelic càball | ||
Sepedi thapo | ||
Serbian кабл | ||
Sesotho thapo | ||
Shona waya | ||
Sindhi ڪيبل | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) කේබල් | ||
Slovak kábel | ||
Slovenian kabel | ||
Somali fiilo | ||
Spanish cable | ||
Sundanese kabel | ||
Swahili kebo | ||
Swedish kabel- | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) kable | ||
Tajik кабел | ||
Tamil கேபிள் | ||
Tatar кабель | ||
Telugu కేబుల్ | ||
Thai สายเคเบิล | ||
Tigrinya ገመድ | ||
Tsonga cable | ||
Turkish kablo | ||
Turkmen kabel | ||
Twi (Akan) cable | ||
Ukrainian кабель | ||
Urdu کیبل | ||
Uyghur سىم | ||
Uzbek kabel | ||
Vietnamese cáp | ||
Welsh cebl | ||
Xhosa intambo | ||
Yiddish קאַבלע | ||
Yoruba okun | ||
Zulu ikhebula |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Its alternative meaning 'line' or 'cord' in Afrikaans relates to a type of mooring or rope. |
| Albanian | The word "kabllo" in Albanian can also refer to a "rope" or "wire" |
| Amharic | The word "ገመድ" in Amharic can also refer to a rope or string, and is related to the verb "መገመድ" meaning "to tie" or "to bind". |
| Arabic | The word 'كابل' ('cable') comes from Persian and is also used in Kurdish and Turkish to mean 'rope' or 'line'. |
| Armenian | The word 'մալուխ' can also refer to a 'thread' or a 'bundle of threads' in Armenian. |
| Azerbaijani | In Azerbaijani, "kabel" comes from the Arabic "qabl" ("rope, cord") and can also refer to a "tie, bond, relationship". |
| Basque | The Basque word "kablea" also means "rope" or "wire". |
| Belarusian | The word “кабель” (cable) originates from the Dutch word “kabel” meaning “rope.” |
| Bengali | The word "তারের" can also refer to a wire or a string. |
| Bosnian | The word "kabel" in Bosnian can also refer to a type of electrical wiring known as a "coaxial cable". |
| Bulgarian | The word "кабел" is also used to refer to a type of steel rope or wire. |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "cable" can also refer to a wire or a rope. |
| Cebuano | In Cebuano, "kable" can also mean "message" or "letter". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | “电缆”源自英语“cable”，意为“粗绳、线缆”，也指“传电或通讯用的线缆”。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 電纜本意指以電線繞於軸心形成之物件，後引申為傳遞電能的電線. |
| Corsican | The word "cavu" in Corsican also has the alternate meaning of "hole" or "cavity". |
| Croatian | In Croatian, "kabel" can also refer to a "rope" or "towline". |
| Czech | In Czech, "kabel" can also refer to a horse's tail or a type of dance. |
| Danish | In Danish, "kabel" can also refer to a braid of hair, a coil of yarn, or a type of sausage. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "kabel" can also refer to a rope, cord, or wire, akin to its original meaning in nautical contexts. |
| Esperanto | In Esperanto, "kablo" shares its root with "kabalo" (rope) and "kapti" (to catch), suggesting a connection between cables and binding or transmission. |
| Estonian | The word "kaabel" in Estonian originates from the German word "Kabel", which in turn stems from the Latin "capulum", meaning "rope". |
| Finnish | The word "kaapeli" may originally be derived from the Proto-Germanic word "kapulja" meaning "rope" or "cord". |
| French | In French, the word "câble" can also refer to a telegram or a television program that is transmitted via cable. |
| Frisian | In Frisian, "kabel" can also refer to a rope or a chain. |
| Galician | En galego, la palabra "cable" también puede referirse a un conjunto de redes que conectan dispositivos o a una unidad de medida de longitud equivalente a 185,2 metros. |
| German | In nautical terms, the German word “Kabel” can refer to the length of the ship’s anchor chain, which is approximately 240 meters. |
| Greek | The word καλώδιο originally meant 'rope' and 'string', but now also refers to 'cable'. |
| Gujarati | The word "કેબલ" can also refer to a type of rope or wire, specifically one made of metal strands twisted together. |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "kab" is related to the French word "câble" and can also mean "chain" or "rope". |
| Hausa | "Kebul" is also a word for "rope" and comes from the Arabic "kabl" (Arabic word for "rope"). |
| Hawaiian | The word "uwea" in Hawaiian is a cognate of the word "uva" in Tahitian, which means "rope" or "line." |
| Hebrew | Originally, כֶּבֶל referred to a rope made of several strings twisted together |
| Hindi | The Hindi word 'केबल' (cable) originates from the Dutch word 'kabel', meaning 'rope' or 'cord'. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "txoj sia hlau" derives from "txoj sia," 'rope,' and "hlau" 'iron' and originally meant 'wire rope,' but is now used for any kind of cable. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "kábel" is likely of Turkish origin, from "kebel", which means rope or chain |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "kapall" derives from the Low German "kabel" and has the alternate meaning "a chain of metal rings." |
| Igbo | In Igbo, the word 'USB' also refers to 'a pen drive'. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "kabel" can also refer to a string, rope, or cord used to bind or tie objects together. |
| Irish | The word "cábla" is cognate with the Latin word "capulum"} |
| Italian | Italian 'cavo' can refer to a tooth in addition to an electric wire |
| Japanese | The Japanese word "ケーブル" (cable) can also refer to a TV subscription, or to a person's connections and influential relationships. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "kabel" also means "thread" or "wire used to tie something." |
| Kannada | "ಕೇಬಲ್" (cable) is derived from the Latin word "capere", meaning "to seize or hold". |
| Kazakh | In Kazakh, "кабель" can also refer to a large rope or string used for mooring ships or towing heavy objects. |
| Khmer | The word "ខ្សែ" can also refer to a rope, a cord, or a thread. |
| Korean | The Korean word "케이블" (cable) is derived from the French "câble" |
| Kurdish | "Kablo" can also refer to a wire or a rope in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "кабель" in Kyrgyz, meaning "cable", is of Russian origin and is also used to refer to ropes and wires |
| Latin | The word "funem" can also mean "rope" or "cord" in Latin. |
| Latvian | "Kabelis" means not only a "cable", but also a "cableway" or a "channel". |
| Lithuanian | In Lithuanian, "kabelis" can also refer to a rope or string, or a bundle of straw, further highlighting its connection to cordage and binding. |
| Macedonian | The word "кабел" can also refer to a type of rope or cord used for binding or tying. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word for 'cable', tariby, has its roots in the Arabic term for 'chain', tarib. |
| Malay | The Malay word "kabel" originated from the Dutch "kabel", meaning "rope" or "wire". |
| Malayalam | In Malayalam, the word "കേബിൾ" (cable) also holds the meaning of a 'rope', 'wire', or 'chain'. |
| Maltese | Kejbil can also mean 'cable car', 'pulley' or 'rope' (in this sense also written as kejbel). |
| Maori | The Maori word "taura" also means "rope" or "string". |
| Marathi | The Marathi word केबल (cable) comes from the Sanskrit word for 'rope', 'कपिल' (kapil), and also means 'message' or 'telegram'. |
| Mongolian | The word "кабель" can also refer to a thick rope or chain, or to a person who is tied up. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "ကေဘယ်လ်" (cable) is derived from the English word "cable" and ultimately from the Latin word "capere" meaning "to hold". |
| Nepali | In Nepali, ''cable'' can also refer to a ''rope'' or a ''chain''. |
| Norwegian | "Kabel" is derived from the Dutch word "kabel" and has had the meaning "rope" since the Middle Ages. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Zambian Nyanja, "chingwe" also refers to a type of fishing net used in Lake Kariba. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "کیبل" is derived from the English word "cable" and is also commonly used in Pashto to refer to an internet broadband connection. |
| Persian | The word "کابل" (cable) in Persian can also mean a "thick rope" or "a chain holding an elephant's foot". |
| Polish | The word “kabel” originated in the Latin "capulum", meaning "halter" |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Cabo derives from Latin and can also denote a "headland". Its root word is caput (capitis - "head") |
| Punjabi | ਕੇਬਲ can also mean a written statement or document, such as a contract or agreement. |
| Romanian | The word "cablu" in Romanian derives from the Turkish "kablo", which is in turn derived from the Arabic "qabl", meaning "rope" or "chord" |
| Russian | The Russian word "кабель" comes from the Dutch "kabel" and can also mean "rope" |
| Samoan | Uaea is the term used especially for the electrical wires which connect two points, as the telephone, while filo is the general term for a cord or string. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "càball" in Scots Gaelic can also refer to a twisted rope or a chain. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "кабл" (cable) originates from Turkish "kablo" which ultimately comes from Arabic "qābil" meaning "something that leads or conducts". |
| Sesotho | The word "thapo" in Sesotho also means "cord", "string", or "rope". |
| Shona | Shona slang for cable or wire. |
| Sindhi | The word 'ڪيبل' ('cable') in Sindhi also refers to a traditional string bed or cot. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "කේබල්" (cable) in Sinhala also means "a large rope" |
| Slovak | The word "kábel" is borrowed from Hungarian "kábel", the name of a river in Slovakia, the name of which is likely derived from the Turkic word "kavil", meaning "riverbed". |
| Slovenian | "Kabel" in Slovenian can also refer to a rope for pulling a raft. |
| Somali | The word "fiilo" can also mean "rope" or "wire" in Somali. |
| Spanish | In addition to its common meaning, "cable" can also refer to a telegraph or to the punishment of towing a convict behind a ship. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "kabel" also refers to a type of fish and a rope made from coconut fibers. |
| Swahili | "Kebo" also means "buffalo" in Swahili, possibly due to the resemblance of a bundled cable to a buffalo's horns. |
| Swedish | Kabel could come from the Proto-Indo-European word for "cable". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "kable" is also used in Tagalog to refer to a type of rope or cord made from natural fibers. |
| Tajik | The word кабел in Tajik has Persian origins as well, where it means "strong" or simply "rope". |
| Tamil | The Tamil word 'கேபிள்' has alternate meanings like chains, fetters, or shackles. |
| Telugu | Cable can also refer to the message sent using a cable. |
| Thai | The Thai word "สายเคเบิล" can also refer to "wire" or "rope" in English. |
| Turkish | In Turkish, the word "kablo" is also colloquially used to refer to a "wire" or a "rope". |
| Ukrainian | The word "кабель" in Ukrainian can also refer to a rope used for docking ships or pulling large objects. |
| Urdu | The word "cable" is derived from the Latin word "capulus" meaning "rope" or "halter". |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, "kabel" can also mean "rope", "wire", or "line". |
| Vietnamese | The word "cáp" is derived from the French word "câble" and also means "rope" or "cord" in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | A 'cebl' can be either a cable or a horse, but not a bicycle, because bicycles are 'beiciau'. |
| Xhosa | "Intambo" can also mean "thread" or "string" in Xhosa. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "קאַבלע" also refers to a rope or a bond of any kind. |
| Yoruba | "Òkùn" in Yoruba can also refer to a type of rope used for tying or a measuring instrument |
| Zulu | The noun "ikhebula" also alludes to a "string" or "line" (e.g., a line of cars). |
| English | The word “cable” derives from a Latin word which denoted the anchor rope of a ship. |