gabel

See also: 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)

1. (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

• gabeler

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

• Gable, Gebal, bagel, gable, galbe, gleba

Albanian

Etymology

From gabë (“lie, deception”) +‎ -el (suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡaˈbɛl]

Noun

gabel m (plural gabelë, definite gabeli, definite plural gabelët)

1. (derogatory, vulgar) a Gypsy, Roma

Declension

Declension of gabel

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gabel	gabeli	gabelë	gabelët
accusative		gabelin
dative	gabeli	gabelit	gabelëve	gabelëve
ablative			gabelësh

Synonyms

• rom
• magjup
• arixhi
• jevg
• evgjit

Cimbrian

Noun

gàbel

1. plural of gabala
2. dative singular of gabala

German

Verb

gabel

1. inflection of gabeln:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. 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

1. fork

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