râble

See also: râblé and rable

French

Etymology

From Old French raable, reable, from Latin rutābulum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁabl/ ~ /ʁɑbl/

• Audio:

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Noun

râble m (plural râbles)

1. (zoology) back (of certain quadrupeds)
2. (cooking) saddle
3. (humorous) back (of person)
4. stoker, poker (for hot coals); salt-worker's rake

Verb

râble

1. inflection of râbler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “râble”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.