sabler

English

Adjective

sabler

1. comparative form of sable: more sable

Danish

Noun

sabler c

1. indefinite plural of sabel

French

Etymology

From sable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.ble/ ~ /sɑ.ble/

• Audio (Paris):

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Verb

sabler

1. to sand (cover with sand)
2. to sandblast
3. (drinking) to chug (drink quickly)
4. (cooking) to cut butter or fat into flour to form a pebbly mixture

Conjugation

Conjugation of sabler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	sabler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	sablant /sa.blɑ̃/ or /sɑ.blɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		sablé /sa.ble/ or /sɑ.ble/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	sable /sabl/ or /sɑbl/	sables /sabl/ or /sɑbl/	sable /sabl/ or /sɑbl/	sablons /sa.blɔ̃/ or /sɑ.blɔ̃/	sablez /sa.ble/ or /sɑ.ble/	sablent /sabl/ or /sɑbl/
	imperfect	sablais /sa.blɛ/ or /sɑ.blɛ/	sablais /sa.blɛ/ or /sɑ.blɛ/	sablait /sa.blɛ/ or /sɑ.blɛ/	sablions /sa.bli.jɔ̃/ or /sɑ.bli.jɔ̃/	sabliez /sa.bli.je/ or /sɑ.bli.je/	sablaient /sa.blɛ/ or /sɑ.blɛ/
	past historic2	sablai /sa.ble/ or /sɑ.ble/	sablas /sa.bla/ or /sɑ.bla/	sabla /sa.bla/ or /sɑ.bla/	sablâmes /sa.blam/ or /sɑ.blam/	sablâtes /sa.blat/ or /sɑ.blat/	sablèrent /sa.blɛʁ/ or /sɑ.blɛʁ/
	future	sablerai /sa.blə.ʁe/ or /sɑ.blə.ʁe/	sableras /sa.blə.ʁa/ or /sɑ.blə.ʁa/	sablera /sa.blə.ʁa/ or /sɑ.blə.ʁa/	sablerons /sa.blə.ʁɔ̃/ or /sɑ.blə.ʁɔ̃/	sablerez /sa.blə.ʁe/ or /sɑ.blə.ʁe/	sableront /sa.blə.ʁɔ̃/ or /sɑ.blə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	sablerais /sa.blə.ʁɛ/ or /sɑ.blə.ʁɛ/	sablerais /sa.blə.ʁɛ/ or /sɑ.blə.ʁɛ/	sablerait /sa.blə.ʁɛ/ or /sɑ.blə.ʁɛ/	sablerions /sa.blə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /sɑ.blə.ʁjɔ̃/	sableriez /sa.blə.ʁje/ or /sɑ.blə.ʁje/	sableraient /sa.blə.ʁɛ/ or /sɑ.blə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	sable /sabl/ or /sɑbl/	sables /sabl/ or /sɑbl/	sable /sabl/ or /sɑbl/	sablions /sa.bli.jɔ̃/ or /sɑ.bli.jɔ̃/	sabliez /sa.bli.je/ or /sɑ.bli.je/	sablent /sabl/ or /sɑbl/
	imperfect2	sablasse /sa.blas/ or /sɑ.blas/	sablasses /sa.blas/ or /sɑ.blas/	sablât /sa.bla/ or /sɑ.bla/	sablassions /sa.bla.sjɔ̃/ or /sɑ.bla.sjɔ̃/	sablassiez /sa.bla.sje/ or /sɑ.bla.sje/	sablassent /sa.blas/ or /sɑ.blas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	sable /sabl/ or /sɑbl/	—	sablons /sa.blɔ̃/ or /sɑ.blɔ̃/	sablez /sa.ble/ or /sɑ.ble/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• blaser

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

sabler m

1. indefinite plural of sabel