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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈseɪbəl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈseɪbəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(sā′bəl)

Inflections of 'sable' (n):
sables
npl (All usages)
sable
npl (Can be used as a collective plural––e.g. "Sable are kept by fur farmers.")

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Sable /ˈseɪbəl/ n Cape Sable ⇒
  1. a cape at the S tip of Florida: the southernmost point of continental US
  2. the southernmost point of Nova Scotia, Canada
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
sa•ble /ˈseɪbəl/USA pronunciation   n., pl. -bles, (esp. when thought of as a group for 1. 2. ) -ble. 
  1. Mammals[countable] a small dark-colored Eurasian or North American marten, valued for its fur.
  2. Clothing[uncountable] the fur of the sable.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
sa•ble  (sā′bəl),USA pronunciation n., pl. -bles, (esp. collectively for 1, 2) -ble, adj. 
n. 
  1. Mammalsan Old World weasellike mammal, Mustela zibellina, of cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
  2. Mammalsa marten, esp. Mustela americana.
  3. Clothingthe fur of the sable.
  4. Heraldrythe color black, often being one of the heraldic colors.
  5. Clothing sables, mourning garments.

adj. 
  1. Heraldryof the heraldic color sable.
  2. Clothingmade of the fur or hair of the sable.
  3. very dark;
    black.
  • Slavic or Baltic; compare Russian sóbol', Lithuanian sàbalas; ulterior origin, originally obscure
  • Middle Low German sabel (compare late Old High German zobel)
  • Old French
  • Middle English 1275–1325

Sa•ble  (sā′bəl),USA pronunciation n. Cape, 
  1. a cape on a small island at the SW tip of Nova Scotia, Canada: lighthouse.
  2. a cape at the S tip of Florida.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
sable /ˈseɪbəl/ n ( pl -bles, -ble)
  1. a marten, Martes zibellina, of N Asian forests, with dark brown luxuriant fur
    • the highly valued fur of this animal
    • (as modifier): a sable coat
  3. American sable ⇒ the brown, slightly less valuable fur of the American marten, Martes americana
  4. the colour of sable fur: a dark brown to yellowish-brown colour
 adj
  1. of the colour of sable fur
  2. black; dark; gloomy
  3. (usually postpositive) of the colour black
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French, from Old High German zobel, of Slavic origin; related to Russian sobol', Polish sobol
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