diable

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See also: diablę

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From French (à la) diable, from diable (devil), from Old French. Doublet of devil, diablo, and diabolus.

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Noun

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diable (plural diables)

  1. An unglazed earthenware casserole dish.

Adjective

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diable (not comparable)

  1. (postpositive) Flavored with hot spices.
    sauce diable

Anagrams

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Likely borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin or Late Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos).

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Noun

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diable m (plural diables)

  1. devil

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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diablo +‎ -e

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [diˈable]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -able
  • Hyphenation: di‧a‧ble

Adverb

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diable

  1. devilishly (in a way characteristic of the devil)
  2. terribly, awfully

Interjection

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diable

  1. deuce, damn

French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French diable, from Old French diable, deable, a semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin or Late Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos).

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Noun

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diable m (plural diables)

  1. (religion, mythology) devil
  2. (colloquial) rogue, (old) devil
  3. hand truck
    • 1954, Institut français d'Afrique noire, Mémoires de l'Institut français d'Afrique noire, page 179:
      ... l’ensemble a l’aspect d’une brouette ou d’un diable, mais ne peut être que tiré, car, en poussant, la roue sortirait ...
      ... the whole has the appearance of a wheelbarrow or a hand truck, but can only be pulled, because, when pushed, the wheel would come out ...
    • 1996, Charles-Édouard de Suremain, Jours ordinaires à la finca: une grande plantation de café au Guatemala, page 172:
      En milieu d’après-midi, juste avant la pluie, un ouvrier ramasse le café de consommation à l’aide d’un « diable », une sorte de repoussoir en bois qui a la forme d’une caisse ouverte, qu’il pousse devant lui.
      By mid-afternoon, just before the rain, a worker picks the coffee for consumption with the aid of a "devil", a kind of trolley of wood in the form of an open box, which is pushed before you.
    • 2011 Louis Cagin and Laetitia Nicolas, Construire en pierre sèche p.35
      Déplacer une pierre avec une brouette ou un diable
      Moving a stone with a wheelbarrow or a hand truck
      Diable à roues pneumatiques
      hand truck with pneumatic wheels.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Haitian Creole: dyab
  • English: diable, diablo
  • Chinook Jargon: le diaub

Proper noun

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le diable m

  1. the Devil

Interjection

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diable

  1. (dated) dash it!, deuce!

Further reading

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Middle French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old French diable, deable.

Proper noun

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le diable m

  1. the Devil

Noun

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diable m (plural diables)

  1. devil

Adjective

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diable m or f (plural diables)

  1. evil

Descendants

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References

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  • diable on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Old French

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Proper noun

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diable m (nominative singular diables)

  1. Alternative form of deable

Polish

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Adjective

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diable

  1. inflection of diabli:
    1. neuter nominative singular
    2. neuter accusative singular
    3. neuter vocative singular
    4. nonvirile nominative plural
    5. nonvirile accusative plural
    6. nonvirile vocative plural

Noun

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diable m

  1. inflection of diabeł:
    1. locative singular
    2. vocative singular