The profane language used on network television makes many parents with young children not want to subscribe to cable.
Source: tatoeba (1960)
Cable
/ˈkeɪ.bəl/
Synonyms for "cable" (99 found)
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Closest matches (20)
Strong matches (30)
Related words (49)
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More general
19 entriesTVconductorconnectelectrical componentfastenfixlinear measurelinear unitropesecuretelecastingtelecommunicatetelegramtelevisiontelevision system
Showing 16 of 19 words.
More specific
11 entriesCollocations
9 entriesEthernet cableHDMI cablecable TVcable managementcoaxial cableelectrical cablefiber optic cablepower cableundersea cable
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
108 translations across 58 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- kabllo noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Arabic
1 entries- كَابْل noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Armenian
3 entries- կաբել noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- կաբելային noun (communications system with coaxial or fiber optic)
- մալուխ noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- kabel noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Belarusian
1 entries- ка́бель noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Bulgarian
2 entries- ка́бел noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- кабел noun (communications system with coaxial or fiber optic)
Burmese
1 entries- သံကြိုး noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Catalan
1 entries- cable noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 電線 /电线 noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- 電纜 /电缆 noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Czech
2 entries- kabel noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- kabel noun (communications system with coaxial or fiber optic)
Danish
1 entries- kabel noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Dutch
3 entries- (electrische) kabel noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- kabel noun (communications system with coaxial or fiber optic)
- kabelnetwerk noun (communications system with coaxial or fiber optic)
Esperanto
1 entries- kablo noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Estonian
1 entries- kaabel noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Finnish
3 entries- johto noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- kaapeli noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- kaapeliverkko noun (communications system with coaxial or fiber optic)
French
2 entries- câble noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- fil électrique noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Galician
1 entries- cable noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Georgian
4 entries- კაბელი noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- კაბელი noun (communications system with coaxial or fiber optic)
- სადენი noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- სადენი noun (communications system with coaxial or fiber optic)
German
4 entries- Kabel noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- Kabel noun (communications system with coaxial or fiber optic)
- Leitung noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- Leitung noun (communications system with coaxial or fiber optic)
Greek
1 entries- καλώδιο noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Hebrew
2 entries- כְּבָלִים noun (communications system with coaxial or fiber optic)
- כֶּבֶל noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Hindi
1 entries- केबल noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Italian
2 entries- cavo noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- cavo elettrico noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Japanese
3 entries- ケーブル noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- 電線 noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- 電纜 noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Kazakh
3 entries- кабель noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- кәбіл noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- шоғырсым noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Khmer
3 entries- ខ្សែ noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- ខ្សែលួសធំ noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- ពួរ noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Korean
4 entries- 까벨 noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- 전람 noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- 전선 noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- 케이블 noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- кабель noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Lao
2 entries- ລວດ noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- ສາຍໄຟ noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Latvian
1 entries- kabelis noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kabelis noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Macedonian
2 entries- кабел noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- кабел noun (communications system with coaxial or fiber optic)
Malay
1 entries- kabel noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Mongolian
1 entries- утас noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Māori
1 entries- taura hiko noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- kabel noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- ledning noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- kabel noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- leidning noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Persian
2 entries- کابل noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- کیبل noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Polish
2 entries- kabel noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- przewód noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Portuguese
4 entries- cabo noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- cabo noun (communications system with coaxial or fiber optic)
- fio noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- linha noun (communications system with coaxial or fiber optic)
Romanian
4 entries- cablu noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- cablu noun (communications system with coaxial or fiber optic)
- cablu optic noun (communications system with coaxial or fiber optic)
- conductor noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Russian
3 entries- ка́бель noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- ка́бель noun (communications system with coaxial or fiber optic)
- про́вод noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- càball noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- càball noun (communications system with coaxial or fiber optic)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- kábel noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- ка́бел noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Slovak
1 entries- kábel noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Slovene
2 entries- kabel noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- vodič noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Spanish
2 entries- cable noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- cable noun (communications system with coaxial or fiber optic)
Swedish
3 entries- elkabel noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- kabel noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- kabel noun (communications system with coaxial or fiber optic)
Tagalog
1 entries- kable noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Tajik
1 entries- кабел noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Tatar
1 entries- кабель noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Thai
3 entries- ลวด noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- สายไฟ noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- เคเบิล noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Turkish
1 entries- kablo noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Turkmen
1 entries- kabel noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ка́бель noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Urdu
1 entries- کیبَل noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Uzbek
1 entries- kabel noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
Vietnamese
2 entries- cáp noun (assembly of wires for electricity)
- cáp noun (communications system with coaxial or fiber optic)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
A submarine cable was laid between the two countries.
Source: tatoeba (22158)
The boat was tied to the shore by a cable.
Source: tatoeba (33725)
Even this cable cost me 6000 yen.
Source: tatoeba (54795)
Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.