deable
See also: Deable
Old French
Alternative forms
- diable
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin or Late Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deˈa.blə/
Noun
deable m (oblique plural deables, nominative singular deables, nominative plural deable)
- devil
Proper noun
deable m (nominative singular deables)
- The Devil
Descendants
- Middle French: diable, dyable
- French: diable, yiable
- Haitian Creole: dyab
- → English: diable, diablo
- French: diable, yiable
- Norman: dgiâbl'ye
- Walloon: diale