"kabel" meaning in Swedish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɑːbɛl/
Etymology: From Old Swedish kabel (“heavy rope”), kabbla (plural) (15th c.), from Old Norse kabill (14th c.), by some merit a derivative of kabb- (“spool, roll”) + -ill (agent suffix), related to kafli (“roll; handle, swordhilt”), but also a derivative of Old Northern French cable, Occitan câble, from Late Latin capulum (“lasso, rope, halter; handle, swordhilt”), from Latin capiō (“to take, seize”). Etymology templates: {{root|sv|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|kabel||heavy rope}} Old Swedish kabel (“heavy rope”), {{gl|15th c.}} (15th c.), {{inh|sv|non|kabill}} Old Norse kabill, {{gl|14th c.}} (14th c.), {{suf|non|kabbi|-ill|alt1=kabb-|pos2=agent suffix|t1=spool, roll}} kabb- (“spool, roll”) + -ill (agent suffix), {{der|sv|fro-nor|cable}} Old Northern French cable, {{der|sv|oc|câble}} Occitan câble, {{der|sv|la-lat|capulum||lasso, rope, halter; handle, swordhilt}} Late Latin capulum (“lasso, rope, halter; handle, swordhilt”), {{der|sv|la|capiō||to take, seize}} Latin capiō (“to take, seize”) Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||||g=c|g2=|g3=|g4=|head=|sort=}} kabel c, {{sv-noun|c}} kabel c Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-c-r|3=kabla}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], kabel [indefinite, nominative, singular], kabels [genitive, indefinite, singular], kabeln [definite, nominative, singular], kabelns [definite, genitive, singular], kablar [indefinite, nominative, plural], kablars [genitive, indefinite, plural], kablarna [definite, nominative, plural], kablarnas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. a cable (conductor – heavily insulated wire, fiber-optic cable, network cable, etc. – same as in English) Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-kabel-sv-noun-I4p2TC7y Categories (other): Old Norse terms suffixed with -ill, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Norse terms suffixed with -ill: 42 20 25 12 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 62 23 11 4
  2. a cable (thick wire or line – compare vajer) Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-kabel-sv-noun-p-Yl8Tjj
  3. (collectively) cable (both senses) Tags: collective, common-gender
    Sense id: en-kabel-sv-noun-JNugesbV
  4. (communication) cable Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-kabel-sv-noun-fW4Y0P9L Categories (other): Communication Topics: communication, communications
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ledning, sladd (english: cord), vajer, wire
Derived forms: duplexkabel, elkabel, högspänningskabel, kabel-tv, kabelavbrott, kabeldragare, kabeldragning, kabelskarv, kabeltrumma, kabla, koaxialkabel, lägga en kabel, nätverkskabel, telefonkabel, telegrafkabel, undervattenskabel

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "duplexkabel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "elkabel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "högspänningskabel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kabel-tv"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kabelavbrott"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kabeldragare"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kabeldragning"
    },
    {
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      "word": "kabelskarv"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kabeltrumma"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kabla"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "koaxialkabel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lägga en kabel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "nätverkskabel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "telefonkabel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "telegrafkabel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "undervattenskabel"
    }
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      "word": "kaapeli"
    }
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      "kabbla",
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    ],
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      "kabill",
      "kabill#Old_Norse"
    ],
    [
      "kabb-",
      "kabbi#Old_Norse"
    ],
    [
      "-ill",
      "-ill#Old_Norse"
    ],
    [
      "kafli",
      "kafli#Old_Norse"
    ],
    [
      "cable",
      "cable#Old_French"
    ],
    [
      "câble",
      "câble#Occitan"
    ],
    [
      "capulum",
      "capulum#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "capiō",
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    ]
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      "expansion": "Occitan câble",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "g3": "",
        "g4": "",
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        "sort": ""
      },
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      "word": "ledning"
    },
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      "english": "cord",
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      "word": "sladd"
    },
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      "word": "vajer"
    },
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    }
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        "a cable (conductor – heavily insulated wire, fiber-optic cable, network cable, etc. – same as in English)"
      ],
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      ]
    },
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          "cable",
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          "vajer",
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        ]
      ],
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        "common-gender"
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    },
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        "collective",
        "common-gender"
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              0,
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          "english": "cable TV",
          "text": "kabel-tv",
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        }
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        "cable"
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      ],
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑːbɛl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kabel"
}

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    "Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish",
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    "Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish",
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      "word": "duplexkabel"
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    {
      "word": "elkabel"
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    {
      "word": "högspänningskabel"
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    {
      "word": "kabel-tv"
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    {
      "word": "kabelavbrott"
    },
    {
      "word": "kabeldragare"
    },
    {
      "word": "kabeldragning"
    },
    {
      "word": "kabelskarv"
    },
    {
      "word": "kabeltrumma"
    },
    {
      "word": "kabla"
    },
    {
      "word": "koaxialkabel"
    },
    {
      "word": "lägga en kabel"
    },
    {
      "word": "nätverkskabel"
    },
    {
      "word": "telefonkabel"
    },
    {
      "word": "telegrafkabel"
    },
    {
      "word": "undervattenskabel"
    }
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      "kabb-",
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      "-ill",
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      "kafli",
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      "câble",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
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      "form": "kablarna",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
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        {
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            ]
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            [
              0,
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            ]
          ],
          "english": "cable TV",
          "text": "kabel-tv",
          "translation": "cable TV",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cable"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "communication",
          "communication"
        ],
        [
          "cable",
          "cable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(communication) cable"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "communication",
        "communications"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑːbɛl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kabel"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swedish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-10-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (1a05e46 and e3d6d4e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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