sabot

See also: sàbot

English

Etymology

Early 17th century, borrowed from Middle French sabot (see French sabot below). Doublet of sabaton and ciabatta.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsæbəʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈsæboʊ/
  • Rhymes: -æbəʊ

Noun

sabot (plural sabots)

  1. A wooden shoe.
    • 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 8:
      She was a tiny little woman and wore big sabots and a big scoop.
  2. A carrier around a projectile in a firearm, cannon or other type of artillery piece that precisely holds the projectile within the barrel.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

sabot (third-person singular simple present sabots, present participle saboting, simple past and past participle saboted)

  1. (transitive) To enclose (a projectile) in a sabot.

Anagrams


Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: sa‧bot
  • IPA(key): /ˈsabot/

Noun

sábot

  1. understanding, comprehension
    Synonym: intindi

Derived terms


Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: sa‧bot
  • IPA(key): /saˈbot/, [s̪ʌˈbut̪]

Verb

sabot

  1. to understand

French

Etymology

From Middle French savate (old shoe), of unknown origin. Possibly from Tatar чабата (çabata, overshoes), ultimately either from Ottoman Turkish چاپوت (çaput, çapıt, patchwork, tatters), from Ottoman Turkish چاپمق (çapmak, to slap on), or of Iranian origin, cognate with modern Persian چپت (čapat, a kind of traditional leather shoe). Akin to Norman chavette, Spanish zapato, Italian ciabatta and Portuguese sapato.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.bo/
    • (file)
  • IPA(key): /sa.bɔ/ (older, now chiefly Belgium)
  • Rhymes: -o,

Noun

sabot m (plural sabots)

  1. wooden shoe, clog
  2. hoof

Derived terms

Further reading


Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French sabot, from Middle French savate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsa.bɔt/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -abɔt
  • Syllabification: sa‧bot

Noun

sabot m inan

  1. sabot (wooden shoe worn in various European countries)
    Synonym: drewniak

Declension

Further reading

  • sabot in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • sabot in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French sabot.

Noun

sabot m (plural saboți)

  1. sabot

Declension

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