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Definitions: Saber |
SaberNoun1. A fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle. 2. A stout sword with a curved blade and thick back. Verb1. Cut with a saber. 2. Kill with a saber. 3. Injure with a sabre. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "saber" was first used: 1680. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Space | Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry (instrument on TIMED from Hampton University, Virginia). (references) |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
saber | English | Semiautomatic business environment research | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: SaberSynonyms: cavalry sword (n), sabre (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Arms | Sword, saber, broadsword, cutlass, falchion, scimitar, cimeter, brand, whinyard, bilbo, glaive, glave, rapier, skean, Toledo, Ferrara, tuck, claymore, adaga, baselard, Lochaber ax, skean dhu, creese, kris, dagger, dirk, banger, poniard, stiletto, stylet, dudgeon, bayonet; sword-bayonet, sword-stick; side arms, foil, blade, steel; ax, bill; pole-ax, battle-ax; gisarme, halberd, partisan, tomahawk, bowie knife; ataghan, attaghan, yataghan; yatacban; assagai, assegai; good sword, trusty sword, naked sword; cold steel. |
Defiance | Chest-beating, chest-thumping; saber rattling. |
Intelligence Wisdom | Phrase: aut regem aut fatuum nasci oportet; "but with the morning cool reflection came"; flosculi sententiarum; les affaires font les hommes; mas vale saber que haber; mas vale ser necio que profiadol nemo solus sapit; nosce te; gr/gnothi seauton/gr nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit; sapere aude; victrix fortunae sapientia. |
Killing | Saber; cut down, cut to pieces, cut the throat; jugulate; stab, run through the body, bayonet, eviscerate; put to the sword, put to the edge of the sword. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Saber |
| English words defined with "saber": Acinaces ♦ Cutlass fish ♦ Moulinet ♦ saber rattling, sabre, scimitar. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "saber": PORTABLE SAWYER. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Saber" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Asturian (to know), Catalan (know, know how), Portuguese (guide mark, have, instruction, know, know how, knowledge is power, learning, lore, savvy, scholarship, science, to know), Portuguese Brazilian (to know), Provencal (to know), Spanish (be conscious of, can, go around, hear, know, know how, knowledge, learn, learning, realize, savor, savour, taste, tell, to know, to know how, visit, wisdom, wit). |
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Screenplays | If you spent as much time practicing your saber techniques as you did your wit, you'd rival Master Yoda as a swordsman. (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones; writing credit: George Lucas) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Ojalá no entre en mi casa mujer que sepa más de lo que una mujer debe saber (1969) Creer y saber (1963) Mark Saber (1951) Saber Marionette J Again OVA (1999) Last Stand at Saber River (1997) | |
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| Brief swishing sound from star wars light saber . | |
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Civil Liberties | Iran | Authorities arrested journalists Fariba Davoodi-Mohajer, Mohammed Vali-Beig, and Massoud Behnoud in February, and arrested Hoda Saber and Reza Alijani in March. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Saber" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Saber" is used about 15 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 15 | 90,616 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "saber" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Saber | Last name | 300 | 27,176 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "saber": mas vale saber que haber ♦ rattle the saber ♦ saber fish ♦ saber rattling ♦ saber toothed. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "saber": Saber-C, Saber-C++, saber-toothed, saber-toothed tiger, saber-toothed tigers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
saber | 369 |
light saber | 166 |
saber marionette | 97 |
saber marionette j | 86 |
saber tooth tiger | 68 |
rider saber | 45 |
electronica saber | 35 |
amar saber | 34 |
j saber | 31 |
saber toothed tiger | 29 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "saber"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 军刀. (various references) | |
Czech | šavle (sabre, sword). (various references) | |
Farsi | شمشیربلندنظامی(sabr), باشمشیرکشتن , باشمشیرزدن . (various references) | |
French | sabre (sabre). (various references) | |
German | Saebel, der, säbel (sabre, sabres, scimitar). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szablya (sabre), kard (brand, glaive, iron, sabers, sabres, skewer, steel, sword). (various references) | |
Italian | sciabola (sabre, sword). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 軍刀 (service sword, side arms), ゴルフ (ace, circle, circlet, circlip, circuit, circuit breaker, circuit training, circular fluorescent lamp, circular skirt, circulation, circulator, circumscribe, circumscription, circus, club, Gauloise, golf course, golf links, gondola, gong, goods or services without charge, grounder, sabre, sabre-toothed tiger, sardine, sardonyx, search, searcher, searchlight, serge, sergeant, servant, serve, serve point, server, service, service area, service car, service girl, service room, service station, service yard, snap ring, sports club, support system, surcharge, surf cast, surf casting, surf rider, surf roller, surf ski, surf trolling, surfboard, surfer, surfing, surge, surveillance, survey, Surveyor, third, thirty), 刀 (blade, engraving tool, knife, sword). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぐ"とう (archipelago, groupof robbers, island group, service sword, side arms), サーブル (sabre), とう (and the like, be frozen over, building, cane, child, congeal, counter for large animals, engraving tool, et cetera, etc., foolishness, freeze, ground spider, knife, pagoda, party, place, rattan, section, servant, sickle, steal, sugar, sword, T'ang-Dynasty, to accuse, to ask, to charge, to question, tower, without regard to). (various references) | |
Korean | 군도 (Archipelago). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | abersay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | sabre (broadsword, sabre, sword). (various references) | |
Russian | сабля (sabre, sword). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | sablja (sabre). (various references) | |
Spanish | sable (backsword, batten, broadsword, chain bar, chain blade, chain guide, cutter bar, cutting bar, frostfish, guide bar, guide blade, guide plate, sable, sabre, scabbard fish, scabbardfish, silver scabbardfish, sword, timber sword), acuchillar (cut up, gash, hack, knife, sabre, slash). (various references) | |
Swedish | sabel (sabre). (various references) | |
Thai | ฟัน"้วย"าบ, "าบโค้ง (sabre). (various references) | |
Turkish | süvari kılıcı (sabre), kılıçtan geçirmek (massacre, put to the sword, sabre, slaughter), kılıçla vurmak (sabre), kılıçla kesmek (sabre), kılıç (blade, claymore, glaive, sabre, sword), eskrim kılıcı (foil, sabre, singlestick). (various references) | |
Turkmen | gylyз. (various references) | |
Ukranian | рубати шаблею (sabre), фехтувати на шаблях (sabre), фехтування на шаблях (sabre), шабля (sabre), кавалерист (cavalier, cavalryman, horseman, horsesoldier, pricker, sabre). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự thống trị quân sự sự đe doạ binh đao (sabre). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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| French | 1500-Modern | sabre. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 46, Verse 10 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Uioi de sumewn iemouhl kai iamin kai awd kai iacin kai saar kai saoul uioV thV cananitidoV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Filii Symeon Iemuhel et Iamin et Ahod et Iachin et Saher et Saul filius Chananitidis |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The sones of Symyon, Jemuhel, and Jamyn, and Yahoth, and Jachyn, and Sab, and Saber, and Saul, the sone of Chanynytidis. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | The childern of Simeon: Iemuel Iamin Ohad Iachin Zohar and Saul the sonne of a Cananitish woman |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul, the son of a woman of Canaan; |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 46, Verse 10 |
| Bulgarian | Симеонови синове: Емуил, Ямин, Аод, Яхин, Сохар и Саул син на ханаанка; |
| Cebuano | Ug ang mga anak nga lalake ni Simeon: si Jemuel, ug si Jamin, ug si Ohad, ug si Jakin, ug si Zoar, ug si Saul nga anak nga lalake sa babaye nga Canaanhon. |
| Chinese | 西 緬 的 ' 子 是 耶 母 利 、 雅 憫 、 阿 轄 、 雅 斤 、 瑣 轄 . 還 有 迦 南 女 子 所 " 的 掃 羅 。 |
| Croatian | Sinovi imunovi: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Sohar i aul, sin Kanaanke. |
| Danish | Simeons Sønner Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar og Kana'anæerkvindens Søn Sjaul; |
| Dutch | En de zonen van Simeon: Jemuel, en Jamin, en Ohad, en Jachin, en Zohar, en Saul, de zoon ener Kanaanietische vrouw. |
| Finnish | Simeonin pojat olivat Jemuel, Jaamin, Oohad, Jaakin, Soohar ja Saul, kanaanilaisen vaimon poika. |
| French | Fils de Siméon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin et Tsochar; et Saul, fils de la Cananéenne. |
| German | Die Kinder Simeons: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar und Saul, der Sohn von dem kanaanitischen Weibe. |
| Haitian Creole | Men non pitit Simeyon yo: Jemouyèl, Jamen, Orad, Jaken, Zoka ak Sayil. Li te fè dènye sa a ak yon fanm peyi Kanaran. |
| Hungarian | Simeon fiai pedig: Jemúel, Jámin, Ohad, Jákhin, Czóhár és Saul a kanaáni asszonynak fia. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Simeon; anak-anaknya: Yemuel, Yamin, Ohad, Yakhin, Zohar dan Saul, anak dari istrinya seorang wanita Kanaan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka anak-anak laki-laki Simeon, yaitu Yemuil dan Yamin dan Ohad dan Yakhin dan Zohar, dan Saul, yaitu anak laki-laki dari pada seorang perempuan Kanani. |
| Italian | I figli di Simeone: Iemuel, Iamin, Oad, Iachin, Socar e Saul, figlio della Cananea. |
| Korean | 시 므 온 의 아 " 곧 여 무 엘 과, 야 민 과, 오 핫 과, 야 긴 과, 스 과, 가 나 안 여 인 의 소 생 사 울 이 " |
| Maori | Ko nga tama a Himiona; ko Iemuere, ko Iamini, ko Ohara, ko Iakini, ko Tohara, ratou ko Hauru, ko te tama a tetahi wahine Kanaani. |
| Modern Greek | Και οι υιοι του Συμεων, Ιεμουηλ και Ιαμειν και Αωδ και Ιαχειν και Σωαρ και Σαουλ, υιος Χανανιτιδος. |
| Norwegian | og Simeons sønner: Jemuel og Jamin og Ohad og Jakin og Sohar og Saul, som han hadde fått med en kana'anitterkvinne, |
| Portuguese | E os filhos de Simeão: Jemuel, Jamim, Oade, Jaquim, Zoar, e Saul, filho de uma mulher cananéia. |
| Rumanian | -Fiii lui Simeon: Iemuel, Iamin, Ohad, Iachin wi Yohar; wi Saul, fiu dintr`o femeie Cananitq. |
| Russian | уЩОЩ уЙНЕПОБ: йЕНХЙМ Й йБНЙО, Й пЗБ", Й йБИЙО, Й гПИБТ, Й уБХМ, УЩО иБОБОЕСОЛЙ. |
| Spanish | Los hijos de Simeón: Jemuel, Jamín, Ohad, Jaquín, Zojar y Saúl, hijo de la cananea. |
| Swedish | Simeons söner voro Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Sohar och Saul, den kananeiska kvinnans son. |
| Thai | บุตรชายของสิเมโอน คือ เยมูเอล ยามีน โอหา" ยาคีน และโศหาร์ กับชาอูล บุตรชายของหญิงคนคานาอัน |
| Ukrainian | І сини Симеонові: Ємуїл, і Ямін, і Огад, і Яхін, і Цохар, і Саул, син ханаанеянки. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "saber": sabered, sabering, sabermetrician, sabermetricians, sabermetrics, sabers. (additional references) | |
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"Saber" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abeer, aber, Asabere, asba, ashbery, Astberg, Esber, Esjberg, haber, Isambert, kaber, Kaberu, Naber, saba, sabar, Sabaya, Sabbe, Sabe, sabeen, Sabej, sabel, saben, sabey, sabi, sabia, sabic, sabier, Sabio, sabir, Sabiro, Sabne, sabor, sabr, sabra, sabre, sabred, Sabreur, Sabu, Sabur, Sacer, Sadberk, saeb, Saer, safba, Saher, sambur, samer, Saqer, satba, sauber, sauer, sawer, Sbaa, S'been, sber, sebeb, Seburt, Sedber, Sekber, selber, Shabir, Shabura, siba, Siberry, Sibert, sieberi, silber, siober, skabe, stabor, suber, submer, swabe, syber, zuberi. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "saber" (pronounced sā"ber) |
| 4 | s ā" b er | sabre. |
| 3 | -ā" b er | belabor, labor, labour, Neighbor, taber, Tabor. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: bares, baser, bears, braes, sabre. | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-r-s" | |
-1 letter: arbs, ares, arse, bare, bars, base, bear, brae, bras, ears, eras, rase, rebs, sabe, sear, sera. | |
-2 letters: abs, arb, are, ars, bar, bas, bra, ear, era, ers, ras, reb, res, sab, sae, sea, ser. | |
-3 letters: ab, ae, ar, as, ba, be, er, es, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-r-s" | |
+1 letter: abaser, abuser, ambers, ardebs, bakers, balers, barbes, bardes, barest, barges, barres, baryes, basher, baster, beards, blares, blears, braces, braise, brakes, braves, brazes, breads, breaks, breams, breast, bursae, cabers, debars, embars, kebars, rabies, rebars, rehabs, sabers, sabred, sabres, serdab, tabers, yerbas, zebras. | |
+2 letters: abasers, abaters, abiders, abjures, abrades, abreast, abusers, adverbs, aerobes, ambeers, amblers, ambries, arabesk, arables, arbores, arbutes, ascribe, backers, badgers, baggers, bailers, baiters, balkers, ballers, banders, bangers, bankers, banners, banters, barbels, barbers, barbets, bareges, bargees, barites, barkers, barless, barleys, barques, barrels, barrens, barrets, barters, barytes, bashers, basters, bathers, batters, bawlers, beakers, bearers, bearish, beaters, beavers, beggars, berakes, berates, berthas, besmear, beswarm, betrays, bewares, bewraps, bewrays, bezoars, blamers, blaster, blazers, boaster, boaters, boraces, borages, boranes, borates, boraxes, bracers, braches, braised, braises, braizes, braless, brasher, brashes, brasier, brassed, brasses, brassie, bravers, bravest, bravoes, brawest, braxies, brayers, brazens, brazers, breasts, breaths, bureaus, bursate, bursera, cambers, caribes, crambes, dabbers, dabster, darbies, daubers, debarks, debaser, embarks, eyebars, fablers, ferbams, gabbers, garbles, grabens, herbals, isobare, jabbers, jerboas, labrets, lambers, marbles, nabbers, prefabs, rabbets, rabbies, rabbles, rambles, rebaits, rebates, rebatos, redbays, rosebay, rubaces, rubasse, sabered, saprobe, seabird, serdabs, sidebar, slabber, sorbate, stabber, stabler, subarea, subrace, surbase, swabber, terbias, unbears, upbears, verbals, warbles, yabbers, zarebas, zebrass. | |
+3 letters: abetters, abettors, abhenrys, abjurers, aborters, abraders, abrasive, abreacts, abridges, absenter, absolver, absorbed, absorber, absterge, abstruse, absurder, abutters, acerbest, adsorbed, adsorber, aerobics, airbuses, algebras, ambaries, amberies, ambusher, antbears, arabesks, arabizes, arbalest, arbelest, arbiters, arbuscle, arquebus, ascribed, ascribes, auberges, babblers, backrest, bafflers, bakeries, ballsier, baluster, bandores, banisher, banister, barbells, barbless, barbules, bareness, baresark, barflies, barghest, barguest, barkeeps, barkiest, barkless, barmiest, barniest, baroness, baronets, baronies, baronnes, baroques, barrages, barriers, bartends, barwares, baseborn, basifier, basketry, batchers, battlers, bawdries, bearcats, bearhugs, bearings, bearskin, becharms, becrawls, bedrails, bedrapes, bedstraw, bedwards, bedwarfs, beeyards, begroans, behavers, bejabers, belabors, berascal, bereaves, berettas, bermudas, besmears, bespread, bestiary, beswarms, bilayers, binaries, biramose, birettas, bizarres, blabbers, bladders, blarneys, blasters, blastier, blathers, blatters, bleaters, bloaters, boarders, boasters, brabbles, braceros, brachets, brackens, brackets, braggers, braggest, braiders, brailles, brakiest, brambles, branches, branders, brandies, branners, brashest, brashier, brasiers, brassage, brassier, brassies, brattles, brawlers, braziers, breaches, breadths, breakers, breakups, breasted, breathes, breccias, brechams, brechans, brewages, brigades, brisance, broaches, broadens, broadest, brocades, brokages, bromates, bugbears, burgages, cabarets, cabestro, cabresta, cabresto, calibers, calibres, carbides, carbines, chambers, clabbers, clambers, crabbers, crabwise, cramboes, cudbears, dabblers, dabsters, daubries, debasers, debaters, drabbest, drabbets, drabbles, drabness, durables, earlobes, embraces, enablers, erasable, exurbias, firebase, forbears, forebays, freebase, gabblers, gambiers, gamblers, gambrels, garbages, garblers, garbless, gerberas, grabbers, grabbles, grosbeak, halberds, halberts, hauberks, herbages, isobares, labelers, laborers, lamberts, liberals, librates, marblers, megabars, parables, parsable, passerby, prebakes, prebasal, probates, rabblers, raisable, ramblers, rarebits, ratsbane, reabsorb, rebaters, reboards, redbaits, relabels, retables, reusable, rheobase, rinsable, roadbeds, rosebays, rubasses, rubellas, rubeolas, rustable, sabering, saboteur, saprobes, scabbier, scrabble, scramble, seabirds, seaboard, seaborne, searobin, servable, shabbier, sharable, sidebars, slabbers, slabbery, sorbable, sorbates, sortable, sowbread, sparable, sparerib, stabbers, stablers, storable, subareas, subframe, subgrade, subraces, superbad, surbased, surbases, surfable, swabbers, sybarite, tabarets, taborers, taborets, tribades, typebars, umbrages, unbraces, unbrakes, urbanest, urbanise, verbenas, vibrates, wabblers, warblers, zareebas. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 61 62 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .- -... . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100001 01100010 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S a b e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0061 0062 0065 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5367687184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Sounds 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Names: Frequency 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Translations: Ancient 15. Bible Trace 16. Abbreviations | 17. Acronyms 18. Derivations 19. Rhymes 20. Anagrams | 21. Orthography 22. Bibliography |
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