cable Signification, définition

Signification de cable en français

• 0 a television or Internet service delivered through wires -- câble [ masculine ]

  • Do you have cable or satellite? Avez-vous le câble ou le satellite ?

  • cable TV la télévision par câble

• 1 covered wires for carrying electricity or other signals -- câble [ masculine ]

  • cables running under the floor des câbles passant sous le plancher

  • a television cable un câble de télévision

• 2 a metal rope used in construction -- câble [ masculine ]

  • steel cables des câbles d’acier

  • 100 yards of cable 91 mètres de câble

• 3 (a) strong rope or chain for hauling or tying anything, especially a ship -- câble

  • The train is pulled by cables up the mountain.

• 4 (a set of) wires for carrying electric current or signals -- câble

  • They are laying a new electricity cable under the street.

• 5 (a rope made of) strands of metal wound together for supporting a bridge etc -- câble

  • A total of 18 steel cables support the suspension bridge.

• 6 (also cablegram) a telegram sent by cable -- câblogramme

  • Richard had sent her a cable from Istanbul.

• 7 cable television -- (télévision par) câble

  • Do you have cable in your apartment?

• 8 to telegraph by cable -- câbler

  • I cabled news of my mother’s death to our relations in Canada.