table

== English == === Alternative forms === tyebble (Geordie) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English table, tabel, tabil, tabul, from Old English tabele, tabul, tablu, tabule, tabula (“board”); also as tæfl, tæfel, an early Germanic borrowing of Latin tabula (“tablet, board, plank, chart”). The sense of “piece of furniture” is from Old French table, of same Latin origin; Old English used bēod or bord instead for this meaning: see board. Doublet of tabula and tavla. === Pronunciation === enPR: tāʹbəl, IPA(key): /ˈteɪbl̩/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [ˈt(ʰ)eɪbɫ̩] (US) IPA(key): [ˈtʰeɪb(ə)ɫ] (General Australian) IPA(key): [ˈtʰæɪbəɫ] (Canada) IPA(key): [ˈtʰeːb(ə)ɫ] (dialectal) IPA(key): [ˈtɛːb(ə)ɫ] (Indic) IPA(key): [ˈʈeːbɨl], [-äl] Rhymes: -eɪbəl Hyphenation: ta‧ble === Noun === table (plural tables) (countable) Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses. An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs. The board or table-like furniture on which a game is played, such as snooker, billiards, or draughts. A flat tray which can be used as a table. A supply of food or entertainment. (metonymic) A booth or display at an event such as an exposition or fair. A service of Holy Communion. (backgammon) One half of a backgammon board, which is divided into the inner and outer table. A wide, flat obstacle for a horse to jump over. A group of people at a table, for example, for a meal, meeting or game. (poker, metonymic) The lineup of players at a given table. (roleplaying games, metonymic) A group of players meeting regularly to play a campaign. (waitstaff, metonymic) A group of diners at a given table or tables. A two-dimensional presentation of data. A matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns. A collection of arithmetic calculations arranged in a table, such as multiplications in a multiplication table. (computing, chiefly databases) A lookup table, most often a set of vectors. (sports) A visual representation of a classification of teams or individuals based on their success over a predetermined period. (music) The top of a stringed instrument, particularly a member of the violin family: the side of the instrument against which the strings vibrate. The flat topmost facet of a cut diamond. A flat gravestone supported on pillars. (obsolete, biblical) A writing tablet. ==== Synonyms ==== (computing): grid, vector ==== Hypernyms ==== (computing): array (furniture): furniture ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Coordinate terms ==== (furniture): chair ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Assamese: টেবুল (tebul) → Bengali: টেবিল (ṭebil) → Gujarati: ટેબલ (ṭebal) → Japanese: テーブル (tēburu) → Korean: 테이블 (teibeul) → Māori: tēpu → Nepali: टेबुल (ṭebul) → Odia: ଟେବଲ୍ (ṭebal) → Sylheti: ꠐꠦꠛꠥꠟ (ṭebul) → Telugu: టేబులు (ṭēbulu) ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== table on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Verb === table (third-person singular simple present tables, present participle tabling, simple past and past participle tabled) To tabulate; to put into a table or grid. [from 15th c.] (now rare) To supply (a guest, client etc.) with food at a table; to feed. [from 15th c.] 'April 13 1638, Henry Wotton, letter to John Milton At Siena I was tabled in the house of one Alberto Scipioni (obsolete) To delineate; to represent, as in a picture; to depict. [17th–19th c.] c. 1607, Francis Bacon, letter to Tobie Matthew tabled and pictured in the chambers of meditation (non-US) To put on the table of a commission or legislative assembly; to propose for formal discussion or consideration, to put on the agenda. [from 17th c.] Synonyms: moot, propose (chiefly US) To remove from the agenda, to postpone dealing with; to shelve (to indefinitely postpone consideration or discussion of something). [from 19th c.] (metonymic) To represent a company or organization (at an exposition, fair, etc.), usually at a booth or display. (carpentry, obsolete) To join (pieces of timber) together using coaks. [18th–19th c.] To put on a table. [from 19th c.] 1833 Thomas Carlyle, letter to his Mother, The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson [A]fter some clatter offered us a rent of five pounds for the right to shoot here, and even tabled the cash that moment, and would not pocket it again. (poker, colloquial) To show one's cards face-up, especially during showdown. (nautical) To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the bolt-rope. ==== Related terms ==== tabulate ==== Translations ==== === See also === tabula rasa === References === table (parliamentary procedure) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === ablet, Taleb, belta, blate, bleat == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tabl/ Rhymes: -abl === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old French table, from Latin tabula (“tablet”). Doublet of tôle and taule. ==== Noun ==== table f (plural tables) (countable) table (furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses) flat surface atop various objects flat part of a cut or carved object (music) table of a stringed instrument matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns systematic list of content ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== tableau tabulaire tabulation ===== Descendants ===== Louisiana Creole: latab → Bulgarian: табла (tabla) → Macedonian: табла (tabla) → Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic script: табла Latin script: tabla === Etymology 2 === From the verb tabler. ==== Verb ==== table inflection of tabler: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “table”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === balte, bêlât == Hawaiian Creole == === Etymology === Derived from English table. === Noun === table (countable) table (furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses) == Middle English == === Alternative forms === tabel, tabil, tabul, tabyl, tabyle, tabyll, tabulle, tabele, tabill === Etymology === From a combination of Old French table and Old English tabele, tabul, tablu, tabule, tabula, both from Latin tabula. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtaːbəl/, /ˈtaːblə/ === Noun === table (plural tables or (early) tablen) (countable) table (furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses) The top of a table (flat surface of a table for use) (figurative) A location where one's soul receives nutrition. (figurative) A serving or portion of food. A level writing surface: A tablet, especially a portable one for writing on. An inscribed memorial, dedication, message, or other text; a sign or monument. (biblical) The physical Ten Commandments handed down from heaven. Any (relatively) level surface: A wooden pole or board (especially behind an altar). The board of a board game (often divided in two). A level, floor or storey (of a building) Such a surface used for painting. (rare) A flat piece of arable land. (rare, palmistry) A portion of the hand surrounded by palm lines. A glossary or almanac; a reference work or chart of data. A board game similar to backgammon. (rare) A flat bone or fused set of bones. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: table (see there for further descendants) Geordie: tyeble Scots: table → Welsh: tabl ==== References ==== “tāble, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 June 2018. == Old French == === Etymology === From Latin tabula. === Noun === table oblique singular, f (oblique plural tables, nominative singular table, nominative plural tables) (countable) table (furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses) ==== Descendants ==== French: tableLouisiana Creole: latab→ Bulgarian: табла (tabla)→ Macedonian: табла (tabla)→ Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic script: таблаLatin script: tabla Walloon: tåve → Irish: tábla → Middle English: table, tabel, tabil, tabul, tabyl, tabyle, tabyll, tabulle, tabele, tabillEnglish: table (see there for further descendants)Geordie: tyebleScots: table→ Welsh: tabl ==== See also ==== nape == Romanian == === Alternative forms === табле (table) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling === Etymology === Derived from Greek τάβλι (távli). === Noun === table f pl (plural only) plural of tablă backgammon ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Verb === table inflection of tablar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative