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1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.1.1 Translations to be checked 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.4.2 Related terms 1.5 See also 2 French 2.1 Noun

English

Pronunciation

• tā'bəl, /ˈteɪbəl/, /"teIb@l/

Etymology

From French table, from Latin tabula, tablet

Noun

table (plural: tables)

1. An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground on one or more legs.
2. A flat tray which can be used as a table.
3. A matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns.
4. A collection of arithmetic calculations arranged in a table, such as multiplications in a multiplication table .

   The children were practising multiplication tables.

   Don't you know your tables?

   Here is a table of natural logarithms.

Translations

item of furniture

Bulgarian: маса f Catalan: taula f Danish: bord Dutch: tafel f Finnish: pöytä French: table f German: Tisch m Hebrew: שולחן Hungarian: asztal

Italian: tavola f Latin: mensa f Malayalam: (mesha) Polish: stół m Portuguese: mesa f Romanica: mensa f Russian: стол m Slovene: miza f Spanish: mesa f Swedish: bord n

flat tray that can be used as a table

grid of data in rows and columns

Bulgarian: таблица f Dutch: tabel m Finnish: taulukko French: tableau m

German: Tabelle Polish: tabela f Russian: таблица f

collection of arithmetic calculations

Bulgarian: таблица f, multiplication table: таблица за умножение f Dutch: tafel f, vermenigvuldigingstafels f plural, rekentafels f plural Finnish: taulu, taulukko German: Tabelle f

Polish: tabela f Russian: таблица f

Translations to be checked

The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above. Note: The numbering is definitely wrong.

• Basque: mahai
• Indonesian: meja
• Italian: tavola f (2), tavolo m (1)
• Latin: tabula f (2, 3, 4)
• Portuguese: tabela f (2)
• Romanica: tabula f (2, 3, 4)
• Swedish: tabell (2,3)

Verb

to table (tabled , tabling )

1. To put on a table.
2. (obsolete) To propose for discussion (from to put on the table)
3. To hold back to a later time; to postpone.

   "The legislature tabled the amendment."

4. To tabulate; to put into a table.

Translations

to put on a table

Dutch: op tafel zetten, de tafel dekken (to prepare a table for a meal) Finnish: panna pöydälle

obsolete: to propose for discussion

Dutch: ter tafel brengen Finnish: tuoda keskusteluun

postpone See postpone

Finnish: jättää pöydälle

tabulate See tabulate

Dutch: tabelleren Finnish: taulukoida

Related terms

• dining table
• dinner table
• division table
• log table
• multiplication table
• periodic table
• pool table
• timetable
• table tennis
• tablet
• tableware
• tabulate
• water table

See also

• tablet
• tabula rasa

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French

Noun

table f (plural tables)

1. table (item of furniture)