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table
- /ˈteɪbl̩/
- [ˈt(ʰ)eɪbɫ̩] UK
- [ˈtʰeɪb(ə)ɫ] US
- [ˈtʰæɪbəɫ] Australia
- [ˈtʰeːb(ə)ɫ] Canada
- [ˈtɛːb(ə)ɫ] dialectal
Rhymes with -eɪbəl
Where it comes from
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.
noun tables · tyebble
- An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs. Set that dish on the table over there, please.
- A flat tray which can be used as a table.
- A supply of food or entertainment. The baron kept a fine table and often held large banquets.
- A booth or display at an event such as an exposition or fair.
- A service of Holy Communion.
- The board or table-like furniture on which a game is played, such as snooker, billiards, or draughts.
- One half of a backgammon board, which is divided into an inner and outer table.
- The game of backgammon, or any of several related games.
- A group of people at a table, for example, for a meal, meeting or game; a meeting at a table. Alas poore Yorick […] VVhere be your Jibes now? Your Gambals? Your Songs? Your flaſhes of Merriment that were wont to ſet the Table on a Rore?
- The act of assembling to eat; a gathering to eat, especially at a restaurant. Time to come to table.
- The lineup of players at a given table. That's the strongest table I've ever seen at a European Poker Tour event.
- A group of players meeting regularly to play a campaign.
- A group of diners at a given table or tables. Table 9 wants another round of beers.
- A session or sessions of negotiation or diplomacy; an opportunity or place for negotiations. under the table, on the table, turn the tables
- A two-dimensional presentation of data; an enumeration of data or contents. table of contents, tide table
- A matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns. I’m using mathesis — a universal science of measurement and order … And there is also taxinomia a principle of classification and ordered tabulation. Knowledge replaced universal resemblance with finite differences. History was arrested and turned into tables … Western reason had entered the age of
- A collection of arithmetic calculations arranged in a table, such as multiplications in a multiplication table. The children were practising multiplication tables.
- A lookup table, most often a set of vectors.
- A visual representation of a classification of teams or individuals based on their success over a predetermined period. On this evidence they will certainly face tougher tests, as a depleted Newcastle side seemed to bask in the relative security of being ninth in the table.
- A tableland; a flat, elevated region.
- A horizontal stratum of rock.
- A flat length of bone.
- The inner and outer plates that make up the cranium bones; the outer table and the inner table (vitreous table).
- A wide, flat obstacle for a horse to jump over.
- A stringcourse; a band of horizontal molding or other decoration around a building.
- 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.
- The quadrangle, a space between the heart line and head line.
- A writing tablet.
- A flat surface that supports the slab on which ink is rolled to manipulate its consistency.
verb tables · tabling · tabled · tyebble
- To tabulate; to put into a table or grid. to table fines
- To supply (a guest, client etc.) with food at a table; to feed. 'April 13 1638, Henry Wotton, letter to John Milton At Siena I was tabled in the house of one Alberto Scipioni
- To delineate; to represent, as in a picture; to depict. c. 1607, Francis Bacon, letter to Tobie Matthew tabled and pictured in the chambers of meditation
- To put on the table of a commission or legislative assembly; to propose for formal discussion or consideration, to put on the agenda. In a raucous Commons, the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, confirmed he had tabled a formal motion of confidence in the government, backed by other opposition leaders, which MPs would vote on on Wednesday.
- To remove from the agenda, to postpone dealing with; to shelve (to indefinitely postpone consideration or discussion of something). The legislature tabled the amendment, so they will not be discussing it until later.
- To represent a company or organization (at an exposition, fair, etc.), usually at a booth or display.
- To join (pieces of timber) together using coaks.
- To put on a table. 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.
- To show one's cards face-up, especially during showdown.
- To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the bolt-rope.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: board, shelve, mesa, set back, remit, put over, postpone, put off, defer, hold over, tabular array, tabletop, desk, mat, tablecloth, box
Translations
Every language
noun item of furniture
| Español | mesa, expremijo, entremijo, entremiso |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 테이블 teibeul, 탁자 takja, 상 sang, 밥상 bapsang |
| 日本語 | 台 dai, 机 tsukue, テーブル tēburu, 卓 taku, 卓袱台 chabudai |
| 中文 | 桌子 zhuōzi |
| हिन्दी | पटल paṭal, उत्पीठिका utpīṭhikā, मेज़ mez |
| Kiswahili | meza |
| Português | mesa |
| Français | table |
| Deutsch | Tisch |
| Italiano | tavola, tavolo |
| Ελληνικά | τραπέζι trapézi |
| Română | masă |
| Русский | стол stol |
| Tiếng Việt | bàn |
| العربية | طَاوِلَة ṭāwila, مِنْضَدَة minḍada |
| עברית | שולחן \ שֻׁלְחָן shulkhán |
noun flat tray that can be used as a table
| Kiswahili | meza |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | δίσκος dískos, τάβλα távla |
| Русский | подно́с podnós |
| עברית | דֶּלְפֵּק delpék |
noun grid of data in rows and columns
| Español | tabla |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 표 pyo, 테이블 teibeul |
| 日本語 | 表 hyō, テーブル tēburu |
| 中文 | 表格 biǎogé, 表 biǎo |
| हिन्दी | तालिका tālikā, सारणी sārṇī |
| Kiswahili | meza |
| Português | tabela |
| Français | tableau |
| Deutsch | Tabelle, Spiegel |
| Italiano | tabella |
| Ελληνικά | πίνακας pínakas |
| Română | tabel, tablă |
| Русский | табли́ца tablíca |
| Tiếng Việt | bảng, bảng kế, biểu |
| العربية | جَدْوَل jadwal |
| עברית | טַבְלָה tavla |
noun collection of arithmetic calculations
| Español | tablas |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 표 pyo |
| 日本語 | 表 hyō |
| हिन्दी | पहाड़ा pahāṛā |
| Kiswahili | meza |
| Português | tabela |
| Français | table |
| Deutsch | Tabelle |
| Ελληνικά | πίνακας pínakas |
| Română | tabelă, tabel |
| Русский | табли́ца tablíca, та́блица умноже́ния táblica umnožénija |
| Tiếng Việt | bảng, bảng kế, biểu |
| עברית | טַבְלָה tavlá |
noun computing: a lookup table
| 한국어 | 테이블 teibeul |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 配列 hairetsu, テーブル tēburu |
| हिन्दी | तालिका tālikā |
| Kiswahili | meza |
| Ελληνικά | πίνακας pínakas, ευρετήριο evretírio |
| Русский | табли́ца tablíca |
noun music: the top of a stringed instrument
| Kiswahili | meza |
|---|
verb to tabulate
| Español | tabular |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 表を書く hyō wo kaku, 表組みする hyō-kumi suru, 作表する sakuhyō suru |
| Kiswahili | meza |
| Português | tabular |
verb to propose for discussion
| Español | traer a discusión |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 議題にする gidai ni suru, 議題に上げる gidai ni ageru |
| Kiswahili | meza |
| Português | propor |
| Italiano | proporre |
verb to put on a table
| Español | poner sobre la mesa |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | テーブルに置く tēburu ni oku, 食事の支度をする shokuji no shitaku wo suru |
| Kiswahili | meza |
| Português | servir |
| Français | mettre la table |
| Italiano | presentare |
| Română | a depune pe masă, a pune masa |
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@misc{table_2026,
title = {table},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/table},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
