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English

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WOTD – 11 February 2015

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Etymology

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A table (furniture)
A table of characters in the Arabic alphabet

Inherited fromMiddle Englishtable,tabel,tabil,tabul, fromOld Englishtabele,tabul,tablu,tabule,tabula(“board”); also astæfl,tæfel, an earlyGermanic borrowing ofLatintabula(“tablet, board, plank, chart”). The sense of “piece of furniture” is fromOld Frenchtable, of same Latin origin; Old English usedbēod orbord instead for this meaning:seeboard.Doublet oftabula andtavla.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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table (pluraltables)

  2. (countable) Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses.
    1. An item offurniture with aflattopsurface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs.
      Set that dish on thetable over there, please.
      • 1913,Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VI, inMr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London:D[aniel] Appleton and Company,→OCLC:
        He had one hand on the bounce bottle—and he'd never let go of that since he got back to thetable—but he had a handkerchief in the other and was swabbing his deadlights with it.
      • 1963,Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, inThe China Governess: A Mystery, London:Chatto & Windus,→OCLC:
        A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahoganytable on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away, […].
    2. Theboard or table-likefurniture on which agame is played, such assnooker,billiards, ordraughts.
    3. A flattray which can be used as a table.
    4. A supply of food or entertainment.
      The baron kept a finetable and often held large banquets.
    5. A service ofHoly Communion.
    6. (backgammon) Onehalf of abackgammonboard, which is divided into the inner and outer table.
    7. Awide,flatobstacle for ahorse to jump over.
  3. A group of people at a table, for example, for a meal, meeting or game.
    1. (poker, metonymically) Thelineup of players at a given table.
      That's the strongesttable I've ever seen at a European Poker Tour event
    2. (roleplaying games, metonymically) A group of players meeting regularly to play acampaign.
    3. (waitstaff, metonymically) A group of diners at a given table or tables.
      Table 9 wants another round of beers.
      John always gets the best tips because he gets the besttables! It's not fair!
  4. A two-dimensional presentation of data.
    1. Amatrix orgrid ofdata arranged inrows andcolumns.
      • 1997, Chris Horrocks,Introducing Foucault, Totem Books, Icon Books,→ISBN, page69:
        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 intotables …
        Western reason had entered the age of judgement.
    2. A collection ofarithmetic calculations arranged in a table, such asmultiplications in amultiplication table.
      The children were practising multiplicationtables.
      Don’t you know yourtables?
      Here is atable of natural logarithms.
    3. (computing, chiefly databases) Alookup table, most often a set ofvectors.
    4. (sports) A visual representation of a classification of teams or individuals based on their success over a predetermined period.
      • 2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle”, inBBC Sport:
        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 thetable.
  5. (music) The top of a stringed instrument, particularly a member of theviolin family: the side of the instrument against which the strings vibrate.
  6. Theflattopmostfacet of acutdiamond.
  7. Aflatgravestone supported onpillars.
  8. (obsolete, biblical) Awritingtablet.

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Hyponyms

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furniture
geology
two-dimensional enlisting

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Translations

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item of furniture
flat tray that can be used as a table
grid of data in rows and columns
collection of arithmetic calculations
computing: a lookup table
music: the top of a stringed instrument
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References

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Verb

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table (third-person singular simple presenttables,present participletabling,simple past and past participletabled)

  2. Totabulate; to put into a table or grid.[from 15th c.]
    totable fines
  4. (now rare) To supply (a guest, client etc.) withfood at a table; tofeed.[from 15th c.]
    • 'April 13 1638,Henry Wotton,letter to John Milton
      At Siena I wastabled in the house of one Alberto Scipioni
  6. (obsolete) Todelineate; torepresent, as in a picture; todepict.[17th–19th c.]
  8. (non-US) To put on the table of a commission or legislative assembly; to propose for formaldiscussion orconsideration, to put on the agenda.[from 17th c.]
    • 2019 January 16, Heather Stewart, Daniel Boffey,The Guardian:
      In a raucous Commons, the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, confirmed he hadtabled a formal motion of confidence in the government, backed by other opposition leaders, which MPs would vote on on Wednesday.
  10. (chiefly US) To remove from the agenda, topostpone dealing with; toshelve(to indefinitely postpone consideration or discussion of something).[from 19th c.]
    The legislaturetabled the amendment, so they will not be discussing it until later.
    Themotion wastabled, ensuring that it would not be taken up until a later date.
  12. (carpentry, obsolete) Tojoin (pieces of timber) together usingcoaks.[18th–19th c.]
  14. To put on a table.[from 19th c.]
    • 1833Thomas 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 eventabled the cash that moment, and would not pocket it again.
  15. (poker, colloquial) To show one's cards face-up, especially duringshowdown.
  17. (nautical) To make boardhems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to thebolt-rope.

Related terms

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Translations

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to put on a table
to propose for discussion
to postpone a motion
to postpone
to tabulate
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Anagrams

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French

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FrenchWikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited fromOld Frenchtable, fromLatintabula(“tablet”).Doublet oftôle andtaule.

Noun

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table f (pluraltables)

  1. (countable)table(furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses)
    Pourquoi as-tu laissé ces livres sur latable ?
    Why did you leave these books on thetable?
  2. flatsurface atop various objects
  3. flat part of acut orcarved object
  4. (music) table of a stringed instrument
  5. matrix orgrid ofdata arranged inrows andcolumns
  6. systematiclist ofcontent
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Etymology 2

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From the verbtabler.

Verb

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table

  1. inflection oftabler:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentindicative/subjunctive
    2. second-personsingularimperative

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Hawaiian Creole

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Etymology

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Derived fromEnglishtable.

Noun

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table

  1. (countable)table(furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses)
    • 2000, “Matthew 15”, in Joseph Grimes, transl.,Da Jesus Book: Hawaii Pidgin New Testament‎[1], Wycliffe Bible Translators,→ISBN,page47:
      She say, “Dass right, Boss. But eh, even da dogs unda datable eat wat fall down from datable, yeah?”
      “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs can eat the crumbs that fall from their master’stable,” she replied.

Middle English

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Etymology

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From a combination ofOld Frenchtable andOld Englishtabele,tabul,tablu,tabule,tabula, both fromLatintabula.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtaːbəl/,/ˈtaːblə/

Noun

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table (pluraltables or(early) tablen)

  1. (countable)table(furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses)
    1. The top of a table(flat surface of a table for use)
    2. (figurative) Alocation where one's soul receives nutrition.
    3. (figurative) Aserving or portion of food.
  2. Alevel writingsurface:
    1. Atablet, especially aportable one for writing on.
    2. An inscribedmemorial, dedication, message, or other text; a sign or monument.
    3. (biblical) The physicalTen Commandments handed down from heaven.
  3. Any(relatively) levelsurface:
    1. A wooden pole or board(especially behind an altar).
    2. The board of aboard game(often divided in two).
    3. Alevel,floor orstorey(of a building)
    4. Such a surface used forpainting.
    5. (rare) A flat piece ofarable land.
    6. (rare, palmistry) A portion of the hand surrounded by palm lines.
  4. Aglossary oralmanac; a reference work or chart of data.
  5. A board game similar tobackgammon.
  6. (rare) A flatbone or fused set of bones.

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Old French

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Etymology

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FromLatintabula.

Noun

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tableoblique singular, f (oblique pluraltables,nominative singulartable,nominative pluraltables)

  1. (countable)table(furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses)

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Romanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Derived fromGreekτάβλι(távli).

Noun

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table f pl (plural only)

  1. plural oftablă
  2. backgammon

Declension

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Declension oftable
plural onlyindefinitedefinite
nominative-accusativetabletablele
genitive-dativetabletablelor
vocativetablelor

Spanish

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Verb

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table

  1. inflection oftablar:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
    2. third-personsingularimperative
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