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Added 6 October 2026

table

/ˈteɪbl̩/ noun

In Latin: mensa Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about table at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses.
Set that dish on the table over there, please.
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.

verb

To tabulate; to put into a table or grid. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
to table fines
To supply (a guest, client etc.) with food at a table; to feed.
To delineate; to represent, as in a picture; to depict.

Origin

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.

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