tafel

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch tafel, from Middle Dutch tâfele, from Old Dutch tavala, from Latin tabula (“board”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑːfəl/
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Noun

tafel (plural tafels)

  1. table

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Kwanyama: oshitafula
  • → Phuthi: itafule
  • → Sotho: tafole
  • → Xhosa: itafile
  • → Zulu: itafula

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch tâfele, from Old Dutch tavala, from Latin tabula (“board”). Doublet of tabel.

Noun

tafel f (plural tafels or tafelen, diminutive tafeltje n)

  1. table (item of furniture)
    Synonym: dis
  2. (metonymically) meal, spread on (a) table(s)
    Synonyms: maaltijd, maal
  3. (arithmetic) multiplication table
  4. writing tablet
    Synonym: tablet
Usage notes
  • The plural tafelen is today only used in the sense "writing tablet".
Derived terms
Descendants

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tafel

  1. inflection of tafelen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

German

Pronunciation

Verb

tafel

  1. inflection of tafeln:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative
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