Translation
piece of furniture
Test yourself on meblo
Three quick questions. No account needed.
Know this word? Create a free account to track it.
Word origin
From French meuble, from Latin mobilis, 'movable'. Medieval law split property into the movable and the immovable, and the things you could carry out of a house eventually became the name for the furniture itself.
- Origin
- French
- Root
- mobilis
- English cognates
- mobile, movable, automobile
Examples
.
A table and a chair are the simplest pieces of furniture.
.
We bought new furniture for the house.
, .
The room is big, but it has only two pieces of furniture.
English says furniture as an uncountable mass; Esperanto counts. One is one item, is the furniture in a room, and o is the whole suite taken as a set. To furnish a flat is , and a furniture shop is a o.
Where this fits
Add to review queue
Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.
Meet this word in a story
Every course has graded stories written only with words you have been taught, plus grammar drills, a games arcade and printable worksheets. Chapters 1 and 2 are free.
Chapters 1 and 2 free, forever. Plus: 7 days free, then $5 a month for all eleven languages.
Esperanto · Free printables
meblo: worksheet, infographic and listicle
Free printable study downloads for the Esperanto word "meblo" (piece of furniture): a worksheet with the answer key built in, an infographic, and a sentence listicle. Open any one to view, print or save.
Free for members
The printable worksheets, infographics and PDFs are free with an account. Start a free week and download as many as you like.
Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 16, lesson 11: meblo, oficiro, flago and 7 more words.