la
/tabl/
Translation
table
Word origin
From Latin tabula ('board, plank, writing tablet'), later 'table'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- tabula
- English cognates
- table, tablet, tabular
Grammar
Examples
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We meet at the back table in the restaurant.
couverts , .
Set the cutlery on the table, dinner is almost ready.
'experts ' reunie .
The round table of experts met to discuss the topic.
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Put the plates on the kitchen table.
, !
Come and eat, the meal has been ready for ten minutes!
Table est un nom feminin designant le meuble et, par extension, la table de repas ou de reunion. Se mettre a table signifie s'asseoir pour manger mais aussi, en argot policier, avouer. Table ronde (round table) designe une discussion collective sans hierarchie.
Faire table rase (to make a clean sweep, to start from scratch) et mettre la table / dresser la table (to set the table) sont des expressions frequentes. Table des matieres (table of contents) et table de multiplication (multiplication table) en sont des acceptions specialisees.
Used in
Stories
(10)Cuisiner ensemble
3 min read · Core 1000
La fête surprise
3 min read · Core 1000
Le premier jour de travail
3 min read · Core 1000
Perdu en ville
3 min read · Core 1000
Un après-midi de pluie
3 min read · Core 1000
Un matin au marché
3 min read · Core 1000
Clara trouve sa place
4 min read · Core 1000
Le bureau de Lucie
4 min read · Core 5000
Mathieu revient en ville
4 min read · Core 1000
Un ancien ami
4 min read · Core 5000
Grammar articles
(12)French Adjective Position: Default, BAGS, and the Meaning Shifts
French Articles: Definite, Indefinite, Partitive, and the Article English Speakers Drop
Conjugating French -ir Verbs in the Present Tense
Reported Speech in French: Tense Backshift (dit que, a dit que)
French Noun Gender: Why Every Noun Is Le or La, and the Endings That Give It Away
French Noun Plurals: Add -s, Say Nothing - the Article Does the Work
French Possessive Pronouns: le mien, le tien, le sien, le nôtre, le vôtre, le leur
French Possessives: mon, ma, mes and the mon-Before-Vowel Trap
French Prepositions: à, de, en, dans, sur, chez and the Mandatory Contractions
French Pronouns Y and EN: there, some, of it, of them
French Relative Pronouns: qui, que, dont, où and How to Glue Clauses Together
French Time Expressions: depuis, pendant, il y a and pour
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