tablet
/ˈtæblət/TA-bluht
/ˈtæblət/TA-bluht
Meaninga small board
Common meaning: a slab
Other meanings: a pill; a flat computer
- tabla board, plankLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1832 · scan
- etsmall-thing ending (from French)
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin tabula ‘a board, plank’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry tabula, p. 1832 · dictionary scan
Roots
- tabula, -ae Latin “a board, plank”
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