retaule

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Contraction of rere taula.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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retaule m (plural retaules)

  1. reredos, retable (screen or decoration behind the altar in a church)
  2. (figurative) scene, scenery
    • 2020 October 9, Josep Ramoneda, “I després de Trump, què?”, in El País[1]:
      La pandèmia, inesperadament, ha posat davant nostre un retaule de situació.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

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  • “retaule” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.