tablet
English
Etymology
From Middle English tablet, from Old French tablete (Modern French tablette), diminutive of table (“table”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tablet (plural tablets)
- A slab of clay used for inscription.
- (religion) A short scripture written by the founders of the Bahá'í faith.
- A pill; a small, easily swallowed portion of a substance.
- Many people take vitamin tablets as a food supplement.
- A block of several sheets of blank paper that are bound together at the top; pad of paper.
- 2005, Kenneth T. Henson, Writing for Publication: Road to Academic Advancement, →ISBN, page 80:
- Take a full-size writing tablet and follow these steps.
- (computing) A graphics tablet.
- (computing) A tablet computer, a type of portable computer.
- (Scotland) A confection made from sugar, condensed milk and butter, produced in flat slabs.
- (rail transport) A type of round token giving authority for a train to proceed over a single-track line.
Translations
slab of clay
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pill — see pill
graphics tablet — see graphics tablet
tablet computer — see tablet computer
(Scotland) type of confection
See also
Verb
tablet (third-person singular simple present tablets, present participle tableting or tabletting, simple past and past participle tableted or tabletted)
- (transitive) To form (a drug, etc.) into tablets.
References
- “tablet”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle French tablette.
Pronunciation
Noun
tablet f or n (plural tabletten, diminutive tabletje n)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
tablet m (plural tablets)
- tablet computer
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French tablete; equivalent to table + -et.
Pronunciation
Noun
tablet (plural tablettes)
- A tablet, especially an easily carried one for writing on.
- (biblical) The Ten Commandments in physical form handed down from heaven.
- A level surface for painting or working upon.
- A piece of jewellery with a level portion present.
- (rare) A marble slab utilised as tiling.
- (rare) A tablet or pill for medication.
Descendants
References
- “tablet (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-27.
Portuguese
Etymology
Noun
tablet m (plural s)
- (computing) tablet computer (a type of portable computer)
- Synonym: táblete
Further reading
Spanish
Noun
tablet m or f (plural tablets)
Synonyms
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