tafel

From Dutch tafel, from Middle Dutch tâfele, from Old Dutch tavala, from Latin tabula (“board”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑːfəl/

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tafel (plural tafels)

1. table

• skryftafel
• Tafelberg
• werktafel

• → Kwanyama: oshitafula
• → Phuthi: itafule
• → Sotho: tafole
• → Xhosa: itafile
• → Zulu: itafula
  • Fanagalo: taful

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaːfəl/

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• Hyphenation: ta‧fel
• Rhymes: -aːfəl

From Middle Dutch tâfele, from Old Dutch tavala, from Latin tabula (“board”).[1] Doublet of tabel.

tafel f (plural tafels or tafelen, diminutive tafeltje n)

1. table (item of furniture)

   Synonym: dis

2. (metonymically) meal, spread on (a) table(s)

   Synonyms: maaltijd, maal

3. (arithmetic) multiplication table
4. writing tablet

   Synonym: tablet

• The plural tafelen is today only used in the sense "writing tablet".

• Afrikaans: tafel (see there for further descendants)
• Berbice Creole Dutch: tafl
• Jersey Dutch: tâfel
• Negerhollands: tafel, tavul, tawul, taul, taful, tavl, taefel
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: tavul (dated)
• Skepi Creole Dutch: tafl
• → Aukan: tafaa
• → Saramaccan: táfu
• → Sranan Tongo: tafra
  • → Lokono: tafolo
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: tafrá
  • → Caribbean Javanese: tafrah, taprah
  • → Kari'na: tapara
  • → Trió: tafra

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

tafel

1. inflection of tafelen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

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tafel

1. inflection of tafeln:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative