"serviette" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌsɜː.vi.ˈɛt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌsɝ.vi.ˈɛt/ [Canada] Audio: En-uk-a serviette.ogg [UK], En-ca-serviette.opus [Canada], en-au-serviette.ogg [Australia] Forms: serviettes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: From Middle English serviotis pl, from Middle French serviette. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|serviotis|g=p}} Middle English serviotis pl, {{der|en|frm|serviette}} Middle French serviette Head templates: {{en-noun}} serviette (plural serviettes)
  1. (UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) A table napkin, now especially a paper one. Tags: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK Synonyms (table napkin): napkin, table napkin
    Sense id: en-serviette-en-noun-6-u8vqSK Categories (other): Australian English, British English, Canadian English, New Zealand English, South African English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'table napkin': 86 14
  2. (obsolete) a lazy Susan Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-serviette-en-noun-2IxiYh4f Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: serviette-ring

Noun [French]

IPA: /sɛʁ.vjɛt/ Audio: Fr-serviette.ogg Forms: serviettes [plural]
Etymology: From servir + -ette. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|servir|-ette}} servir + -ette Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} serviette f (plural serviettes)
  1. towel (cloth used for wiping) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-serviette-fr-noun-U6n59NOy
  2. napkin Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-serviette-fr-noun-nbRGEc9K
  3. briefcase Tags: feminine Synonyms: mallette, porte-documents, attaché-case
    Sense id: en-serviette-fr-noun-ZFJ0w3aX
  4. menstrual pad Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Containers
    Sense id: en-serviette-fr-noun-Jxyr1733 Disambiguation of Containers: 12 3 38 48 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -ette Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 3 4 11 83 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -ette: 11 4 12 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mélanger les torchons et les serviettes, rond de serviette, serviette à mains, serviette de bain, serviette de douche, serviette de plage, serviette de table, serviette de toilette, serviette hygiénique, serviette-éponge Related terms: tampax, cartable

Inflected forms

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      "audio": "en-au-serviette.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/31/En-au-serviette.ogg/En-au-serviette.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/En-au-serviette.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "table napkin",
      "word": "napkin"
    },
    {
      "sense": "table napkin",
      "word": "table napkin"
    }
  ],
  "word": "serviette"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "French 2-syllable words",
    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French feminine nouns",
    "French lemmas",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms suffixed with -ette",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with audio links",
    "French terms with homophones",
    "fr:Containers"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "mélanger les torchons et les serviettes"
    },
    {
      "word": "rond de serviette"
    },
    {
      "word": "serviette à mains"
    },
    {
      "word": "serviette de bain"
    },
    {
      "word": "serviette de douche"
    },
    {
      "word": "serviette de plage"
    },
    {
      "word": "serviette de table"
    },
    {
      "word": "serviette de toilette"
    },
    {
      "word": "serviette hygiénique"
    },
    {
      "word": "serviette-éponge"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bar",
            "2": "Serviettn",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bavarian: Serviettn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bavarian: Serviettn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "der",
            "2": "Serviette",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Deori: Serviette",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Deori: Serviette"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "servet",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: servet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: servet"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "serviette",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: serviette",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: serviette"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "σερβιέτα",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Greek: σερβιέτα (serviéta)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Greek: σερβιέτα (serviéta)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lt",
            "2": "servetėlė",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Lithuanian: servetėlė",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Lithuanian: servetėlė"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "serbet",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Indonesian: serbet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Indonesian: serbet"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "serwetka",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: serwetka\n→ Yiddish: סערוועטקע (servetke)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: serwetka\n→ Yiddish: סערוועטקע (servetke)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "șervet",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: șervet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: șervet"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "servilleta",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: servilleta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: servilleta"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "servir",
        "3": "-ette"
      },
      "expansion": "servir + -ette",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From servir + -ette.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "serviettes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "serviette f (plural serviettes)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "tampax"
    },
    {
      "word": "cartable"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "towel (cloth used for wiping)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "towel",
          "towel"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "napkin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "napkin",
          "napkin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "briefcase"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "briefcase",
          "briefcase"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mallette"
        },
        {
          "word": "porte-documents"
        },
        {
          "word": "attaché-case"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "menstrual pad"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "menstrual pad",
          "menstrual pad"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sɛʁ.vjɛt/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "serviettes"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-serviette.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/08/Fr-serviette.ogg/Fr-serviette.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Fr-serviette.ogg",
      "text": "serviette"
    }
  ],
  "word": "serviette"
}

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