"round table" meaning in English

See round table in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: round tables [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English rounde table, ronde tabell, equivalent to round + table. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|rounde table}} Middle English rounde table, {{m|enm|ronde tabell}} ronde tabell, {{compound|en|round|table}} round + table Head templates: {{en-noun}} round table (plural round tables)
  1. A conference at which participants of similar status discuss and exchange views. Translations (conference): кру́глы сто́л (krúhly stól) [masculine] (Belarusian), кръ́гла ма́са (krǎ́gla mása) [feminine] (Bulgarian), taula rodona [feminine] (Catalan), 圓桌會議 (Chinese Mandarin), 圆桌会议 (yuánzhuō huìyì) (Chinese Mandarin), kulatý stůl [masculine] (Czech), rondetafelbespreking [feminine] (Dutch), pyöreä pöytä (Finnish), table ronde [feminine] (French), მრგვალი მაგიდა (mrgvali magida) (Georgian), runder Tisch [masculine] (German), गोलमेज़ (golmez) (Hindi), kerekasztal (Hungarian), 円卓会議 (entaku kaigi) (alt: えんたくかいぎ) (Japanese), 원탁회의 (wontakhoe'ui) (Korean), വട്ടമേശ (vaṭṭamēśa) (Malayalam), okrągły stół [masculine] (Polish), mesa redonda [feminine] (Portuguese), masă rotundă [feminine] (Romanian), кру́глый стол (krúglyj stol) [masculine] (Russian), конфере́нция (konferéncija) (alt: за кру́глым столо́м) [feminine] (Russian), mesa redonda [feminine] (Spanish), yuvarlak masa (Turkish), кру́глий сті́л (krúhlyj stíl) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ronde tåve [feminine] (Walloon), төгүрүк остуол (tögürük ostuol) (Yakut)
    Sense id: en-round_table-en-noun-bUGVQtqv Disambiguation of 'conference': 90 7 3
  2. A television show segment in which pundits or reporters discuss current events.
    Sense id: en-round_table-en-noun-CVNvRwt7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 69 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 29 63 7 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 26 67 7
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see round, table. Hypernyms: table
    Sense id: en-round_table-en-noun-xdg-QFEn

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