"tabula" meaning in Latin

See tabula in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈta.bʊ.ɫa] [Classical-Latin], [ˈtaː.bu.la] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *taθlā, with pre-form something like *th₂-dʰlo-, of uncertain origin. * Some connect it with taberna; * Some refer it to Proto-Indo-European *tal-dʰleh₂, from *telh₂- (“flat”); * Some refer it to Proto-Indo-European *th₂-dʰleh₂, from *teh₂- (“to stand”) (a variety of *steh₂- without s-mobile, whence also Latin stō, stāre (“to stand”)) + *-dʰlom (instrumental suffix) whence Latin -bula. The original meaning would then be “that which stands”, for which see also Latin stabulum. Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*taθlā}} Proto-Italic *taθlā, {{unc|la|nocap=1}} uncertain, {{der|la|ine-pro|*tal-dʰleh₂}} Proto-Indo-European *tal-dʰleh₂, {{der|la|ine-pro|*th₂-dʰleh₂}} Proto-Indo-European *th₂-dʰleh₂ Head templates: {{la-noun|tabula<1>}} tabula f (genitive tabulae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|tabula<1>}} Forms: tabulae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], tabula [nominative, singular], tabulae [nominative, plural], tabulae [genitive, singular], tabulārum [genitive, plural], tabulae [dative, singular], tabulīs [dative, plural], tabulam [accusative, singular], tabulās [accusative, plural], tabulā [ablative, singular], tabulīs [ablative, plural], tabula [singular, vocative], tabulae [plural, vocative], tabla [alternative]
  1. tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for writing Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-tabula-la-noun-I~wioX1s Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 33 33 35
  2. board or plank Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-tabula-la-noun-VK611fkT Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 33 33 35
  3. (by extension) map, painting, document or other item put onto a tablet Tags: broadly, declension-1, feminine Synonyms (map): charta, fōrma
    Sense id: en-tabula-la-noun-dvU27pMG Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Latin terms suffixed with -bula Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 28 8 63 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 33 33 35 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -bula: 26 22 52 Disambiguation of 'map': 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tabella, tablīnum, tabulāmentum, tabulāris, tabulārius, tabulātim, tabulātiō, tabulātus, tabulīnum, tabulō Related terms: tabulāria, tabulārium, tabulātum

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tabella"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tabulāmentum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tabulāris"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tabulārius"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tabulātim"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tabulātiō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tabulātus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tabulīnum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tabulō"
    }
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      "lang_code": "cs",
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      ],
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      "lang_code": "en",
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        "borrowed"
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    },
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          "lang_code": "ro",
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            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "tablă"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "tábla"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "tabula"
    },
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      "word": "τάβλα"
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      "lang_code": "lv",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "tabula"
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    {
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      "lang_code": "non",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "tafl"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
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    },
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          "lang_code": "br",
          "word": "taol"
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              "lang_code": "cy",
              "word": "tafol"
            }
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      "lang_code": "cel-bry-pro",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "*tavol"
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    },
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "tabla",
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      ]
    }
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    }
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tabulārium"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
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          "_dis": "33 33 35",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "tablet",
          "tablet"
        ],
        [
          "wax",
          "wax"
        ],
        [
          "writing",
          "writing"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
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        }
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        [
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          "plank"
        ]
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          "_dis": "26 22 52",
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          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -bula",
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        "map, painting, document or other item put onto a tablet"
      ],
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          "map",
          "map"
        ],
        [
          "painting",
          "painting"
        ],
        [
          "document",
          "document"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) map, painting, document or other item put onto a tablet"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
          "sense": "map",
          "word": "charta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
          "sense": "map",
          "word": "fōrma"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈta.bʊ.ɫa]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtaː.bu.la]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tabula"
}
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    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Latin first declension nouns",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms suffixed with -bula",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Pages with 11 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "tabella"
    },
    {
      "word": "tablīnum"
    },
    {
      "word": "tabulāmentum"
    },
    {
      "word": "tabulāris"
    },
    {
      "word": "tabulārius"
    },
    {
      "word": "tabulātim"
    },
    {
      "word": "tabulātiō"
    },
    {
      "word": "tabulātus"
    },
    {
      "word": "tabulīnum"
    },
    {
      "word": "tabulō"
    }
  ],
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      "lang_code": "cs",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
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    },
    {
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      "lang_code": "en",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "tabula"
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      "lang_code": "hu",
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      "word": "tábla"
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      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
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    },
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        "borrowed"
      ],
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      "word": "τάβλα"
    },
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      "lang_code": "lv",
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        "borrowed"
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      "lang_code": "pt",
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        "genitive"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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    {
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    {
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabulae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabulam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabulās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabulā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabulīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabulae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabla",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tabula<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "tabula f (genitive tabulae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tabula<1>"
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "tabulāria"
    },
    {
      "word": "tabulārium"
    },
    {
      "word": "tabulātum"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        "tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for writing"
      ],
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        [
          "tablet",
          "tablet"
        ],
        [
          "wax",
          "wax"
        ],
        [
          "writing",
          "writing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "board or plank"
      ],
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        [
          "board",
          "board"
        ],
        [
          "plank",
          "plank"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "map, painting, document or other item put onto a tablet"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "map",
          "map"
        ],
        [
          "painting",
          "painting"
        ],
        [
          "document",
          "document"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) map, painting, document or other item put onto a tablet"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈta.bʊ.ɫa]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtaː.bu.la]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "map",
      "word": "charta"
    },
    {
      "sense": "map",
      "word": "fōrma"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tabula"
}

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