desk

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /dɛsk/
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From Middle English deske, desque, from Medieval Latin desca, modified from Old Italian desco, from Latin discus. Doublet of dais, disc, discus, dish, disk, and diskos. See also German Tisch, "table".

141 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: lessenaar — table for writing and reading
• Southern Altai: стол (stol) — table for writing and reading
• Southern Altai: парта (parta) — table for writing and reading
• Arabic: مَكْتَب (maktab) — table for writing and reading
• Arabic: مِنْضَدَة (minḍada) — table for writing and reading
• Aragonese: escritorio — table for writing and reading
• Aragonese: pupitre — table for writing and reading
• Armenian: գրասեղան (graseġan) — table for writing and reading
• Basque: idazmahai — table for writing and reading
• Belarusian: пісьмо́вы стол (pisʹmóvy stol) — table for writing and reading
• Belarusian: стол (stol) — table for writing and reading
• Belarusian: па́рта (párta) — table for writing and reading
• Bengali: ডেস্ক (ḍesk) — table for writing and reading
• Bengali: মেজ (mej) — table for writing and reading
• Bulgarian: бюро́ (bjuró) — table for writing and reading
• Bulgarian: писа́лище (pisálište) — table for writing and reading
• Catalan: escriptori — table for writing and reading
• Catalan: pupitre — table for writing and reading
• Chinese Mandarin: 書桌 /书桌 (shūzhuō) — table for writing and reading
• Chinese Mandarin: 寫字檯 /寫字枱 /寫字臺 /寫字台 (xiězìtái) — table for writing and reading
• Czech: psací stůl — table for writing and reading
• Danish: skrivebord — table for writing and reading
• Dutch: bureau — table for writing and reading
• Dutch: schrijftafel — table for writing and reading
• Dutch: lessenaar — table for writing and reading
• Esperanto: skribotablo — table for writing and reading
• Esperanto: skribtablo — table for writing and reading
• Estonian: kirjutuslaud — table for writing and reading
• Estonian: koolipink — table for writing and reading
• Estonian: pult — table for writing and reading
• Faroese: skriviborð — table for writing and reading
• Finnish: työpöytä — table for writing and reading
• Finnish: kirjoituspöytä — table for writing and reading
• French: bureau — table for writing and reading
• French: pupitre — table for writing and reading
• West-Frisian: buro — table for writing and reading
• Galician: escritorio — table for writing and reading
• Galician: pupitre — table for writing and reading
• Georgian: საწერი მაგიდა (sac̣eri magida) — table for writing and reading
• German: Schreibtisch — table for writing and reading
• Greek: γραφείο (grafeío) — table for writing and reading
• Hawaiian: pākaukau — table for writing and reading
• Hebrew: מִכְתָּבָה (makhtevá) — table for writing and reading
• Hebrew: שֻׁלְחַן כְּתִיבָה \ שולחן כתיבה (shulkhán ktivá) — table for writing and reading
• Hindi: मेज़ (mez) — table for writing and reading
• Hungarian: íróasztal — table for writing and reading
• Hungarian: dolgozóasztal — table for writing and reading
• Hungarian: pad — table for writing and reading
• Hungarian: iskolapad — table for writing and reading
• Icelandic: skrifborð — table for writing and reading
• Ingrian: kans — table for writing and reading
• Ingrian: lauta — table for writing and reading
• Ingrian: pöytä — table for writing and reading
• Irish: deasc — table for writing and reading
• Italian: scrivania — table for writing and reading
• Japanese: 机 (tsukue) — table for writing and reading
• Korean: 책상 (chaeksang) — table for writing and reading
• Kumyk: стол (stol) — table for writing and reading
• Central Kurdish: مێز (mêz) — table for writing and reading
• Northern Kurdish: doşk — table for writing and reading
• Northern Kurdish: mase — table for writing and reading
• Northern Kurdish: mêze — table for writing and reading
• Kyrgyz: стол (stol) — table for writing and reading
• Lao: ໂຕະ (to) — table for writing and reading
• Latin: mensa scriptoria — table for writing and reading
• Latvian: rakstāmgalds — table for writing and reading
• Luhya: litesiki — table for writing and reading
• Macedonian: биро́ (biró) — table for writing and reading
• Malay: meja tulis — table for writing and reading
• Māori: tēpu tuhi — table for writing and reading
• Mongolian: ширээ (širee) — table for writing and reading
• Mongolian: ᠰᠢᠷᠡᠭᠡ (sirege) — table for writing and reading
• Navajo: bikááʼ naʼanishí — table for writing and reading
• Norman: êcritouaithe — table for writing and reading
• Norwegian Bokmål: pult — table for writing and reading
• Norwegian Bokmål: skrivebord — table for writing and reading
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skrivebord — table for writing and reading
• Dari: میز (mēz) — table for writing and reading
• Dari: میزِ تَحْرِیر (mēz-i tahrīr) — table for writing and reading
• Iranian Persian: میز (miz) — table for writing and reading
• Iranian Persian: میزِ تَحْریر (miz-e tahrir) — table for writing and reading
• Polish: biurko — table for writing and reading
• Portuguese: escrivaninha — table for writing and reading
• Portuguese: carteira — table for writing and reading
• Romanian: birou — table for writing and reading
• Russian: пи́сьменный стол (písʹmennyj stol) — table for writing and reading
• Russian: стол (stol) — table for writing and reading
• Russian: па́рта (párta) — table for writing and reading
• Russian: бюро́ (bjuró) — table for writing and reading
• Russian: рабо́чий стол (rabóčij stol) — table for writing and reading
• Scottish Gaelic: bòrd-sgrìobhaidh — table for writing and reading
• Scottish Gaelic: deasg — table for writing and reading
• Serbo-Croatian: писаћи сто — table for writing and reading
• Serbo-Croatian: радни сто — table for writing and reading
• Serbo-Croatian: pisaći sto — table for writing and reading
• Serbo-Croatian: radni sto — table for writing and reading
• Slovak: písací stôl — table for writing and reading
• Slovak: pracovný stôl — table for writing and reading
• Slovene: pisalna miza — table for writing and reading
• Slovene: delovna miza — table for writing and reading
• Spanish: escritorio — table for writing and reading
• Spanish: pupitre — table for writing and reading
• Spanish: carpeta — table for writing and reading
• Spanish: mesabanco — table for writing and reading
• Spanish: secreter — table for writing and reading
• Spanish: escribanía — table for writing and reading
• Swahili: dawati — table for writing and reading
• Swedish: skolbänk — table for writing and reading
• Swedish: skrivbord — table for writing and reading
• Thai: โต๊ะ (dtó) — table for writing and reading
• Thai: โต๊ะทํางาน (dtó tam-ngaan) — table for writing and reading
• Turkish: masa — table for writing and reading
• Turkish: sıra — table for writing and reading
• Turkish: çalışma masası — table for writing and reading
• Turkish: çalışak — table for writing and reading
• Turkish: büro — table for writing and reading
• Ottoman Turkish: رحله (rahle) — table for writing and reading
• Ukrainian: письмо́вий стіл (pysʹmóvyj stil) — table for writing and reading
• Ukrainian: стіл (stil) — table for writing and reading
• Ukrainian: па́рта (párta) — table for writing and reading
• Urdu: میز تَحْرِیر (mez tahrīr) — table for writing and reading
• Urdu: میز (mez) — table for writing and reading
• Uyghur: جوزا (joza) — table for writing and reading
• Uyghur: پارتا (parta) — table for writing and reading
• Uzbek: qabul — table for writing and reading
• Vietnamese: bàn — table for writing and reading
• Volapük: püpit — table for writing and reading
• Walloon: buro — table for writing and reading
• Walloon: scribanc — table for writing and reading
• Walloon: perpite — table for writing and reading
• Welsh: desg — table for writing and reading
• Welsh: desgiau — table for writing and reading
• Yiddish: שרײַבטיש (shraybtish) — table for writing and reading
• Danish: rubrik — team in a news outlet specialized on a topic
• Danish: stationær redaktion — team in a news outlet specialized on a topic
• Dutch: deelredactie — team in a news outlet specialized on a topic
• Dutch: deskredactie — team in a news outlet specialized on a topic
• French: rubrique — team in a news outlet specialized on a topic
• German: Ressort — team in a news outlet specialized on a topic
• Portuguese: editoria — team in a news outlet specialized on a topic
• Spanish: sección — team in a news outlet specialized on a topic