noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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noun
Meaning 1
A cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
a covering spread over a dining table
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: table linen, napery
Narrower terms: tea cloth
History
Etymology
From Middle English tabyllcloth, table cloth, tabylle clothe, a partial translation of earlier Middle English bord cloth, bordcloth (“tablecloth”), from Old English bordclāþ, equivalent to table + cloth.
Across languages
Translations
134 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
mbulesë tavoline
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Albanian:
mbulesë
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Albanian:
cilore
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Arabic:
غِطَاء مَائِدَة
(ḡiṭāʔ māʔida)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Arabic:
غِطَاء الْمَائِدَة
(ḡiṭāʔ al-māʔida)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Arabic:
صفرة
(ṣufra)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Arabic:
سفرة
(sufra)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Aragonese:
mantel
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Armenian:
սփռոց
(spʻṙocʻ)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Azerbaijani:
süfrə
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Azerbaijani:
dəstərxan
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Bashkir:
ашъяулыҡ
(aşʺyawlıq)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Belarusian:
абру́с
(abrús)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Belarusian:
насто́льнік
(nastólʹnik)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Belarusian:
насто́льніца
(nastólʹnica)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Bengali:
দস্তরখান
(dostorkhan)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Bulgarian:
покри́вка
(pokrívka)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Catalan:
tovalles
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Catalan:
estovalles
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Catalan:
cobretaula
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Chinese Cantonese:
檯布 /台布
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Chinese Mandarin:
桌布
(zhuōbù)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Chinese Mandarin:
檯布 /台布
(táibù)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Cornish:
lien moos
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Czech:
ubrus
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Danish:
dug
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Dutch:
tafelkleed
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Dutch:
tafelzeil
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Esperanto:
tablotuko
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Estonian:
laudlina
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Faroese:
dúkur
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Finnish:
pöytäliina
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
French:
nappe
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Galician:
mantel
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Galician:
tapete
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Georgian:
სუფრა
(supra)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
German:
Tischdecke
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
German:
Tischtuch
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Greek:
τραπεζομάντηλο
(trapezomántilo)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Hebrew:
מַפָּה
(mappá)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Hindi:
मेज़पोश
(mezpoś)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Hindi:
टेबुल-क्लाथ
(ṭebul-klāth)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Hungarian:
abrosz
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Hungarian:
asztalterítő
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Icelandic:
borðdúkur
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Indonesian:
alas meja
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Indonesian:
seperah
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Irish:
scaraoid (bhoird)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Irish:
brat boird
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Irish:
éadach cláir
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Irish:
éadach boird
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Irish:
éadach tábla
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Italian:
tovaglia
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Japanese:
テーブル掛け
(tēburukake)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Japanese:
テーブルクロス
(tēburukurosu)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Kazakh:
дастарқан
(dastarqan)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Khmer:
កំរាលតុ
(kɑmraal tok)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Korean:
식탁보
(siktakbo)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Central Kurdish:
سفرە
(sifre)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Kyrgyz:
дасторкон
(dastorkon)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Lao:
ຜ້າປູໂຕະ
(phā pū to)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Lao:
ແພປູໂຕະ
(phǣ pū to)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Latin:
mēnsārium
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Latvian:
galdauts
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Lithuanian:
staltiesė
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Luxembourgish:
Dëschelduch
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Luxembourgish:
Napp
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Macedonian:
чаршав
(čaršav)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Macedonian:
мушама
(mušama)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Malay:
alas meja
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Maltese:
dvalja
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Manx:
brat vuird
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Māori:
uhi
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Māori:
uwhi
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Māori:
uhi tēpu
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Māori:
uwhi tēpu
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Mongolian:
ширээний бүтээлэг
(šireenii büteeleg)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Khiamniungan Naga:
thīngnōishīm
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Norman:
doubliyi
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Norwegian:
duk
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Norwegian Bokmål:
bordduk
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Norwegian Nynorsk:
bordduk
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Old English:
bēodclāþ
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Old Tupi:
pana mba'e'usaba
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Pannonian Rusyn:
парток
(partok)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Iranian Persian:
سُفْرِه
(sofre)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Iranian Persian:
دَسْتَرْخوان
(dastarxân)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Plautdietsch:
Deschdakj
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Polish:
obrus
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Portuguese:
toalha de mesa
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Romanian:
față de masă
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Russian:
ска́терть
(skátertʹ)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Skolt-Sami:
skääˊtar
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Scottish Gaelic:
anart-bùird
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Serbo-Croatian:
сто̑лња̄к
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Serbo-Croatian:
stȏlnjāk
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Sicilian:
tuvagghia
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Slovak:
obrus
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Slovene:
prt
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Southern Altai:
скатерть
(skatertʹ)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Spanish:
mantel
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Swedish:
bordsduk
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Tajik:
дасторхон
(dastorxon)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Tajik:
суфра
(sufra)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Tamil:
மேசைவிரிப்பு
(mēcaivirippu)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Tarantino:
mesále
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Tatar:
ашъяулык
(aş-yawlıq)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Thai:
ผ้าปูโต๊ะ
(pâa-bpuu-dtó)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Turkish:
masa örtüsü
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Turkish:
sofra
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Ottoman Turkish:
سفره بزی
(sofra bezi)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Ottoman Turkish:
دستار
(destar)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Turkmen:
saçak
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Ukrainian:
скатерти́на
(skatertýna)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Ukrainian:
ска́терть
(skátertʹ)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Ukrainian:
ска́терка
(skáterka)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Ukrainian:
стільни́к
(stilʹnýk)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Ukrainian:
о́брус
(óbrus)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Ukrainian:
обру́с
(obrús)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Urdu:
میزْپوش
(mezpoś)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Urdu:
ٹیبِل کِلاتھ
(ṭebil kilāth)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Urdu:
دَسْتَرخوان
(dastarxvān)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Uyghur:
داستىخان
(dastixan)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Uzbek:
dasturxon
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Venetan:
tovaja
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Venetan:
tovagia
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Venetan:
toaja
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Venetan:
tavaja
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Vietnamese:
khăn trải bàn
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Vilamovian:
tejśtüch
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Volapük:
letabaklöf
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Welsh:
lliain bwrdd
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Welsh:
lliain bord
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
Yiddish:
טישטעך
(tishtekh)
— a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table
