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wax tablet

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A tablet made of wood and covered with a layer of wax, used as a reusable and portable writing surface in Antiquity and throughout the Middle Ages.

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13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: մոմատախտակ (momataxtak) — tablet covered with wax
  • Finnish: vahataulu — tablet covered with wax
  • French: tablette de cire — tablet covered with wax
  • German: Wachstafel — tablet covered with wax
  • Ancient Greek: κήρα (kḗra) — tablet covered with wax
  • Hungarian: viasztábla — tablet covered with wax
  • Italian: tavoletta cerata — tablet covered with wax
  • Latin: cēra — tablet covered with wax
  • Latin: tabula cerāta — tablet covered with wax
  • Old English: ǣstel — tablet covered with wax
  • Polish: tabliczka woskowa — tablet covered with wax
  • Russian: воскова́я табли́чка (voskovája tablíčka) — tablet covered with wax
  • Spanish: tablilla de cera — tablet covered with wax