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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
մոմատախտակ
(momataxtak)
— tablet covered with wax
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Finnish:
vahataulu
— tablet covered with wax
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French:
tablette de cire
— tablet covered with wax
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German:
Wachstafel
— tablet covered with wax
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Ancient Greek:
κήρα
(kḗra)
— tablet covered with wax
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Hungarian:
viasztábla
— tablet covered with wax
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Italian:
tavoletta cerata
— tablet covered with wax
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Latin:
cēra
— tablet covered with wax
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Latin:
tabula cerāta
— tablet covered with wax
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Old English:
ǣstel
— tablet covered with wax
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Polish:
tabliczka woskowa
— tablet covered with wax
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Russian:
воскова́я табли́чка
(voskovája tablíčka)
— tablet covered with wax
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Spanish:
tablilla de cera
— tablet covered with wax