tablecloth

See also: table-cloth and table cloth

English

A tablecloth placed over a table.

Alternative forms

• table cloth, table-cloth

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.

Pronunciation

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Noun

tablecloth (plural tablecloths)

1. A cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table.
   • 1893, Horatio Alger, Jr., Facing the World:

     Just across the field stood a small house. In the yard the week's washing was hung out. Among the articles was a red tablecloth.

Derived terms

• tableclothy

Descendants

• → Japanese: テーブルクロス (tēburukurosu)

Translations

a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table

• Albanian: mbulesë tavoline f, mbulesë (sq) f
• Arabic: غِطَاء الْمَائِدَة m (ḡiṭāʔ al-māʔida)

  Gulf Arabic: صفرة f (ṣufra), سفرة f (sufra)

• Aragonese: mantel
• Armenian: սփռոց (hy) (spʻṙocʻ)
• Azerbaijani: süfrə (az), dəstərxan
• Bashkir: ашъяулыҡ (aşʺyawlıq)
• Belarusian: абру́с (be) m (abrús), насто́льнік m (nastólʹnik), насто́льніца f (nastólʹnica)
• Bengali: দস্তরখান (bn) (dôstôrkhan)
• Bulgarian: покри́вка (bg) f (pokrívka) (за маса)
• Catalan: tovalles (ca) f pl, estovalles (ca) f pl, cobretaula m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 桌布 (zh) (zhuōbù), 檯布／台布 (zh) (táibù)

• Cornish: lien moos m
• Czech: ubrus (cs) m
• Danish: dug (da) c
• Dutch: tafelkleed (nl), tafelzeil (nl) n
• Esperanto: tablotuko
• Estonian: laudlina
• Faroese: dúkur m
• Finnish: pöytäliina (fi)
• French: nappe (fr) f
• Galician: mantel (gl) m, tapete m
• Georgian: სუფრა (supra)
• German: Tischdecke (de) f, Tischtuch (de) n
• Greek: τραπεζομάντηλο (el) n (trapezomántilo)
• Hebrew: מַפָּה (he) f (mappá)
• Hindi: मेज़पोश m (mezpoś), टेबुल-क्लाथ (ṭebul-klāth)
• Hungarian: abrosz (hu), asztalterítő (hu)
• Icelandic: borðdúkur (is) m
• Indonesian: alas meja (id), seperah (id)
• Irish: scaraoid (bhoird) f, brat boird m, éadach cláir m, éadach boird m, éadach tábla m
• Italian: tovaglia (it) f
• Japanese: テーブル掛け (ja) (テーブルかけ, tēburukake), テーブルクロス (ja) (tēburukurosu)
• Kazakh: дастархан (dastarxan)
• Khmer: កំរាលតុ (kɑmraal tok)
• Korean: 식탁보(食卓褓) (siktakbo)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: سفرە (sifre)

• Kyrgyz: дасторкон (ky) (dastorkon)
• Lao: ຜ້າປູໂຕະ (phā pū to), ແພປູໂຕະ (phǣ pū to)
• Latin: mēnsārium n
• Latvian: galdauts m
• Lithuanian: staltiesė
• Luxembourgish: Dëschelduch (lb) n, Napp (lb) f
• Macedonian: чаршав m (čaršav), мушама f (mušama)
• Malay: alas meja
• Maltese: dvalja f
• Manx: brat vuird
• Maori: uhi, uwhi, uhi tēpu, uwhi tēpu
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: ширээний бүтээлэг (šireenii büteeleg)

• Norman: doubliyi m
• Norwegian: duk (no) c

  Bokmål: bordduk m

  Nynorsk: bordduk m

• Old English: bēodclāþ m
• Ottoman Turkish: سفره (sofra), دستار (destar)
• Persian: سفره (fa) (sofre), دسترخوان (dastarxân)
• Polish: obrus (pl) m
• Portuguese: toalha de mesa f
• Romanian: față de masă (ro) f
• Russian: ска́терть (ru) f (skátertʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: anart-bùird m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сто̑лња̄к m

  Roman: stȏlnjāk (sh) m

• Sicilian: tuvagghia (scn) f
• Skolt Sami: skääˊtar
• Slovak: obrus (sk) m
• Slovene: prt (sl) m
• Spanish: mantel (es) m
• Swedish: bordsduk (sv) c
• Tajik: дасторхон (dastorxon), суфра (sufra)
• Tamil: மேசைவிரிப்பு (ta) (mēcaivirippu)
• Tarantino: mesále
• Tatar: ашъяулык (tt) (aşʺyawlıq)
• Thai: ผ้าปูโต๊ะ (pâa-bpuu-dtó)
• Turkish: masa örtüsü (tr), sofra (tr)
• Ukrainian: ска́терть f (skátertʹ), скате́рка f (skatérka), стільни́к m (stilʹnýk), о́брус (uk) m (óbrus), обру́с (uk) m (obrús)
• Urdu: میزپوش m (mezpoś)
• Uzbek: dasturxon (uz)
• Venetian: tovaja f, tovagia, toaja, tavaja
• Vietnamese: khăn trải bàn
• Vilamovian: tejśtüch n
• Volapük: letabaklöf
• Welsh: lliain bwrdd m, lliain bord m
• Yiddish: טישטעך m or n (tishtekh)

See also

• place mat
• table mat

Further reading

• Tablecloth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia