timetable

See also: time-table and time table

English

Alternative forms

• time table, time-table

Etymology

From time +‎ table.

Pronunciation

• enPR: tīm′tā'bəl, IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪmˌteɪbəl/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

timetable (plural timetables)

1. A tabular schedule of events with the times at which they occur, especially times of arrivals and departures.

   Synonyms: schedule, timeline

   The timetable has been changed several times since it was first announced.

2. A schedule of arrivals and departures published in book or booklet form, or as a pamphlet, and available to travellers, either free or for a charge.
   • 1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 714:

     Above all, the 48-page timetables of the new service, which have been distributed free at every station in the scheme, are a model to the rest of B.R. For the first time on British Railways, so far as we are aware, a substantial timetable has been produced, not only without a single footnote but also devoid of all wearisome asterisks, stars, letter suffixes and other hieroglyphics.

Derived terms

• clock-face timetable
• timetable and train order
• timetable motion
• timetabler
• working timetable

 

Translations

a structured schedule of events

• Albanian: orar (sq) m
• Arabic: جَدْوَل مَوَاعِيد m (jadwal mawāʕīd), جَدْوَل m (jadwal)
• Armenian: չվացուցակ (hy) (čʻvacʻucʻak)
• Azerbaijani: cədvəl (az), qrafik
• Belarusian: раскла́д m (rasklád), гра́фік m (hráfik)
• Bengali: সময়সূচী (śomoẏśuci)
• Bulgarian: разписа́ние n (razpisánie)
• Burmese: အချိန်စာရင်း (my) (a.hkyincarang:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 時刻表／时刻表 (zh) (shíkèbiǎo), 時間表／时间表 (zh) (shíjiānbiǎo)

• Cornish: euryador m, rol dermynyow f
• Czech: rozvrh hodin m, rozvrh (cs) m, jízdní řád (cs) (for transport)
• Danish: tidsplan c, køreplan (da) c
• Dutch: rooster (nl) m or n, lesrooster (nl) n, dienstregeling (nl) f
• Esperanto: hortabelo
• Estonian: ajakava (et), sõiduplaan (for transport), tunniplaan (in schools, etc.)
• Finnish: aikataulu (fi) (for transport), lukujärjestys (fi) (in schools, etc.)
• French: horaire (fr) m (for transport, tides, etc.), emploi du temps (fr) m (in schools, etc.)
• German: Zeitplan (de) m, Fahrplan (de) m (for transport), Stundenplan (de) m (in schools, etc.)
• Greek: χρονοδιάγραμμα (el) n (chronodiágramma)
• Gujarati: સમયપત્રક n (samyapatrak)
• Hindi: अनुसूची (hi) f (anusūcī), समयसारणी f (samyasārṇī), समयसूची f (samaysūcī)
• Hungarian: menetrend (hu)
• Irish: tráthchlár m, clár ama m, amchlár m
• Italian: orario (it) m
• Japanese: 時刻表 (ja) (じこくひょう, jikokuhyō), 時間表 (ja) (じかんひょう, jikanhyō), 時間割 (ja) (じかんわり, jikanwari), 予定表 (よていひょう, yoteihyō)
• Khmer: តារាងកាល (taaraang kaal), កាលវិភាគ (km) (kaal viphiək)
• Korean: 시간표(時間表) (ko) (siganpyo), 일과표(日課表) (ko) (ilgwapyo)
• Lao: ຕາຕາລາງການ (tā tā lāng kān)
• Luxembourgish: Horaire m, Zäitplang m, Fuerplang m (for transport), Stonneplang m (in schools, etc.)
• Macedonian: распоред m (raspored)
• Malay: jadual (ms)
• Maori: wātaka
• Mongolian: цагийн хуваарь (cagiin xuvaarʹ), хуваарь (mn) (xuvaarʹ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rutetabell m (transport)

  Nynorsk: rutetabell m (transport)

• Plautdietsch: Tietplon m
• Polish: rozkład (pl) m
• Portuguese: horário (pt) m
• Romanian: orar (ro) n
• Russian: расписа́ние (ru) n (raspisánije), гра́фик (ru) m (gráfik)
• Scottish Gaelic: clàr-ama m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ра̏споре̄д m

  Roman: rȁsporēd (sh) m

• Slovak: rozvrh hodín m, rozvrh m
• Slovene: razpored m
• Spanish: horario (es) m
• Swahili: ratiba (sw) class 9/10
• Swedish: tidtabell (sv) c, tidsschema (sv) n
• Tagalog: talaorasan
• Thai: ตารางเวลา (dtaa-raang-wee-laa), ตาราง (th) (dtaa-raang), กำหนดการ (th) (gam-nòt-gaan)
• Turkish: zaman çizelgesi
• Ukrainian: ро́зклад m (rózklad), гра́фік m (hráfik)
• Vietnamese: thời khắc biểu (vi), thời gian biểu (vi), thời khóa biểu (vi) (in schools, etc.), lịch trình (vi)
• Welsh: amserlen (cy) f

Verb

timetable (third-person singular simple present timetables, present participle timetabling, simple past and past participle timetabled)

1. (transitive) To arrange a specific time for (an event, a class, etc).

   Synonym: schedule

   I've timetabled the meeting for Monday afternoon.

Derived terms

• timetabled (adjective)
• timetabling

Translations

arrange a specific time for an event

• French: planifier (fr)
• Luxembourgish: plangen
• Swedish: planera in

References

• “timetable”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• emittable