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Etymology

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Borrowed from French retable, from Spanish retablo, from Latin retrotabulum.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /rəˈtaː.bəl/
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  • Hyphenation: re‧ta‧bel
  • Rhymes: -aːbəl

Noun

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retabel n or m (plural retabels, diminutive retabeltje n)

  1. (Christianity, chiefly Roman Catholicism) retable (table or shelf behind an altar)

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