retable
English
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from French retable, ultimately from Medieval Latin retrotabulum.
Noun
editretable (plural retables)
Translations
edittable or shelf behind an altar
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Etymology 2
editVerb
editretable (third-person singular simple present retables, present participle retabling, simple past and past participle retabled)
- (transitive) To table again.
- Politicians are keen to retable the bill.
Anagrams
editFrench
editEtymology
editCalque of Old Occitan retaule. Compare Catalan retaule.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editretable m (plural retables)
Further reading
edit- “retable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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