retaule

Catalan

Etymology

Contraction of rere taula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rəˈtaw.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [reˈtaw.le]

Noun

retaule m (plural retaules)

1. reredos, retable (screen or decoration behind the altar in a church)
2. (figurative) scene, scenery
   • 2020 October 9, Josep Ramoneda, “I després de Trump, què?”, in El País‎^[1]:

     La pandèmia, inesperadament, ha posat davant nostre un retaule de situació.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “retaule” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.