taboret
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French tabouret (“a stool, pincushion, base of a pillar; literally, a little drum or tabor”), diminutive of tabour (“drum”). Compare French tambour.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
taboret (plural taborets)
- A little drum; a tabret.
- A low stool in the form of a drum.
- 1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening:
- He sat close to her on a low tabouret, and as he spoke his fingers lightly touched the hair that fell a little over her forehead.
- 1965, Elizabeth Bishop, Filling Station:
- They lie
upon a big dim doily
draping a taboret
(part of the set), beside
a big hirsute begonia.
- A low stand or embroidery frame in the same shape.
Quotations edit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:taboret.
Translations edit
a low stool
embroidery frame
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Further reading edit
- “taboret”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “taboret”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “taboret”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams edit
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French tabouret.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
taboret m inan
- stool, a piece of furniture for sitting without a backrest
- Synonym: stołek
- (slang, derogatory) motor scooter
Declension edit
Declension of taboret
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | taboret | taborety |
| genitive | taboretu | taboretów |
| dative | taboretowi | taboretom |
| accusative | taboret | taborety |
| instrumental | taboretem | taboretami |
| locative | taborecie | taboretach |
| vocative | taborecie | taborety |