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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RETABLE

From French, from Spanish retablo, from Latin retrō behind + tabula board.
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PRONUNCIATION OF RETABLE

retable  [rɪˈteɪbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RETABLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Retable is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RETABLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Retable

A retable is a framed altarpiece, raised slightly above the back of the altar or communion table, on which are placed the cross, ceremonial candlesticks and other ornaments. Foreign usage of the term, as in French, is different, and where the word is kept with this foreign application, the distinction should be observed. The Medieval Latin retrotabulum was applied to an architectural feature set up at the back of an altar, and generally taking the form of a screen framing a picture, carved or sculptured work in wood or stone, or mosaic, or of a movable feature such as the Pala d'Oro in St Mark's Basilica, Venice, of gold, jewels and enamels. The foreign retable is, therefore, what should in English be called a reredos, though that is not in modern usage a movable feature. The cognate Spanish term, retablo, generally refers more broadly to any two-dimensional depiction of a saint or other Christian religious figure, as contrasted with a bulto, a three-dimensional statue of same.

Definition of retable in the English dictionary

The definition of retable in the dictionary is an ornamental screenlike structure above and behind an altar, esp one used as a setting for a religious picture or carving.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RETABLE


able
ˈeɪbəl
astable
eɪˈsteɪbəl
bistable
baɪˈsteɪbəl
cable
ˈkeɪbəl
enable
ɪnˈeɪbəl
instable
ɪnˈsteɪbəl
label
ˈleɪbəl
metastable
ˌmɛtəˈsteɪbəl
monostable
ˌmɒnəʊˈsteɪbəl
plane-table
pleɪn ˈteɪbəl
round-table
ˌraʊndˈteɪbəl
sidetable
ˈsaɪdteɪbəl
stable
ˈsteɪbəl
table
ˈteɪbəl
thermostable
ˌθɜːməʊˈsteɪbəl
timetable
ˈtaɪmˌteɪbəl
turntable
ˈtɜːnˌteɪbəl
unable
ʌnˈeɪbəl
under-the-table
ˈʌndəðəˈteɪbəl
unstable
ʌnˈsteɪbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RETABLE

ret
retack
retackle
retag
retail
retail banking
retail business
retail dealer
retail group
retail outlet
retail park
retail politics
retail price
retail price index
retail shop
retail therapy
retail trade
retailer
retailing
retailment

WORDS THAT END LIKE RETABLE

acceptable
accountable
adjustable
affordable
charitable
comfortable
inevitable
inflatable
notable
on the table
palatable
portable
potable
printable
profitable
reputable
suitable
unacceptable
uncomfortable
unforgettable
vegetable

Synonyms and antonyms of retable in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «retable» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RETABLE

Find out the translation of retable to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of retable from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «retable» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

retable
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

retablo
570 millions of speakers

English

retable
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

retable
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

retable
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ретабло
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

retábulo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

retable
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

retable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Boleh retable
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Altaraufsatz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

祭壇画
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

retable
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Retable
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

retable
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பலி பீடத்தின் பின் புறத்தில் அழகுடன் கூடிய அமைப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ताजेतवाने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Retable
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

retablo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

retabulum
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ретабло
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

retable
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βωμός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Retabels
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

retable
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

retable
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of retable

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RETABLE»

The term «retable» is regularly used and occupies the 60.636 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RETABLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «retable» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «retable» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about retable

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RETABLE»

Discover the use of retable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to retable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Westminster Retable: History, Technique, Conservation
damaging, it was clear that a case to buffer conditions and to protect the vulnerable surface of the Retable would be necessary. Some form of conditioning would be necessary within the case to stabilise conditions at about 10-15% relative ...
Paul Binski, Ann Massing, Marie Louise Sauerberg, 2010
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The Thornham Parva Retable: technique, conservation, and ...
An exhaustive description of the restoration of the largest, most complete and best preserved medieval altarpiece in Britain. Every detail of the restoration work is discussed and illustrated in monochrome and colour.
Ann Massing, Hamilton Kerr Institute, 2003
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Gardner's Art through the Ages: The Western Perspective
The Champmol altarpiece, or retable, for example, features sculpted Passion scenes on the interior. These public altarpieces most often took the form of polyptychs (hinged multipaneled paintings) or carved relief panels. The hinges allowed ...
Fred Kleiner, 2009
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Writing Wounds: The Inscription of Trauma in Post-1968 ...
text to incorporate extracts from official letters, documents and reports detailing deaths and bombing targets, is the first of Chawaf s novels to be anchored in the specific context of Paris, during and after the war and moves beyond Retable in ...
Kathryn Robson, 2004
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Church Woodwork in the British Isles, 1100-1535: An ...
Binski then turns to a discussion of the painted and gilt decoration including damage that the painted and pastiglia stamped surfaces of the Frontal and Retable have suffered over the centuries. The author states that most of the damage ...
Robert A. Faleer, 2009
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Dominican Painting in East Anglia: The Thornham Parva ...
(East Anglian) The 14th-century panel painting discovered in 1927 in a stable at Thornham Hall in Suffolk was one of the most remarkable finds this century in the field of medieval English painting.
Christopher Norton, 1987
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Metropolitan Museum Studies in Art, Science, and Technology:
Collaboration also allowed two masters to share an apprentice or subordi nate worker in a tight labor market.30 In rare instances, a patron explicitly requested that a retable be the work of two masters. For example, a joint contract dated 1402 ...
Silvia Centeno, Nora Kennedy, M. T. Wypyski, 2014
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The Visual Object of Desire in Late Medieval England
The Despenser Retable and 1381 In 1847, In one of the anc1llary chapels in Norwich Cathedral, a chance discovery revealed that what was being used as a table was in fact the back side of a fourteenth-century altarpiece, a five-panel ...
Sarah Stanbury, 2008
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Early Netherlandish Painting
Eisler 1977, 186 suggested that two panels from the San Lazaro retable depended upon Diirer's Small Woodcut Passion, issued in book form in 1 5 1 1. However, of the two subjects he cites, the connection between the two Ascensions (fig.
National Gallery of Art (U.S.), John Oliver Hand, 1986
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A Wider Trecento: Studies in 13th- and 14th-Century European ...
CHAPteR tHRee sMALL WoRLDs: tHe oRBs In tHe WestMInsteR RetABLe AnD tHe WILton DIPtyCH Dillian Gordon It has been convincingly argued that the Westminster Retable was painted during the 1260s, probably completed by 1268  ...
‎2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RETABLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term retable is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Orgue et Patrimoine' : un don de 6.000 € pour le retable
Concernant le retable, plusieurs visites conjointes avec la DRAC, Bâtiments de France, le Conseil départemental, Carcassonne Agglo et des chercheurs ont ... «L'indépendant.fr, Jul 15»
2
Le retable restauré
Le curé avait donné son accord pour que cette cérémonie puisse se dérouler dans l'église, suivie d'une bénédiction puis d'une messe à 18 heures. Un retable ... «Sud Ouest, Jul 15»
3
Retable : les sculptures bois sont restaurées
Démonté en novembre 2014, la première phase de conservation-restauration du retable de l'église vient de s'achever. Celle-ci consistait à consolider et ... «ladepeche.fr, Jun 15»
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1 500 euros pour rénover le retable
Le village de Leychert possède une église du XIVe siècle, qui est inscrite sur l'inventaire des monuments historiques. Quant à son retable (sainte Anne et saint ... «ladepeche.fr, Jun 15»
5
Le retable de Saux restauré
Mardi dernier, la restauration d'un retable et d'une croix de procession, datant du XVIIIe siècle, a été inaugurée. Des objets classés aux Monuments historiques ... «ladepeche.fr, May 15»
6
Restauration du retable de l'église Saint Hilaire
Fin juin, le retable de l'église Saint Hilaire à Bagiry devrait reprendre sa place initiale après avoir retrouvé une seconde jeunesse. En avril 2014, Jean-Marc ... «ladepeche.fr, May 15»
7
Restauration du retable de l'église Notre-Dame de la Marlière à …
Une fuite d'eau a provoqué l'apparition et la prolifération du mérule dans l'église de ce quartier proche de la frontière belge. C'est le retable datant de 1750 qui ... «Nord Eclair.fr, Apr 15»
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Douai : le retable d'Anchin, polyptyque à transformation, fête ses …
En ce qui concerne le retable d'Anchin, c'est Charles Goguin, abbé d'Anchin de 1508 à 1546, qui lui commanda ce polyptyque à transformation vers 1511. «La Voix du Nord, Feb 15»
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Bejewelled backdrop to coronations did not cost a king's ransom
Cambridge conservation scientist Spike Bucklow uncovered the knock-down cost of the 1260 AD 'Westminter Retable' while researching his latest book 'Riddle ... «Phys.Org, Feb 15»
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La C-suite en retable : le DSI (cet artiste)
Cette forme de retable ne se prend pas au sérieux. C'est un prisme poétique, parfois amusant, difractant les sages éclairages que l'on trouve habituellement sur ... «Les Échos Business, Dec 14»

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