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Meaning of "table napkin" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TABLE NAPKIN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TABLE NAPKIN

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Table napkin 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 TABLE NAPKIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

table napkin

Napkin

A napkin, or face towel is a rectangle of cloth used at the table for wiping the mouth and fingers while eating. It is usually small and folded, sometimes in intricate designs and shapes. The word comes from Middle English, borrowing the French nappe—a cloth covering for a table—and adding -kin, the diminutive suffix.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TABLE NAPKIN

table dancer
table dancing
table football
table lamp
table leg
table licence
table linen
table manners
table money
Table Mountain
table runner
table salt
table setting
table talk
table tennis
table top
table wine
table-rapping
table-turning
tableau

WORDS THAT END LIKE TABLE NAPKIN

bumpkin
butternut pumpkin
country bumpkin
limpkin
lumpkin
napkin
numpkin
paper napkin
pipkin
pumpkin
sanitary napkin

Synonyms and antonyms of table napkin in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «table napkin» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TABLE NAPKIN

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

Translator English - Chinese

餐巾
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

servilleta
570 millions of speakers

English

table napkin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नैपकिन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الجدول منديل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

таблица салфетки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

guardanapo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

টেবিল রুমাল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

serviette de table
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Serbet meja
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Serviette
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

テーブルナプキン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

테이블 냅킨
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kantong meja
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giấy lau miệng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அட்டவணை துடைக்கும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टेबल मोठा हात रुमाल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

masa peçetesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tovagliolo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tabela serwetka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Таблиця серветки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

servetel de masa
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τραπέζι χαρτοπετσέτα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tafel doek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bord servett
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tabell serviett
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of table napkin

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TABLE NAPKIN»

The term «table napkin» is regularly used and occupies the 69.663 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TABLE NAPKIN» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TABLE NAPKIN»

Discover the use of table napkin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to table napkin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Elbows Off the Table, Napkin in the Lap, No Video Games ...
Offers advice to parents on how to teach age appropriate manners and social behavior to children
Carol Wallace, 1996
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Table observances: including the arrangement of the table, ...
... should be laid a table- napkin, folded according to taste.* In France, they fold every other napkin like a fan, and put it in the long champagne glass, and the other one made to stand up in the plate, so that one plate is without a napkin and one ...
Table observances, 1854
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The Englishwoman's cookery book
In the family circle, it is customary to allow one table napkin per week to each individual ; in some households the allowance is two; and since they are really not expensive items, the larger number ought not generally to be considered ...
Isabella Mary Beeton, 1872
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The Infinity Puzzle: The personalities, politics, and ...
A more realistic example, which builds on the donkey's dilemma, is that of a formal dinner where the guests are uniformly positioned around a circular table.4 Midway between each guest is a table-napkin. You are therefore analogous to ...
Frank Close, 2013
5
Mess Night Traditions
During Roman times, the large table napkin was also used as a "take-home" container, like our doggie- bag. At banquets, guests were encouraged to take leftovers and it was considered rude to leave food at the table and depart empty ...
Charles J. Gibowicz, 2007
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Quantum Philosophy: Meanings Answers Promises; a Spiritual ...
Though on occasions I have been in need of napkins I have never used another table's napkin. When I found myself in that unfortunate situation I leave my table and before I go through the kitchen door the waiter hands me more napkins.
William A. Humphrey, 2011
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Art in Education: Identity and Practice
The two square forms, one inside the other, represent the table napkin on top of the cotton towel. The plate is not represented. But what kind of drawing is this? It is certainly not a view representation, nor a plan, but it could be considered as a ...
D. Atkinson, 2003
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Heatwave and Crazy Birds (Hebrew Literature Series)
accent on the last syllable, resting his chin with its Kirk Douglas dimple on his fists—talking with your mouth full, waving your fork, dropping your table napkin— Not this time! I protested, picking the napkin up from my lap to show him, nobody  ...
Gabriela Avigur-Rotem, 2011
9
The Green Fairy Book
The faithful creature trotted off, and soon returned with a table–napkin full of the most delicious food, and the napkin itself was embroidered with a kingly crown. The King had just seated himself at the wedding–feast with all his Court, when the ...
Andrew Lang, 1934
10
The Gay Phoenix
Nevertheless Povey picked up his table napkin, and briefly polished the fingernails of his right hand. It was inelegant; indeed, he had an uncomfortable sense of it as positively uncouth. But at least it produced a spectacular result. The man ...
Michael Innes, 2001

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TABLE NAPKIN»

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Lennox Island man tries to produce counterfeit money using table
A suspended sentence was handed down recently in provincial court to a Lennox Island man who tried to produce counterfeit money using table napkins ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Table napkin [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/table-napkin>. May 2024 ».
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