different between tablet vs tabler

English

Etymology

From Middle English tablet, from Old French tablete (Modern French tablette), diminutive of table (“table”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: t?b?l?t, IPA^(key): /?tæbl?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

tablet (plural tablets)

1. A slab of clay used for inscription.
2. (religion) A short scripture written by the founders of the Bahá'í faith.
3. A pill; a small, easily swallowed portion of a substance.

   Many people take vitamin tablets as a food supplement.

4. A block of several sheets of blank paper that are bound together at the top; pad of paper.
5. (computing) A graphics tablet.
6. (computing) A tablet computer, a type of portable computer.
7. (Scotland) A confection made from sugar, condensed milk and butter, produced in flat slabs.
8. (rail transport) A type of round token giving authority for a train to proceed over a single-track line.

Derived terms

• wax tablet

Translations

See also

• caplet
• capsule

Verb

tablet (third-person singular simple present tablets, present participle tableting or tabletting, simple past and past participle tableted or tabletted)

1. (transitive) To form (a drug, etc.) into tablets.

References

• “tablet”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• Battle, batlet, battel, battle

Dutch

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French tablette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta??bl?t/
• Hyphenation: ta?blet
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

tablet f or n (plural tabletten, diminutive tabletje n)

1. tablet, pill (piece of medicine in solid state)
2. flat, rectangular piece or slab

Derived terms

• bruistablet
• kleitablet
• zuigtablet

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English tablet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?.bl?t/
• Hyphenation: ta?blet

Noun

tablet m (plural tablets)

1. tablet computer

Middle English

Alternative forms

• tabelett, tabelet, tabblet, tabulet, tabulette

Etymology

From Old French tablete; equivalent to table +? -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tab(?)l?t(?)/, /?ta?b(?)l?t(?)/

Noun

tablet (plural tablettes)

1. A tablet, especially an easily carried one for writing on.
2. (biblical) The Ten Commandments in physical form handed down from heaven.
3. A level surface for painting or working upon.
4. A piece of jewellery with a level portion present.
5. (rare) A marble slab utilised as tiling.
6. (rare) A tablet or pill for medication.

Descendants

• English: tablet
• Scots: taiblet

References

• “tablet, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-27.

Polish

Etymology

From English tablet, from Middle English tablet, from Old French tablete.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tab.l?t/

Noun

tablet m inan

1. (computing) digitizer, graphics tablet (small, easily swallowed portion of a substance)
2. (computing) tablet computer

Declension

Further reading

• tablet in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• tablet in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From English tablet.

Noun

tablet m (plural tablets)

1. (computing) tablet computer (a type of portable computer)

   Synonym: táblete

Further reading

• “tablet” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Noun

tablet m or f (plural tablets)

1. (computing) tablet

   Synonym: tableta

English

Etymology

table +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?te?b?l?(?)/, /?te?bl?(?)/

Noun

tabler (plural tablers)

1. Agent noun of the verb to table; one who tables.
   • 1991, Richard J. Watts, Power in Family Discourse, p. 166:

     ...it has developed up to this point she has functioned as the tabler of topics specifically aimed at the affairs of Muriel and William's nuclear family.

2. (obsolete) One who boards others for payment.
   • 1640, Ben Jonson, Underwood

     The scene, the engine; but he now is come
     To be the music-master; tabler too

Anagrams

• Albert, Bartel, Bartle, balter, bralet, labret

French

Etymology

table +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ble/

Verb

tabler

1. (transitive with sur) To base one's scheming on something.

   Synonyms: miser sur, compter sur

Usage notes

• This verb requires the preposition sur (“on”) or related adverbs of location such as dessus (“on it”).

Conjugation

Further reading

• “tabler” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• Albert

Middle English

Alternative forms

• tablere, tabeler, tabelere

Etymology

From Old French tablier; equivalent to table +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ta?b(?)l?r(?)/

Noun

tabler (plural tabelers)

1. Backgammon or a game like it.
2. (rare) A notepad or other portable writing instrument.
3. (rare) A mat or cover for a table.

References

• “t?bler(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-28.