tabberas
Swedish
Alternative forms
- tabelras, table rase, tabbrasch
Etymology
Borrowed from French table rase, derived from Latin tabula rasa, with the spelling changed to suit the French-style pronunciation.
Noun
tabberas n
- (dated, 19th to 20th century) A party were the guests have consumed all served food.
- (card games) Clear the table from the last card(s).
- Synonym: tabbe
- (obsolete, 19th to 20th century) Complete and total destruction, devastation.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | tabberas | tabberas |
| definite | tabberaset | tabberasets | |
| plural | indefinite | tabberas | tabberas |
| definite | tabberasen | tabberasens |
Further reading
- tabberas in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- tabberas in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)