tabler
See also: Tabler
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈteɪbələ(ɹ)/, /ˈteɪblə(ɹ)/
Noun
tabler (plural tablers)
- Agent noun of the verb to table; one who tables.
- 1991, Richard J. Watts, Power in Family Discourse, page 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.
- (obsolete) One who boards others for payment.
- a. 1638 (date written), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Under-woods. Consisting of Divers Poems. (please specify the poem)”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio), London: […] Richard Meighen, published 1640, →OCLC:
- The scene, the engine; but he now is come / To be the music-master; tabler too
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta.ble/
Audio: (file)
Verb
tabler
Usage notes
- This verb requires the preposition sur (“on”) or related adverbs of location such as dessus (“on it”).
Conjugation
Conjugation of tabler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | tabler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | tablant /ta.blɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | tablé /ta.ble/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | table /tabl/ |
tables /tabl/ |
table /tabl/ |
tablons /ta.blɔ̃/ |
tablez /ta.ble/ |
tablent /tabl/ |
| imperfect | tablais /ta.blɛ/ |
tablais /ta.blɛ/ |
tablait /ta.blɛ/ |
tablions /ta.bli.jɔ̃/ |
tabliez /ta.bli.je/ |
tablaient /ta.blɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | tablai /ta.ble/ |
tablas /ta.bla/ |
tabla /ta.bla/ |
tablâmes /ta.blam/ |
tablâtes /ta.blat/ |
tablèrent /ta.blɛʁ/ | |
| future | tablerai /ta.blə.ʁe/ |
tableras /ta.blə.ʁa/ |
tablera /ta.blə.ʁa/ |
tablerons /ta.blə.ʁɔ̃/ |
tablerez /ta.blə.ʁe/ |
tableront /ta.blə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | tablerais /ta.blə.ʁɛ/ |
tablerais /ta.blə.ʁɛ/ |
tablerait /ta.blə.ʁɛ/ |
tablerions /ta.blə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tableriez /ta.blə.ʁje/ |
tableraient /ta.blə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | table /tabl/ |
tables /tabl/ |
table /tabl/ |
tablions /ta.bli.jɔ̃/ |
tabliez /ta.bli.je/ |
tablent /tabl/ |
| imperfect2 | tablasse /ta.blas/ |
tablasses /ta.blas/ |
tablât /ta.bla/ |
tablassions /ta.bla.sjɔ̃/ |
tablassiez /ta.bla.sje/ |
tablassent /ta.blas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | table /tabl/ |
— | tablons /ta.blɔ̃/ |
tablez /ta.ble/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “tabler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French tablier; equivalent to table + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtaːb(ə)lər(ə)/
Noun
tabler (plural tabelers)
- Backgammon or a game like it.
- (rare) A notepad or other portable writing instrument.
- (rare) A mat or cover for a table.
References
- “tābler(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 28 June 2018.