taboret
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French tabouret (“a stool, pincushion, base of a pillar; literally, a little drum or tabor”), diminutive of tabour (“drum”). Compare French tambour.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtæbəɹɛt/
Noun
taboret (plural taborets)
- A little drum; a tabret.
- A low stool in the form of a drum.
- 1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening:
- He sat close to her on a low tabouret, and as he spoke his fingers lightly touched the hair that fell a little over her forehead.
- 1965, Elizabeth Bishop, Filling Station:
- They lie
upon a big dim doily
draping a taboret
(part of the set), beside
a big hirsute begonia.
- A low stand or embroidery frame in the same shape.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:taboret.
Translations
a low stool
embroidery frame
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Further reading
- “taboret”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “taboret”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “taboret”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taˈbɔ.rɛt/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔrɛt
- Syllabification: ta‧bo‧ret
Noun
taboret m inan
- stool, a piece of furniture for sitting without a backrest
- Synonym: stołek
- (slang, derogatory) motor scooter
Declension
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