taboret

English

Alternative forms

• tabouret

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)

1. A little drum; a tabret.
2. 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.

3. A low stand or embroidery frame in the same shape.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:taboret.

Translations

a low stool

• Bulgarian: табуре́тка f (taburétka)
• Czech: taburet m
• Finnish: taburetti (fi)
• Hungarian: zsámoly (hu)
• Polish: taboret (pl) m
• Russian: табуре́т (ru) m (taburét), табуре́тка (ru) f (taburétka)
• Spanish: taburete (es) m

embroidery frame

• Bulgarian: герге́ф (bg) m (gergéf)
• Finnish: ompelukehikko, ompelukehys
• Hungarian: hímzőráma, hímzőkeret (hu)
• Macedonian: ѓерѓеф m (ǵerǵef)

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

• abettor

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French tabouret.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈbɔ.rɛt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔrɛt
• Syllabification: ta‧bo‧ret

Noun

taboret m inan

1. stool, a piece of furniture for sitting without a backrest

   Synonym: stołek

2. (slang, derogatory) motor scooter

   Synonyms: skuter, kibel

Declension

Declension of taboret

	singular	plural
nominative	taboret	taborety
genitive	taboretu	taboretów
dative	taboretowi	taboretom
accusative	taboret	taborety
instrumental	taboretem	taboretami
locative	taborecie	taboretach
vocative	taborecie	taborety

Further reading

• taboret in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• taboret in Polish dictionaries at PWN