tabler

See also: Tabler

English

Etymology

From table +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteɪbələ(ɹ)/, /ˈteɪblə(ɹ)/

Noun

tabler (plural tablers)

1. 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.

2. (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

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

French

Etymology

From table +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ble/

• Audio:

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Verb

tabler

1. (intransitive) to base one's scheming [with sur ‘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

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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (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

• Albert

Middle English

Alternative forms

• tablere, tabeler, tabelere

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaːb(ə)lər(ə)/

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

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