tavla

Swedish

noun
Definitions
  • (arts) a painting; piece of painted canvas
  • a picture hanging on a wall
  • a hard, flat surface for writing or drawing, for example a blackboard svarta tavlan or whiteboard
  • a tablet
  • (colloquial) A glaring mistake, a blunder

Etymology

Derived from Latin tabula (board, tablet, plank, table, a board plank, a tablet, chart, painting, playing board) derived from German Tafel (table, board, blackboard).

Origin

German (Berlin)

Tafel

Gloss

table, board, blackboard

Concept
Semantic Field

The house

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

Emoji

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