tabular

English

Etymology

From Late Latin tabulāris. By surface analysis, tabula +‎ -ar, or, by surface analysis, table +‎ -ar. Compare fabular.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtæbjʊləʴ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Adjective

tabular (comparative more tabular, superlative most tabular)

  1. (of an object or landform) Having a flat (planar) horizontal surface at top.
    Near-synonym: tablelike
    Mesas got their name from being tabular.
  2. (of a document or information) Organized as a table or list.
    Synonyms: tabulated, tabularized
    Coordinate term: tabulable
    In technical communication, don't use prose to present information that lends itself to a tabular presentation.
  3. Calculated by means of a table.
    tabular artillery direction
  4. (geology) Tending to split into thin flat pieces, as slate does.
    The local bedrock is tabular.

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Noun

tabular (plural tabulars)

  1. tabular bone

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Etymology 1

    Learned borrowing from Latin tabulāris.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    tabular m or f (masculine and feminine plural tabulars)

    1. tabular

    Etymology 2

      Learned borrowing from Latin tabulāre.

      Pronunciation

      Verb

      tabular (first-person singular present tabulo, first-person singular preterite tabulí, past participle tabulat)

      1. (transitive) to tabulate
      2. (intransitive) to tab (use the tab key)
      Conjugation
      Derived terms

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      Interlingua

      Verb

      tabular

      1. to tabulate

      Portuguese

      Etymology 1

        Derived from Late Latin tabulāris.

        Pronunciation

         
         
        • (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɐ.buˈlaɾ/ [tɐ.βuˈlaɾ]
          • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /tɐ.buˈla.ɾi/

        • Hyphenation: ta‧bu‧lar

        Adjective

        tabular m or f (plural tabulares)

        1. tabular

        Etymology 2

          Derived from Late Latin tabulāre.

          Pronunciation

           
           
          • (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɐ.buˈlaɾ/ [tɐ.βuˈlaɾ]
            • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /tɐ.buˈla.ɾi/

          • Hyphenation: ta‧bu‧lar

          Verb

          tabular (first-person singular present tabulo, first-person singular preterite tabulei, past participle tabulado)

          1. (transitive) to tabulate
          Conjugation

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          Romanian

          Etymology

            Borrowed from French tabulaire, from Late Latin tabulāris.

            Adjective

            tabular m or n (feminine singular tabulară, masculine plural tabulari, feminine/neuter plural tabulare)

            1. tabular

            Declension

            Declension of tabular
            singular plural
            masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
            nominative-
            accusative
            indefinite tabular tabulară tabulari tabulare
            definite tabularul tabulara tabularii tabularele
            genitive-
            dative
            indefinite tabular tabulare tabulari tabulare
            definite tabularului tabularei tabularilor tabularelor

            Spanish

            Pronunciation

            • IPA(key): /tabuˈlaɾ/ [t̪a.β̞uˈlaɾ]
            • Rhymes: -aɾ
            • Syllabification: ta‧bu‧lar

            Etymology 1

              Derived from Late Latin tabulāris.

              Adjective

              tabular m or f (masculine and feminine plural tabulares)

              1. tabular, table

              Etymology 2

                Derived from Late Latin tabulāre.

                Verb

                tabular (first-person singular present tabulo, first-person singular preterite tabulé, past participle tabulado)

                1. (transitive) to tabulate
                Conjugation

                Etymology 3

                Formed from English Tab, the name of the key, itself from tab.

                Verb

                tabular (first-person singular present tabulo, first-person singular preterite tabulé, past participle tabulado)

                1. (computing, intransitive) to tab out

                Further reading