How to pronounce tablet
American English pronunciation
TAB-lut
- IPA
- /ˈtæblət/
- Syllables
- TAB · lut (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What tablet means
Most people know tablet in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A flat slab of stone or clay with writing on it
In a sentence: The museum showed a clay tablet covered in tiny marks from long ago.
Where it comes from: It comes from an old French word meaning a little table. Long before paper, people wrote on flat tablets like these.
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