serviette de table
\sɛʁ.vjɛt də tabl\
The verdict
“serviette de table” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pièce de tissu destinée à s’essuyer les doigts et la bouche pendant les repas.
Corpus desk
Index FR-serviette-de-table · serviette de table · French
serviette de table · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | serviette de table |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɛʁ.vjɛt də tabl\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « serviette de table » en français
Rare enough to double-check
serviette de table is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɛʁ.vjɛt də tabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pièce de tissu destinée à s’essuyer les doigts et la bouche pendant les repas.".
Zero misspellings are on record for serviette de table in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is serviette de table, spelled S-E-R-V-I-E-T-T-E- -D-E- -T-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Pièce de tissu destinée à s’essuyer les doigts et la bouche pendant les repas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how serviette de table appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je trouvais un peu ridicule que Charcot grommelât, en attachant sa serviette de table avec une cordelette à agrafes que je vois encore.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.