English → Latin
“tablet” in Latin
tabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for writing; board or plank; map, painting, document or other item put onto lāminaa thin piece or sheet of metal, wood, marble, etc.; a plate, leaf, layer; a red-hot plate used as torture devices for sltesseratessera; a die with six faces and pips, alike modern-day ones; watchwordchartapapyrus, paper; a piece of papyrus or paper; a piece of writing, especially a letter, poem, or chartertabellasmall board, tablet, or table (for writing); small piece of wood, board, plank, tray, trough; plaque, placard, signboardpugillārisfist
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
tablet s.
tabula (of wood): lamina (of wood or metal): tessera (of wood, square): charta (of any material; e.g., of lead): tabellae, pugillares (when consisting of several leaves).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for tablet?
- The usual Latin words for “tablet” are tabula, lāmina, tessera; also charta, tabella, pugillāris. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.