How do you pronounce tabular?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtæbjʊləʴ/.

tabular

/ˈtæbjʊləʴ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English

Syllables: tab-u-lar
IPA: /ˈtæbjʊləʴ/

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Meaning

adj

Having a flat (planar) horizontal surface at top.

adj

Organized as a table or list.

adj

Calculated by means of a table.

adj

Tending to split into thin flat pieces, as slate does.

noun

tabular bone

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: tablelike"
"Mesas got their name from being tabular."
"In technical communication, don't use prose to present information that lends itself to a tabular presentation."
"tabular artillery direction"
"The local bedrock is tabular."

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Root: tabulāris

Inflected Forms

more tabular (comparative) most tabular (superlative) tabulars (plural)

Derived Forms

circumtabular hypertabular hypotabular intertabular intratabular nontabular penitabular peritabular pseudotabular subtabular supertabular tabularisation

Phrases

tabular spar periodic table

Frequently Paired Words

tabletop tabula tabulate tabulation tabulator periodic table laminar shalelike

Synonyms

tablelike tabulated tabularized