napkin

A2 Topic:General Vocabulary

US /ˈnæp.kɪn/ See IPA manual

Freq #10659

Meanings

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noun
A piece of cloth or paper used at meals to wipe your mouth and hands and protect your clothes.

She folded a paper napkin beside each plate.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a piece of cloth or paper... serviettetable napkin

Word family

Forms napkins

Derived forms back-of-the-napkinfapkinlapkinnapkinettenapkinlessnapkinlikenapkinnedtail-napkin

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sanitary napkin
an absorbent pad worn to collect menstrual blood

Adjective + noun

Simplified etymology

Napkin, recorded in late Middle English, derives from Old French nape or nappe, meaning “tablecloth.”

Etymology

From Middle English napkyn, equivalent to nape (“cloth”) + -kin.

napkyn Middle English

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