serviette

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a square of cloth or paper used at a meal to protect clothing and wipe the mouth or fingers; a napkin

   He unfolded the white serviette and placed it across his lap.

Borrowed from French serviette ("napkin, towel"), a diminutive historically related to servir ("to serve"). In present-day English it is chiefly British and Canadian.

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