occasional table

English

Etymology

From occasional (“for an occasion”) +‎ table.

Noun

occasional table (plural occasional tables)

1. Any small table, such as an end table, having no particular function; typically it may be folded away.
   • 1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XI, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 119:

     A cushion-covered divan; three-piece lounge-suite; occasional table, writing table and radio constituted the principal pieces[.]

Synonyms

• side table, end table, coffee table

Hypernyms

• table

Related terms

• occasional bookcase
• occasional furniture

Translations

small table having no particular function

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: bijzettafel (nl) f
• Finnish: pikkupöytä (fi)
• French: table d’appoint f
• German: Tischchen (de) n, Nebentisch (de) m, Beitisch m, Beistelltisch (de) m, Seitentisch (de) n, Katzentisch (de) m
• Ido: tableto (io)
• Italian: tavolino (it) m
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: журна́льный сто́лик m (žurnálʹnyj stólik)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

References

• “occasional table”, in Collins English Dictionary.