serviette

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ser·vi·ette /ˌsɜːviˈet $ ˌsɜːr-/ noun [countable] British English DFUa napkin 餐巾

Examples from the Corpus

serviette• Wrapped in a serviette it was lying on the lap of a fat, snoozing gentleman.Origin serviette (1400-1500) French servir; → SERVE1

ser·vi·ette nounChineseSyllable

a napkin Corpus

serviette
ser‧vi‧ette /ˌsɜːviˈet $ ˌsɜːr-/

noun [countable] British English

Date: 1400-1500
Language: French
Origin: servir; ⇨ serve¹

a napkin

ser·vi·ette

BrE

/ˌsɜːviˈet/

NAmE

/ˌsɜːrviˈet/

noun

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a piece of cloth or paper used at meals for protecting your clothes and cleaning your lips and fingers 餐巾；餐巾纸

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