coffee table

noun

A long, low table, often placed in front of a sofa or seating area in a living room.

Similar
occasional tablecocktail table
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nouncoffee table (plural coffee tables)

plural coffee tables

  1. furnitureA long, low table, often placed in front of a sofa or seating area in a living room.

    We were just settling ourselves around the coffee-table, when several friends from the parsonage arrived.

    1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 26

    Synonyms: occasional table

  2. originallyfurnitureA table from which coffee is served.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA long, low table, often placed in front of a sofa or seating area in a living room.

Similar
occasional table

More synonyms by meaning

nounlow table where magazines can be placed and coffee or cocktails are served

Similar
cocktail table
Broader
table
Also see
cocktail table

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From coffee + table.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic طَاوِلَةُ قَهْوَة, طَاوِلَةُ لِلْقَهْوَة
  • طَاوِلَةُ قَهْوَة (ṭāwilatu qahwa)type of table
  • طَاوِلَةُ لِلْقَهْوَة (ṭāwilatu lilqahwa)type of table
Catalan tauleta de centre
  • tauleta de centretype of table
Chinese Mandarin 咖啡桌, 茶几
  • 咖啡桌 (kāfēizhuō)type of table
  • 茶几 (chájī)type of table
  • 矮茶几 (ǎichájī)type of table
Czech konferenční stolek
  • konferenční stolektype of table
Danish sofabord, kaffebord
  • sofabordtype of table
  • kaffebordtype of table
Dutch salontafel
  • salontafeltype of table
Esperanto tableto
  • tabletotype of table
Estonian kohvilaud
  • kohvilaudtype of table
Finnish sohvapöytä
  • sohvapöytätype of table
French table basse, table de salon
  • table bassetype of table
  • table de salontype of table
German Couchtisch, Nebentisch
  • Couchtischtype of table
  • Nebentischtype of table
  • Beitischtype of table
  • Beistelltischtype of table
  • Seitentischtype of table
Hebrew שולחן קפה \ שֻׁלְחַן קָפֶה
  • שולחן קפה \ שֻׁלְחַן קָפֶה (shulkhán kafé)type of table
Hungarian dohányzóasztal
  • dohányzóasztaltype of table
Indonesian meja kopi
  • meja kopitype of table
Irish bord íseal, tábla caife
  • bord ísealtype of table
  • tábla caifetype of table
Italian tavolino da salotto
  • tavolino da salottotype of table
Japanese コーヒーテーブル
  • コーヒーテーブル (kōhītēburu)type of table
Korean 커피 테이블
  • 커피 테이블 (keopi teibeul)type of table
Māori papara kawhe, tēpu pāpaku
  • papara kawhetype of table
  • tēpu pāpakutype of table
Norwegian Bokmål salongbord, sofabord
  • salongbordtype of table
  • sofabordtype of table
Polish ława
  • ławatype of table
Portuguese mesa de centro
  • mesa de centrotype of table
Romanian măsuță de salon, masă joasă
  • măsuță de salontype of table
  • masă joasătype of table
Russian журна́льный сто́лик, кофе́йный сто́лик
  • журна́льный сто́лик (žurnálʹnyj stólik)type of table
  • кофе́йный сто́лик (koféjnyj stólik)type of table
Slovak konferenčný stolík
  • konferenčný stolíktype of table
Spanish mesa ratona
  • mesa ratonatype of table
Swedish soffbord
  • soffbordtype of table
Thai โต๊ะกาแฟ
  • โต๊ะกาแฟ (dtó-gaa-fɛɛ)type of table
Turkish kahve masası
  • kahve masasıtype of table
Ukrainian журна́льний сто́лик, ка́вовий сто́лик
  • журна́льний сто́лик (žurnálʹnyj stólyk)type of table
  • ка́вовий сто́лик (kávovyj stólyk)type of table
Welsh bwrdd coffi
  • bwrdd coffitype of table
Cite this entry
APA

coffee table. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coffee%20table

MLA

“coffee table.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coffee%20table. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coffee table,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coffee%20table.

Source: coffee table on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.