Meanings
round table1
plural round tables
- A conference at which participants of similar status discuss and exchange views.
- broadcastingA television show segment in which pundits or reporters discuss current events.
Round Table2
- Arthurian legendKing Arthur's table in the Arthurian legend, around which he and his knights congregate, all having equal status since the table has no head.
Then, after a while, King Arthur said: "Let us go and see if, haply, this youth's name is marked upon any of the seats of the Round Table, for I think it should be there."
1905, Howard Pyle, The Story of the Champions of the Round Table, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 21
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna meeting of peers for discussion and exchange of views
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
round table · noun
- Middle Englishrounde table
- Englishround table
From Middle English rounde table, ronde tabell, equivalent to round + table.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Round Table · proper noun
- Old Frenchtable rounde
- Middle Englishrounde table
- EnglishRound Table
From Middle English rounde table, table rounde, a calque of Old French table rounde.
More words from Middle English, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Basque Mahai Biribila
- Mahai BiribilaKing Arthur's table
Bulgarian кръ́гла ма́са, кръгла маса
- кръ́гла ма́са (krắgla mása)conference
- кръгла маса (krăgla masa)King Arthur's table
Catalan taula rodona, Taula Rodona
- taula rodonaconference
- Taula RodonaKing Arthur's table
Chinese Mandarin 圓桌會議 /圆桌会议
- 圓桌會議 /圆桌会议 (yuánzhuō huìyì)conference
Czech kulatý stůl
- kulatý stůlconference
Danish det runde bord
- det runde bordKing Arthur's table
Dutch rondetafelbespreking, de ronde tafel
- rondetafelbesprekingconference
- de ronde tafelKing Arthur's table
Esperanto Ronda Tablo
- Ronda TabloKing Arthur's table
Finnish pyöreä pöytä
- pyöreä pöytäconference
French table ronde, Table ronde
- table rondeconference
- Table rondeKing Arthur's table
German runder Tisch, Tafelrunde
- runder Tischconference
- TafelrundeKing Arthur's table
Greek Στρογγυλή Τράπεζα
- Στρογγυλή Τράπεζα (Strongylí Trápeza)King Arthur's table
Hebrew השולחן העגול
- השולחן העגול (hashulkhán hagil)King Arthur's table
Hindi गोलमेज़
- गोलमेज़ (golmez)conference
Hungarian kerekasztal, kerekasztal
- kerekasztalconference
- kerekasztalKing Arthur's table
Indonesian Meja Bundar
- Meja BundarKing Arthur's table
Italian Tavola Rotonda
- Tavola RotondaKing Arthur's table
Japanese 円卓会議
- 円卓会議 (entaku kaigi)conference
Korean 원탁회의, 원탁
- 원탁회의 (wontakhoe'ui)conference
- 원탁 (wontak)King Arthur's table
Latin Mēnsa Rotunda
- Mēnsa RotundaKing Arthur's table
Norwegian det runde bord
- det runde bordKing Arthur's table
Polish okrągły stół, Okrągły Stół
- okrągły stółconference
- Okrągły StółKing Arthur's table
Portuguese mesa redonda, Távola Redonda
- mesa redondaconference
- Távola RedondaKing Arthur's table
Romanian masă rotundă
- masă rotundăconference
Russian кру́глый стол, конфере́нция
- кру́глый стол (krúglyj stol)conference
- конфере́нция (konferéncija)conference
Spanish mesa redonda, Mesa Redonda
- mesa redondaconference
- Mesa RedondaKing Arthur's table
- Tabla RedondaKing Arthur's table
Swedish det runda bordet
- det runda bordetKing Arthur's table
Tagalog Mesang Bilog
- Mesang BilogKing Arthur's table
Turkish yuvarlak masa
- yuvarlak masaconference
Ukrainian кру́глий сті́л, кру́глий стіл
- кру́глий сті́л (krúhlyj stíl)conference
- кру́глий стіл (krúhlyj stil)King Arthur's table
Welsh y Ford Gron
- y Ford GronKing Arthur's table
Cite this entry
round table. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/round%20table
“round table.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/round%20table. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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