Meanings
nountable lamp (plural table lamps)
plural table lamps
- A lamp designed to be used on tables.
Many will have pleasing recollections of the attractive effect, especially on a winter evening, of a dining car or Pullman train, with its shaded table-lamps throwing their light on napery, cutlery, and glass to give a heartening picture of well-being.
1949 September and October, “The New Tavern Cars”, in Railway Magazine, page 282
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 檯燈 /台灯
- 檯燈 /台灯 (táidēng)lamp designed for tables
Danish bordlampe
- bordlampelamp designed for tables
Finnish pöytävalaisin
- pöytävalaisinlamp designed for tables
French lampe de table
- lampe de tablelamp designed for tables
German Tischlampe
- Tischlampelamp designed for tables
Hungarian asztali lámpa
- asztali lámpalamp designed for tables
Indonesian lampu meja
- lampu mejalamp designed for tables
Irish lampa boird
- lampa boirdlamp designed for tables
Japanese テーブルランプ
- テーブルランプ (tēbururanpu)lamp designed for tables
Malay lampu meja
- lampu mejalamp designed for tables
Russian насто́льная ла́мпа
- насто́льная ла́мпа (nastólʹnaja lámpa)lamp designed for tables
Swedish bordslampa
- bordslampalamp designed for tables
Cite this entry
APA
table lamp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/table%20lamp
MLA
“table lamp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/table%20lamp. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “table lamp,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/table%20lamp.
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