serviette

Questions about serviette

What does serviette mean?

serviette means "a small piece of table linen that is used to wipe the mouth and to cover the lap in order to protect clothing".

How many syllables are in serviette?

serviette has 2 syllables and divides as ser-viette under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for serviette?

Close synonyms include napkin, table napkin. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is serviette a common word?

serviette is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.