napkin
Syllables: nap·kin/ˈnæpˌkɪn/
napkin noun: a serviette; a (usually rectangular) piece of cloth or paper used at the table for wiping the mouth and hands for cleanliness while eating. Also the ellipsis of sanitary napkin.
Noun
napkin (plural napkins)
- A serviette; a (usually rectangular) piece of cloth or paper used at the table for wiping the mouth and hands for cleanliness while eating.
- A nappy (UK), a diaper (American).
- A small scarf worn on the head by Christian women (chiefly Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox) when entering a church, as a token of modesty.
Also used as
napkin is also the ellipsis of sanitary napkin.
napkin meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
napkin in Hindi
- serviette
- नैपकिन naipkin, रूमाल rūmāl
napkin in Tamil
- நாப்கின்
napkin in Marathi
- नॅपकिन
napkin in Urdu
- serviette
- نَیپْکِن naipkin, رُومال rūmāl, دَسْت مال dast māl
More languagesFewer languages
- napkin in Bengali
- ন্যাপকিন nêpokin, রুমাল rumal
- napkin in Telugu
- తువ్వాలు tuvvālu
- napkin in Kannada
- ನ್ಯಾಪ್ಕಿನ್
- napkin in Punjabi
- ਨੈਪਕਿਨ
- napkin in Gujarati
- નેપકિન
- napkin in Odia
- ନାପକିନ୍
- napkin in Nepali
- नैपकिन, न्यापकिन, नेपकिन
- napkin in Pashto
- دستمال dastmāl, دسمال dəsmāl, توليا tawlyā, رومال romāl
- napkin in Tagalog
- serbiliyeta
- napkin in Arabic
- مَنْدِيل mandīl, مَنْدِيل مَائِدَة mandīl māʔida
- napkin in Malay
- serbet
- napkin in Indonesian
- serbet
- napkin in Thai
- ผ้าเช็ดปาก pâa-chét-bpàak
- napkin in Vietnamese
- khăn ăn
- napkin in Myanmar
- လက်သုတ်ပဝါ laksutpa.wa
Examples of napkin in a sentence
- This napkin fell to the floor, could you please bring me another?
- He set the table with china, cloth napkins, and crystal stemware.
- We’re running out of napkins. I should have bought more.
Forms of napkin
| plural | napkins |
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Origin of napkin
From Middle English napekyn, napkyn, equivalent to nape (“cloth”) + -kin (diminutive suffix).
Words formed from napkin
Phrases with napkin
Questions about napkin
- What does napkin mean?
- Napkin means a serviette; a (usually rectangular) piece of cloth or paper used at the table for wiping the mouth and hands for cleanliness while eating.
- What is napkin in Hindi?
- Napkin in Hindi is नैपकिन (naipkin), रूमाल (rūmāl). See Napkin meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is napkin?
- Napkin is a noun.
- How do you pronounce napkin?
- Napkin is pronounced /ˈnæpˌkɪn/.
- What is the plural of napkin?
- The plural of napkin is napkins.
Words near napkin in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: napkin (page history and authors); napkin (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); napkin (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); napkin (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); napkin (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); napkin (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); napkin (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); napkin (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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