roundtable

1. often round table A conference or discussion involving several participants.
2. Round Table
   1. In Arthurian legend, the circular table of King Arthur and his knights.
   2. The knights of King Arthur considered as a group.

A large oak table-top, six metres wide, is displayed in the Great Hall of Winchester Castle (Hampshire) as being Arthur's Round Table. It was made in the 14th century, possibly for Edward III, who in 1344 planned to found an ‘Order of the Round Table’. A design was painted on it on the orders of Henry VIII in 1522; at the centre is the Tudor rose, and at the top a ‘portrait’ of Arthur modelled on Henry himself. A central inscription reads: ‘This is the rownde table of kynge Arthur w[ith] xxiiii of hys namyde knyttes’; the names are written round the edge, with Galahad's and Mordred's on either side of the king. (Biddle, 2000).

At Mayburgh (Cumbria), a Bronze Age earthwork, a flat round platform within a ditch is called the Round Table; on the beach near Cresswell Point (Northumberland) there was a large circular rock called King Arthur's table, destroyed by the 1870s (N&Q 4s:7 (1871), 281).

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a meeting of peers for discussion and exchange of views
  Synonyms: roundtable, round-table conference

Dansk (Danish)
n. - rundbord

Nederlands (Dutch)
ronde tafel

Français (French)
n. - table ronde
adj. - une table ronde

Deutsch (German)
n. - runde Tafel des Königs Artus
adj. - am runden Tisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - στρογγυλή τράπεζα
attrib. - στρογγυλής τραπέζης

Italiano (Italian)
tavola rotonda

Português (Portuguese)
n. - mesa-redonda (f), Távola Redonda (f) (Hist.)

Русский (Russian)
круглый стол для обсуждения, митинг для обсуждения вопроса

Español (Spanish)
n. - mesa redonda
adj. - de la mesa redonda

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - rundabordskonferens
attr. - rundabords-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
会议

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 會議

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 둥근 테이블, 원탁 회의, 토론회

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 円卓, 円卓会議, ミーティング, 討論会

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) المائدة المستديرة, مؤتمر يعقد حول مائدة مستديرة (صفه) ما يتعلق بمؤتمر أو اجتماع لكل مشارك نفس الحقوق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שולחן עגול‬

If you are unable to view some languages clearly, click here.

To select your translation preferences click here.