tablet

• n. タブレット; 錠剤; 筆記用具; 小片

table, slate, plank, -et, 小接尾辞から。tabletから派生し、後に錠剤、丸薬、比喩的用法を指すのに使われる。

tablet (n.)

c. 1300, "slab or flat surface for an inscription" (especially the two Mosaic tables of stone), from Old French tablete "small table, merchant's display counter" (13c., Modern French tablette), diminutive of table "slab," or from Medieval Latin tabuleta (source also of Spanish tableta, Italian tavoletta), diminutive of Latin tabula (see table (n.)). The meaning "lozenge, pill" is first recorded 1580s; that of "pad of writing paper" in 1880.

1. You can also take red ginsing in convenient tablet or capsule form.

服用しやすい紅参片または紅参カプセルを選択することもできます。

2.One tablet will purify a litre of water.

ひと粒で1リットルの水を浄化することができます。

3.The recommended dosage is one tablet every four hours.

規定用量は4時間ごとに1錠。

4.Take one tablet every four hours.

4時間おきに1錠服用する。

5.A tablet commemorates his patriotic activities.

碑文は彼の愛国行動を銘記している。