English Explanatory Dictionary

tabula rasa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mind, as of a newborn, free of any impressions, notions, ideas, etc.
  2. Anything which exists in a pristine state.

Pronunciation

/ˈtæbjʊlə ˈɹɑːzə/ /ˈtæbjʊlə ˈɹeɪzə/ en-us-tabularasa.ogg

Word forms

tabula rasa tabulae rasae tabulæ rasæ

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin tabula rāsa (literally “erased tablet”), where the collocation comprised tabula (“wax-covered writing tablet”, noun) + rāsa, feminine singular of rāsus (“scraped, erased, cleaned (of text)”, participial adjective).

Synonyms

blank slate clean slate

Related words

tablet tabula tabula ansata tabula lusoria tabular tabulate tabulated tabulation

Translations

Arabic: صَفْحَة بَيْضَاء Danish: ubeskrevet blad Dutch: onbeschreven blad Finnish: tyhjä taulu Finnish: tabula rasa French: tabula rasa Icelandic: óskrifuð tafla Icelandic: óskrifað blað Indonesian: tabula rasa Italian: tabula rasa Japanese: 白紙状態 Korean: 백지상태 Norwegian Bokmål: ubeskrevet blad Norwegian Bokmål: tabula rasa Polish: tabula rasa Portuguese: tábula rasa Russian: чистая доска Russian: та́була ра́са Russian: та́була ра́за Spanish: tábula rasa Spanish: tabla rasa Turkish: boş levha
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