serviette

noun
🔊/ˌsɜːviˈet/
🔊/ˌsɜːrviˈet/
(British English)
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  1. a piece of cloth or paper used at meals for protecting your clothes and cleaning your lips and fingers餐巾;餐巾纸 synonym napkinTopics Cooking and eatingc1
    Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Old French, from servir ‘to serve’.