To complicate things, in Italian "table" exists both as "tavolo" (male) and "tavola" (female). The female version is more often used for "plank" than "table", e

To complicate things, in Italian "table" exists both as "tavolo" (male) and "tavola" (female). The female version is more often used for "plank" than "table", except in some specific expressions like "andare a tavola" (let's sit at the table to eat). No idea why.