tapet
English
Etymology
Old English teped, from Latin tapetum (later influenced by or re-borrowed from Latin).
Noun
tapet (plural tapets)
- (obsolete) A decorative wall-hanging; a hanging cloth or piece of tapestry.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- in those Tapets weren fashioned / Many faire pourtraicts, and many a faire feate […]
Catalan
Noun
tapet m (plural tapets)
- (archaic) coverlet
- Synonym: cobrellit
- tablecloth
- Synonym: cobretaula
- (botany) tapetum
Further reading
- “tapet”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “tapet” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tapeːt/, [tˢaˈpʰeːˀd̥]
Noun
tapet n (singular definite tapetet, plural indefinite tapeter)
- wallpaper (decorative paper for walls)
Inflection
Declension of tapet
neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | tapet | tapetet | tapeter | tapeterne |
genitive | tapets | tapetets | tapeters | tapeternes |
Etymology 2
See tape (“to bind with adhesive tape”).
References
- “tapet” in Den Danske Ordbog
Narua
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɑːpə/
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɑˈpeːt/
Noun
tapet m or n (definite singular tapeten or tapetet, indefinite plural tapeter or tapet, definite plural tapetene or tapeta)
- wallpaper (decorative paper for walls)
Derived terms
References
- “tapet” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɑː.pə/
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɑˈpeːt/
Noun
tapet m or n (definite singular tapeten or tapetet, indefinite plural tapetar or tapet, definite plural tapetane or tapeta)
- wallpaper (decorative paper for walls)
Derived terms
References
- “tapet” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Swedish
Declension
Declension of tapet | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | tapet | tapeten | tapeter | tapeterna |
Genitive | tapets | tapetens | tapeters | tapeternas |
Derived terms
- papperstapet
- strukturtapet
- tapetbård
- tapetdörr
- tapetklister
- tapetmönster
- tapetrulle
- tapetskärare
- tapettryck
- tapetvåd
- väggtapet
- vävtapet
Related terms
- tapetsera
- tapetserare
- tapetsering
References
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