Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha-wmf case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 62924 6890838 2009-06-26T14:31:13Z Interwicket 46132 iwiki +[[:wa:taper]] {{was wotd|2007|May|2}} ==English== ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|RP}} {{IPA|/ˈteɪpə/}} * {{a|US}} {{IPA|/ˈteɪpɚ/}} * {{audio|en-us-taper.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|eɪpə(r)}} ====Homophones==== * [[tapir]] ===Etymology 1=== From {{etyl|ang}} '''[[tapor]]''' ‘candle’, apparently from {{etyl|la}} '''[[papyrus#Latin|papyrus]]''' ‘papyrus’, later ‘wick of a candle’. ====Noun==== {{en-noun}} # A [[slender]] [[wax]] [[candle]]; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light. # A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire. #: ''The legs of the table had a slight '''taper''' to them.'' =====Translations===== {{trans-top|slender wax candle}} * French: {{t+|fr|chandelle|f}} {{trans-mid}} * German: [[dünne]] [[Wachskerze]] {{f}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|tapering form}} * German: [[Verjüngung]] {{f}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ====Adjective==== {{en-adj|-}} # Regularly [[narrowed]] toward the [[point]]; becoming small toward one end; as, taper fingers. =====Synonyms===== * [[conical]], [[pyramidical]] ====Verb==== {{en-verb}} # {{transitive}} To make [[thinner]] or [[narrower]] at one end. # {{intransitive}} To [[diminish]] gradually. =====Derived terms===== * [[taper off]] =====Translations===== {{trans-top|make thinner or narrower}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|kaveta}}, {{t-|fi|kaventua}} {{trans-mid}} * German: {{t-|de|verjüngen}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to dimish gradually}} * Finnish: [[suipontua]] {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Etymology 2=== From ''[[tape]]''. ====Noun==== {{en-noun}} # {{context|weaving}} One who operates a tape machine. # Someone who works with tape or tapes. ---- ==French== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ta.pe/|lang=fr}} *: {{audio|Fr-taper.ogg|Audio (France, Paris)}} * {{rhymes|e|lang=fr}} * {{homophones|tapai|tapé|tapée|tapées|tapés|tapez|lang=fr}} ===Verb=== {{fr-verb}} # to [[slap]], [[knock]] # to [[type]] (use a [[keyboard]] or [[typewriter]]) ====Conjugation==== {{fr-conj-er|tap|avoir}} ====Derived terms==== * [[tape-à-l'œil]] ====See also==== * [[frapper]] * [[cogner]] ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål== ===Noun=== {{infl|nb|noun}} # a [[loser]] ====Inflection==== {{noun-nb|m2}} ====Related terms==== * [[tapar]] (Nynorsk) ===Noun=== {{infl|nb|noun form}} # Indefinite plural of '''[[tape#Norwegian|tape]]''' ===Verb=== {{infl|nb|verb form}} # Present tense of '''[[tape]]''' (to lose) # {{archaic}} present tense of [[tape]] (to tape) ---- ==Norwegian Nynorsk== ===Verb=== {{infl|nn|verb form}} # present tense of '''[[tape]]''' (to lose) [[de:taper]] [[el:taper]] [[es:taper]] [[fr:taper]] [[io:taper]] [[id:taper]] [[it:taper]] [[hu:taper]] [[ro:taper]] [[ru:taper]] [[fi:taper]] [[sv:taper]] [[ta:taper]] [[te:taper]] [[vi:taper]] [[wa:taper]] [[zh:taper]]