taper
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Etymology 1
From Old English tapor (“‘candle’”), apparently from Latin papyrus (“‘wick of a candle’”)
[edit] Noun
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Singular |
Plural |
taper (plural tapers)
- 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.
[edit] Translations
slender wax candle
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tapering form
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[edit] Verb
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Infinitive |
Third person singular |
Simple past |
Past participle |
Present participle |
to taper (third-person singular simple present tapers, present participle tapering, simple past and past participle tapered)
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[edit] Translations
to dimish gradually
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[edit] Etymology 2
[edit] Noun
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Singular |
Plural |
taper (plural tapers)
- (weaving) One who operates a tape machine.
- Someone who works with tape or tapes.
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[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
From an onomatopoeic root + -er.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Verb
taper
- (transitive) to slap, knock, beat
- (transitive) to type (use a keyboard or typewriter)
- (intransitive) to hit, beat, rap (sur on)
- (intransitive) to beat down (of the sun); to go to one's head (of wine etc.)
- (intransitive, slang) to stink, pong, reek
- (reflexive, slang) to put away (a meal etc.)
- (reflexive, slang) to have it off with, shag
[edit] Conjugation
Conjugation of taper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | taper | avoir tapé | |||||
| gerund | en tapant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | tapant | ||||||
| past participle | tapé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | tape | tapes | tape | tapons | tapez | tapent |
| imperfect | tapais | tapais | tapait | tapions | tapiez | tapaient | |
| past historic | tapai | tapas | tapa | tapâmes | tapâtes | tapèrent | |
| future | taperai | taperas | tapera | taperons | taperez | taperont | |
| conditional | taperais | taperais | taperait | taperions | taperiez | taperaient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | tape | tapes | tape | tapions | tapiez | tapent |
| imperfect | tapasse | tapasses | tapât | tapassions | tapassiez | tapassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | tape | — | tapons | tapez | — | ||
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[edit] Anagrams
[edit] Norwegian Bokmål
[edit] Noun
taper
- a loser
[edit] Inflection
Declension of taper in Bokmål
[edit] Related terms
- tapar (Nynorsk)
[edit] Noun
taper
- Indefinite plural of tape
[edit] Verb
taper
[edit] Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit] Verb
taper
- present tense of tape (to lose)
