tapon

See also: tapón

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tapón.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧pon
• IPA^(key): /taˈpon/ [taˈpon̪]

Noun

tapon

1. cork; stopper

Derived terms

• magtapon
• tapunan

 

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Central Dusun

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapən.

Noun

tapon

1. fishhook

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Finnish

Noun

tapon

1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular of tappo

Anagrams

• napot, nopat, panot, potan, topan

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.pɔ̃/

• Audio (CAN):

  (file)

Noun

tapon m (plural tapons)

1. bung; stopper
2. (Quebec) load; shedload

Further reading

• “tapon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Tagalog

Etymology 1

Compare Bikol Central apon.

Pronunciation 1

• Hyphenation: ta‧pon
• IPA^(key): /ˈtapon/, [ˈt̪aː.pon̪]

Noun

tapon

1. act of throwing away something

   Synonym: pagtatapon

2. wasted material; anything thrown away or wasted
3. act of spilling (of liquid in a container)

   Synonyms: pagligwak, pagkapaligwak, pagkaligwak

4. split liquid
5. banishment; deportation

   Synonyms: destiyero, pagdedestiyero

6. deportee

   Synonym: desterado

Derived terms

• ipatapon
• itapon
• magtapon
• mapatapon
• matapon
• matapunan
• pagkakatapon
• pagkamapagtapon
• pagtatapon
• panapon
• taponlulan
• tapunan
• tumapon

 

Adjective

tapon

1. thrown away for disposal; wasted
2. spilt (of liquid from a container)
3. deported; banished (of a person)

Pronunciation 2

• Hyphenation: ta‧pon
• IPA^(key): /taˈpon/, [t̪ɐˈpon̪]

Adjective

tapón

1. fond of wasting materials (of a person)

   Synonyms: mapagtapon, palatapon

Derived terms

• mapagtapon
• palatapon
• patapon

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish tapón.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧pon
• IPA^(key): /taˈpon/, [t̪ɐˈpon̪]

Noun

tapón

1. wine stopper; cork

   Synonym: pansara

2. plug

   Synonyms: pasak, pamasak

Derived terms

• itapon
• magtapon
• taponan