tapet

See also: tapêt

English

Etymology

Old English teped, from Latin tapetum (later influenced by or re-borrowed from Latin).

Noun

tapet (plural tapets)

1. (obsolete) A decorative wall-hanging; a hanging cloth or piece of tapestry.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.xi:

     in those Tapets weren fashioned / Many faire pourtraicts, and many a faire feate […]

Anagrams

• patte, patté

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Danish

Etymology 1

From German Tapete, from Latin tapete

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tapeːt/, [tˢaˈpʰeːˀd̥]

Noun

tapet n (singular definite tapetet, plural indefinite tapeter)

1. 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”).

Verb

tapet

1. past participle of tape

References

• “tapet” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑːpə/

Noun

tapet n

1. definite singular of tap

Etymology 2

From Latin tapete, and Italian [Term?], via German Tapete

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈpeːt/

Noun

tapet n (definite singular tapetet, indefinite plural tapet or tapeter, definite plural tapeta or tapetene)

1. wallpaper (decorative paper for walls)

Derived terms

• tapetlim

References

• “tapet” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

tapet n

1. definite singular of tap

Etymology 2

From Latin tapete and Italian, via German Tapete

Noun

tapet n (definite singular tapetet, indefinite plural tapet, definite plural tapeta)

1. wallpaper (decorative paper for walls)

Derived terms

• tapetlim

References

• “tapet” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Noun

tapet c

1. a wallpaper (decorative paper for walls)

Declension

Declension of tapet
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	tapet	tapeten	tapeter	tapeterna
Genitive	tapets	tapetens	tapeters	tapeternas

Related terms

papperstapet strukturtapet tapetbård tapetdörr tapetklister tapetmönster

tapetrulle tapetsera tapetserare tapetsering tapetskärare tapettryck

tapetvåd väggtapet vävtapet

References

• tapet in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)