tapet
See also: tapêt
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, The Faerie Queene, III.xi:
- in those Tapets weren fashioned / Many faire pourtraicts, and many a faire feate […]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.xi:
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology 1
From German Tapete, from Latin tapete
Pronunciation
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”).
Verb
tapet
- past participle of tape
References
- “tapet” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
tapet n
Etymology 2
From Latin tapete, and Italian [Term?], via German Tapete
Pronunciation
Noun
tapet n (definite singular tapetet, indefinite plural tapet or tapeter, definite plural tapeta or tapetene)
- wallpaper (decorative paper for walls)
Derived terms
References
- “tapet” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Noun
tapet n
Etymology 2
From Latin tapete and Italian, via German Tapete
Noun
tapet n (definite singular tapetet, indefinite plural tapet, definite plural tapeta)
- wallpaper (decorative paper for walls)
Derived terms
References
- “tapet” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Noun
tapet c
- 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 |
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