tapete

See also: Tapete

Interlingua

Noun

tapete (plural tapetes)

1. carpet
2. rug

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /taˈpeː.te/, [t̪äˈpeːt̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /taˈpe.te/, [t̪äˈpɛːt̪e]

Noun

tapēte n (genitive tapētis); third declension

1. cloth (decorative, for use as carpet, wall hangings etc.)

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tapēte	tapētia
Genitive	tapētis	tapētium
Dative	tapētī	tapētibus
Accusative	tapēte	tapētia
Ablative	tapētī	tapētibus
Vocative	tapēte	tapētia

References

• “tapete”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tapete in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “tapete”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “tapete”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Portuguese

tapete

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tapete, tapede, from Latin tapēte, from tapēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɐ.ˈpe.tɨ/
• IPA^(key): /ta.ˈpe.t(ʃ)i/
• Hyphenation: ta‧pe‧te
• Rhymes: -et(ʃ)i

Noun

tapete m (plural tapetes)

1. carpet (a fabric used as a floor covering)

See also

• alcatifa
• carpete
• tapeçaria

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tapēs, tapētem.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧pe‧te

Noun

tapete m (plural tapetes)

1. runner, carpet, rug
2. tablecloth

Synonyms

• (small carpet): piso, alfombra
• (tablecloth): mantel

Related terms

• tapiz