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5-letter words (4 found)

PITAS,SPAIT,STIPA,TAPIS,

4-letter words (16 found)

AITS,APTS,ITAS,PAIS,PAST,PATS,PIAS,PITA,PITS,SATI,SPAT,SPIT,STAP,TAIS,TAPS,TIPS,

3-letter words (25 found)

AIS,AIT,APT,ASP,ATS,ITA,ITS,PAS,PAT,PIA,PIS,PIT,PSI,PST,SAI,SAP,SAT,SIP,SIT,SPA,TAI,TAP,TAS,TIP,TIS,

2-letter words (11 found)

AI,AS,AT,IS,IT,PA,PI,SI,ST,TA,TI,

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All 5 letters words made out of tapis

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Definitions and meaning of tapis

tapis

Etymology

From French, from Old French tapiz, from Vulgar Latin *tappetium, from Byzantine Greek ταπήτιον (tapḗtion), from Ancient Greek τάπης (tápēs), from an Iranian source.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtapɪs/, /taˈpiː/
  • Rhymes: -iː

Noun

tapis (plural tapises)

  1. A tapestry.
  2. Carpeting.
  3. (historical) The cover of a council table.

Derived terms

  • on the tapis, upon the tapis

Translations

Anagrams

  • PITAs, Paits, patis, pitas

Abung

Etymology

From Old Javanese ꦠꦥꦶꦃ (tapih).

Noun

tapis

  1. a gold-embroidered woven fabric (usually worn by women)
  2. a wraparound cloth (usually worn by women)

Verb

tapis

  1. to cover (something or someone)
  2. to weave
  3. to filter

Catalan

Verb

tapis

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of tapar

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • (General Cebuano) IPA(key): /ˈt̪aˌpis̪/
  • Rhymes: -pis̪
  • Hyphenation: ta‧pis

Noun

tapis

  1. a towel wrap, a wraparound

Verb

tapis

  1. to cover one's body using a towel

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tapis.

Anagrams

  • ispat, patis, pisat, pista, sipat, tipas

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.pi/

Etymology 1

Participle

tapis m pl

  1. masculine plural of tapi

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle French tapiz, from Vulgar Latin *tappetium, from Latin tapētem or from Byzantine Greek ταπήτιον (tapḗtion), from Ancient Greek τάπης (tápēs), from an Iranian source.

Noun

tapis m (plural tapis)

  1. carpet; mat; rug
  2. (poker) all-in (an instance of betting all of one's chips)
Derived terms
  • envoyer au tapis
  • mettre sur le tapis
  • remettre sur le tapis
  • se prendre les pieds dans le tapis
  • tapis rouge
  • tapis roulant
  • tapis vert
  • tapis volant
Descendants
  • → Nafaanra: tapis

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • pâtis, pista

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tapis (“to filter; to sieve; to censor”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tapis (“loincloth; to skim; to filter”). Doublet of tepis (“to counter, to skim”).

  • Semantic loan from Javanese ꦠꦥꦶꦱ꧀ (tapis, “thoroughly; completely”) for sense of adroit, deft, nimble and such, from Old Javanese tapis (“thin”), from the same Proto-Malayo-Polynesian word.
  • Semantic loan from Lampung Api tapis for fabric, cloth, to cover, to weave and so on, from the same Proto-Malayo-Polynesian word. Cognate of Old Javanese tapih (“garment worn by women around the lower part”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈta.pɪs/
  • Rhymes: -pɪs, -ɪs, -s
  • Hyphenation: ta‧pis

Noun

tapis (plural tapis-tapis, first-person possessive tapisku, second-person possessive tapismu, third-person possessive tapisnya)

  1. filtrator
  2. a gold-embroidered woven fabric (usually worn by women)

Synonyms

  • penyaring
  • saringan

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “tapis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

tapis

  1. Romanization of ꦠꦥꦶꦱ꧀

Komering

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tapis (“loincloth; to skim; to filter”). Cognate of Old Javanese tapih.

Noun

tapis

  1. a gold-embroidered woven fabric (usually worn by women)
  2. a wraparound cloth (usually worn by women)

Verb

tapis

  1. to cover (something or someone)
  2. to weave
  3. to filter

Lampung Api

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tapis (“loincloth; to skim; to filter”). Cognate of Old Javanese tapih.

Noun

tapis

  1. a gold-embroidered woven fabric (usually worn by women)
  2. a wraparound cloth (usually worn by women)

Verb

tapis

  1. to cover (something or someone)
  2. to weave
  3. to filter

See also

  • songket (Indonesian type of cloth made of silk or cotton (originally used in Palembang) interwoven with metallic threads which form intricate patterns and motifs; also referring to the weaving and embroidery process in the songket-making method)
  • batik (Indonesian method (originally used in Java) of producing colored designs on textiles by dyeing them, having first applied wax to the parts to be left undyed; also referring to the type of cloth produced using the batik method)

Norman

Etymology

From Old French tapiz, from Vulgar Latin *tappetium, from Byzantine Greek ταπήτιον (tapḗtion), from Ancient Greek τάπης (tápēs), from an Iranian source.

Noun

tapis m (plural tapis)

  1. (Jersey) carpet

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *tapis (“loincloth”). Compare Cebuano tapis and Indonesian tapis. Doublet of tapi. Alternatively, possibly borrowed from Spanish tapiz (“tapestry”), from French tapis, from Ancient Greek τάπης (tápēs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtapis/, [ˈta.pɪs]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧pis

Noun

tapis (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜉᜒᜐ᜔)

  1. sarong-like apron or wrap (worn by women over skirt)
  2. (by extension) towel wrap (especially worn by a woman)
  3. husk covering (of an ear of corn)
    Synonym: takupis

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “tapis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*tapis₁”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

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