tapeta

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See also: tapéta

English

Noun

tapeta

  1. plural of tapetum

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Tapete.

Pronunciation

Noun

tapeta f

  1. wallpaper

Declension

Finnish

Verb

tapeta

  1. present passive indicative connegative of tappaa

Anagrams

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin tapēta (wall covering), from Latin tapēs, from Ancient Greek τάπης (tápēs, carpet, rug), from an Iranian word.

Pronunciation

Noun

tapeta f inan

  1. wallpaper

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “tapeta”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

tapeta n

  1. definite plural of tapet

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tapeta n

  1. definite plural of tapet

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Tapete.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taˈpɛ.ta/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛta
  • Syllabification: ta‧pe‧ta

Noun

tapeta f (diminutive tapetka)

  1. wallpaper
  2. (computing) wallpaper
  3. (slang) makeup, especially excessive and/or clumsily done

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • tapeta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • tapeta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From tapet.

Pronunciation

Verb

a tapeta (third-person singular present tapetează, past participle tapetat) 1st conj.

  1. to wallpaper

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Tapete.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tapěːta/
  • Hyphenation: ta‧pe‧ta

Noun

tapéta f (Cyrillic spelling тапе́та)

  1. wallpaper

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from German Tapete.

Pronunciation

Noun

tapeta f

  1. wallpaper

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • tapeta”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

Pronunciation

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Noun

tapeta f

  1. wallpaper

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • tapeta”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English taffeta, from Late Middle English, from Old French taffetas, from Medieval Latin taffata, from Classical Persian تافته (tāfta). Doublet of tapetan.

Pronunciation

Noun

tapeta (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜉᜒᜆ)

  1. taffeta
    Synonym: tapetan

Further reading