tapir

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See also: Tapir and tapír

English

A 19th-century watercolour of a Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus), from the William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings at the National Museum of Singapore
A tapir (Tapirus indicus)

Etymology

Borrowed from French tapir, from Old Tupi tapi'ira.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈteɪpiːə(ɹ)/, /ˈteɪpɪə(ɹ)/, /ˈteɪpə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪpə(ɹ)
  • Homophone: taper

Noun

tapir (plural tapirs)

  1. Any one of the species of large odd-toed ungulates of the taxonomic family Tapiridae with a long prehensile upper lip, of which all four surviving species are in genus Tapirus.
    • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World , London, New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
      Once a dark, clumsy tapir stared at us from a gap in the bushes, and then lumbered away through the forest; once, too, the yellow, sinuous form of a great puma whisked amid the brushwood, and its green, baleful eyes glared hatred at us over its tawny shoulder.

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi tapi'ira.

Pronunciation

Noun

tapir m (plural tapirs)

  1. tapir

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tapir, from Old Tupi tapi'ira.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaː.pir/,
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ta‧pir

Noun

tapir m (plural tapirs, diminutive tapirtje n)

  1. tapir
    Synonym: boskoe

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French tapir, from Old French tapir, borrowed from Frankish *tappijan (“to close, shut in, lock up”), from Frankish *tappō, from Proto-Germanic *tappô.

Verb

tapir

  1. (reflexive) to hide
Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

Conjugation of tapir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple tapir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple tapissant
/ta.pi.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle tapi
/ta.pi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present tapis
/ta.pi/ 		tapis
/ta.pi/ 		tapit
/ta.pi/ 		tapissons
/ta.pi.sɔ̃/ 		tapissez
/ta.pi.se/ 		tapissent
/ta.pis/
imperfect tapissais
/ta.pi.sɛ/ 		tapissais
/ta.pi.sɛ/ 		tapissait
/ta.pi.sɛ/ 		tapissions
/ta.pi.sjɔ̃/ 		tapissiez
/ta.pi.sje/ 		tapissaient
/ta.pi.sɛ/
past historic2 tapis
/ta.pi/ 		tapis
/ta.pi/ 		tapit
/ta.pi/ 		tapîmes
/ta.pim/ 		tapîtes
/ta.pit/ 		tapirent
/ta.piʁ/
future tapirai
/ta.pi.ʁe/ 		tapiras
/ta.pi.ʁa/ 		tapira
/ta.pi.ʁa/ 		tapirons
/ta.pi.ʁɔ̃/ 		tapirez
/ta.pi.ʁe/ 		tapiront
/ta.pi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional tapirais
/ta.pi.ʁɛ/ 		tapirais
/ta.pi.ʁɛ/ 		tapirait
/ta.pi.ʁɛ/ 		tapirions
/ta.pi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		tapiriez
/ta.pi.ʁje/ 		tapiraient
/ta.pi.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present tapisse
/ta.pis/ 		tapisses
/ta.pis/ 		tapisse
/ta.pis/ 		tapissions
/ta.pi.sjɔ̃/ 		tapissiez
/ta.pi.sje/ 		tapissent
/ta.pis/
imperfect2 tapisse
/ta.pis/ 		tapisses
/ta.pis/ 		tapît
/ta.pi/ 		tapissions
/ta.pi.sjɔ̃/ 		tapissiez
/ta.pi.sje/ 		tapissent
/ta.pis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — tapis
/ta.pi/ 		— tapissons
/ta.pi.sɔ̃/ 		tapissez
/ta.pi.se/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Tupi tapi'ira.

Noun

tapir m (plural tapirs)

  1. tapir
Descendants
  • → English: tapir
  • → German: Tapir
  • → Ottoman Turkish: طاپر
  • → Polish: tapir
  • →? Portuguese: tapir
  • →? Spanish: tapir
  • → Swedish: tapir

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Kashubian

Tapir.

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish tapir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtapir/
  • Hyphenation: ta‧pir

Noun

tapir m animal

  1. tapir (ungulate of the family Tapiridae)

References

  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “tapir”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎

Middle English

Noun

tapir

  1. Alternative form of taper

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
tapir

Etymology

Borrowed from French tapir.

Pronunciation

Noun

tapir m animal

  1. tapir (any large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Declension

Declension of tapir
singular plural
nominative tapir tapiry
genitive tapira tapirów
dative tapirowi tapirom
accusative tapira tapiry
instrumental tapirem tapirami
locative tapirze tapirach
vocative tapirze tapiry

Descendants

Further reading

  • tapir in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt
tapir (Tapirus indicus)

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Tupi tapi'ira.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: ta‧pir

Noun

tapir m (plural tapires)

  1. tapir
    Synonym: anta

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tapir.

Noun

tapir m (plural tapiri)

  1. tapir

Declension

Declension of tapir
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) tapir tapirul (niște) tapiri tapirii
genitive/dative (unui) tapir tapirului (unor) tapiri tapirilor
vocative tapirule tapirilor

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taˈpiɾ/
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: ta‧pir

Noun

tapir m (plural tapires)

  1. tapir
    Synonyms: (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Southern Mexico, Venezuela) danta, (Bolivia, Northern Argentina) anta, (Ecuador) vaca de monte, (Honduras, Nicaragua) danto, (Mexico) ante, (Panama, Colombian Pacific Coast) macho de monte, (Paraguay) mboreví, (Peru) sachavaca, (Southern Mexico) anteburro

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French tapir, from Old Tupi tapi'ira.

Pronunciation

Noun

tapir c

  1. tapir

Declension

Declension of tapir 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tapir tapiren tapirer tapirerna
Genitive tapirs tapirens tapirers tapirernas

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tapir (“tapir”), from French tapir, from Old Tupi tapi'ira.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taˈpiɾ/,
  • Hyphenation: ta‧pir

Noun

tapír (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜉᜒᜇ᜔)

  1. tapir

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish طاپر (tapir), from French tapir, from Old Tupi tapi'ira.

Pronunciation

Noun

tapir (definite accusative tapiri, plural tapirler)

  1. tapir

Declension

Inflection
Nominative tapir
Definite accusative tapiri
Singular Plural
Nominative tapir tapirler
Definite accusative tapiri tapirleri
Dative tapire tapirlere
Locative tapirde tapirlerde
Ablative tapirden tapirlerden
Genitive tapirin tapirlerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular tapirim tapirlerim
2nd singular tapirin tapirlerin
3rd singular tapiri tapirleri
1st plural tapirimiz tapirlerimiz
2nd plural tapiriniz tapirleriniz
3rd plural tapirleri tapirleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular tapirimi tapirlerimi
2nd singular tapirini tapirlerini
3rd singular tapirini tapirlerini
1st plural tapirimizi tapirlerimizi
2nd plural tapirinizi tapirlerinizi
3rd plural tapirlerini tapirlerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular tapirime tapirlerime
2nd singular tapirine tapirlerine
3rd singular tapirine tapirlerine
1st plural tapirimize tapirlerimize
2nd plural tapirinize tapirlerinize
3rd plural tapirlerine tapirlerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular tapirimde tapirlerimde
2nd singular tapirinde tapirlerinde
3rd singular tapirinde tapirlerinde
1st plural tapirimizde tapirlerimizde
2nd plural tapirinizde tapirlerinizde
3rd plural tapirlerinde tapirlerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular tapirimden tapirlerimden
2nd singular tapirinden tapirlerinden
3rd singular tapirinden tapirlerinden
1st plural tapirimizden tapirlerimizden
2nd plural tapirinizden tapirlerinizden
3rd plural tapirlerinden tapirlerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular tapirimin tapirlerimin
2nd singular tapirinin tapirlerinin
3rd singular tapirinin tapirlerinin
1st plural tapirimizin tapirlerimizin
2nd plural tapirinizin tapirlerinizin
3rd plural tapirlerinin tapirlerinin
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