tapir
English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French tapir, from Old Tupi tapi'ira.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈteɪpiːə(ɹ)/, /ˈteɪpɪə(ɹ)/, /ˈteɪpə(ɹ)/
Audio (UK): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪpə(ɹ)
- Homophone: taper
Noun
[edit]tapir (plural tapirs)
- 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.
Synonyms
[edit]- (Guyana) bush cow, (Belize) mountain cow
Hyponyms
[edit]- Baird's tapir (Tapirus bairdii)
- Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris)
- Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus)
- mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque)
Translations
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Further reading
[edit]tapir on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Tapirus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Tapirus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old Tupi tapi'ira.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tapir m (plural tapirs)
Further reading
[edit]- “tapir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish tapir, from Old Tupi tapi'ira.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tapir m (plural tapirs, diminutive tapirtje n)
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Middle French tapir, from Old French tapir, borrowed from Frankish *tappijan (“to close, shut in, lock up”), from Proto-Germanic *tappijaną, from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“tap”).
Verb
[edit]tapir
Conjugation
[edit]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-.
infinitive | simple | tapir | |||||
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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 | – | – | – | ||||
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Old Tupi tapi'ira.
Noun
[edit]tapir m (plural tapirs)
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “tapir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
[edit]Kashubian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tapir m animal
References
[edit]- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “tapir”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]tapir
- Alternative form of taper
Polish
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Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tapir m animal
Declension
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Kashubian: tapir
Further reading
[edit]- tapir in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
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Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Old Tupi tapi'ira.
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: ta‧pir
Noun
[edit]tapir m (plural tapires)
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]tapir m (plural tapiri)
Declension
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tapir m (plural tapires)
- 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
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “tapir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French tapir, from Old Tupi tapi'ira.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -iːr
Noun
[edit]tapir c
Declension
[edit]Declension of tapir | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | tapir | tapiren | tapirer | tapirerna |
Genitive | tapirs | tapirens | tapirers | tapirernas |
References
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish tapir (“tapir”), from French tapir, from Old Tupi tapi'ira.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /taˈpiɾ/ [t̪ɐˈpiɾ]
- Rhymes: -iɾ
- Syllabification: ta‧pir
Noun
[edit]tapír (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜉᜒᜇ᜔)
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish طاپر (tapir), from French tapir, from Old Tupi tapi'ira.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tapir (definite accusative tapiri, plural tapirler)
Declension
[edit]- English terms borrowed from French
- English terms derived from French
- English terms derived from Old Tupi
- English 3-syllable words
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/eɪpə(ɹ)
- Rhymes:English/eɪpə(ɹ)/2 syllables
- English terms with homophones
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- en:Odd-toed ungulates
- Catalan terms borrowed from Old Tupi
- Catalan terms derived from Old Tupi
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan countable nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns
- ca:Odd-toed ungulates
- Dutch terms borrowed from Spanish
- Dutch terms derived from Spanish
- Dutch terms derived from Old Tupi
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Dutch masculine nouns
- nl:Odd-toed ungulates
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms inherited from Middle French
- French terms derived from Middle French
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms derived from Frankish
- French terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- French lemmas
- French verbs
- French reflexive verbs
- French verbs with conjugation -ir
- French second group verbs
- French terms borrowed from Old Tupi
- French terms derived from Old Tupi
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Odd-toed ungulates
- Kashubian terms derived from French
- Kashubian terms derived from Old Tupi
- Kashubian terms borrowed from Polish
- Kashubian terms derived from Polish
- Kashubian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Kashubian/apir
- Rhymes:Kashubian/apir/2 syllables
- Kashubian lemmas
- Kashubian nouns
- Kashubian masculine nouns
- Kashubian animal nouns
- csb:Odd-toed ungulates
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Polish terms derived from Old Tupi
- Polish terms borrowed from French
- Polish terms derived from French
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/apir
- Rhymes:Polish/apir/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish animal nouns
- pl:Odd-toed ungulates
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Old Tupi
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Tupi
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Odd-toed ungulates
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian masculine nouns
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Spanish/iɾ
- Rhymes:Spanish/iɾ/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Odd-toed ungulates
- Swedish terms borrowed from French
- Swedish terms derived from French
- Swedish terms derived from Old Tupi
- Rhymes:Swedish/iːr
- Rhymes:Swedish/iːr/2 syllables
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- sv:Odd-toed ungulates
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from French
- Tagalog terms derived from Old Tupi
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/iɾ
- Rhymes:Tagalog/iɾ/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- tl:Odd-toed ungulates
- Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms derived from French
- Turkish terms derived from Old Tupi
- Turkish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish nouns
- tr:Odd-toed ungulates