taper

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈteɪpə/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈteɪpɚ/ Rhymes: -eɪpə(ɹ) Homophone: tapir === Etymology 1 === From Middle English taper, from Old English tapor (“taper, candle, wick of a lamp”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Latin papyrus (“papyrus", used in Mediaeval times to mean "wick of a candle”). If so, it is a doublet of papyrus. Alternatively, of Celtic origin related to Irish tapar (“taper”), Welsh tampr (“a taper, torch”); further compare Sanskrit तपती (tápati, “(it) warms, gives out heat, is hot; (it) heats”). More at tepid. First attested before the 12th c. ==== Noun ==== taper (plural tapers) A slender wax candle. (by extension) A small light. A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object. Hyponym: conicality The portion of an object with such a form. (machining) Ellipsis of machine taper. (chiefly historical) A long wick or thin stick used for transferring flames to candles, now usually chemically-treated to burn particularly slowly. Synonyms: (archaic) spill, (obsolete) match, (Scottish, obsolete) spunk A cone-shaped item for stretching the hole for an ear gauge (piercing). (figurative) Gradual reduction over time. a drug taper ===== Hyponyms ===== (thin stick used to transfer flame): sulfur match (obsolete) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== taper (third-person singular simple present tapers, present participle tapering, simple past and past participle tapered) (transitive) To make thinner or narrower at one end. (intransitive) To become thinner or narrower at one end. (ambitransitive) To diminish gradually. (intransitive, finance, of a central bank) To tighten monetary policy. ===== Synonyms ===== narrow ===== Derived terms ===== taper off ===== Descendants ===== → Swedish: tapera ===== Translations ===== ==== Adjective ==== taper Tapered; narrowing to a point. === Etymology 2 === From tape + -er. ==== Noun ==== taper (plural tapers) (weaving) One who operates a tape machine. Someone who works with tape or tapes. ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === Peart, Petra, apert, apter, parte, pater, peart, petar, petra, prate, preta, reapt, repat, retap, trape, treap == Danish == === Verb === taper present of tape == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French taper, from Old French tapper, taper (“to tap”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *tappōn, *dabbōn (“to strike”) or from Middle Low German tappen, tapen (“to tap, rap, strike”). Related to German tappen (“to grope, fumble”), Dutch deppen (“to dab”), Icelandic tappa, tapsa, tæpta (“to tap”). Related to dab. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ta.pe/ Rhymes: -e Homophones: tapai, tapé, tapée, tapées, tapés, tapez === Verb === taper (transitive) to slap, knock, beat (transitive) to type (use a keyboard or typewriter) (transitive, familiar) to ask (someone) for money, to ask to borrow some money from (intransitive) to hit, to beat, to rap [with sur] (intransitive) to beat down (of the sun); to go to one's head (of wine etc.) (intransitive, slang) to stink, pong, reek (reflexive, slang) to put away (a meal etc.) (reflexive, vulgar, slang) to fuck (have sex) (reflexive) to put up with ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== frapper cogner === Further reading === “taper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 “taper”, in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse === Anagrams === parte, pâtre, prêta, tarpé == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English taper, from Middle English taper, from Old English tapor (“taper, candle, wick of a lamp”), of uncertain origin. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtapər/ [ˈt̪a.pər] Rhymes: -apər Syllabification: ta‧per === Noun === tapêr (plural taper-taper) (road transport) taper, a tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object (pharmacology) taper; gradual reduction over time Synonym: pengurangan === Further reading === “taper”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Middle English == === Alternative forms === tapre, tapyr, tapir, tapor, tapour, tapur, tapper === Etymology === From Old English tapor, possibly from Latin papȳrus (if so, a doublet of papirus). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtaːpər/ === Noun === taper (plural tapres) taper (thin candle) ==== Descendants ==== English: taper ==== References ==== “tāper, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Norman == === Pronunciation === === Verb === taper (gerund tap'thie) (Jersey, onomatopoeia) to hit, knock ==== Derived terms ==== taper raide (“to hit hard”) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === From tape (“to lose”) +‎ -er. ==== Noun ==== taper m (definite singular taperen, indefinite plural tapere, definite plural taperne) a loser ===== Related terms ===== tapar (Nynorsk) ==== Verb ==== taper present tense of tape (“to lose”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== taper m indefinite plural of tape ==== Verb ==== taper present tense of tape (“to tape”) === References === “taper” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “taper” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). === Anagrams === paret, parte, pater, patre, Petra, prate, rapet, rapte == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Verb === taper present of tape (to lose) == Walloon == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ta.pe/ === Verb === taper to throw