tapir

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French tapir, from Old Tupi tapi'ira. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈteɪpiːə(ɹ)/, /ˈteɪpɪə(ɹ)/, /ˈteɪpə(ɹ)/ Rhymes: -eɪpə(ɹ) Homophone: taper === Noun === tapir (plural tapirs) An odd-toed ungulate of the genus Tapirus with a long prehensile upper lip. ==== Synonyms ==== (Guyana) bush cow, (Belize) mountain cow ==== Hyponyms ==== Amazonian tapir (Tapirus terrestris) Asian tapir (Tapirus indicus) Baird's tapir (Tapirus bairdii) Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris) California tapir (†Tapirus californicus) Central American tapir (Tapirus bairdii) giant tapir (†Tapirus augustus) hog tapir (Tapirus indicus, Tapirus bairdii) Indian tapir (Tapirus indicus) kabomani tapir (Tapirus terrestris) lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris) Malayan tapir, Malaysian tapir (Tapirus indicus) maned tapir (Tapirus terrestris) mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque) New World tapir (Tapirus terrestris) South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris) tapir frog (Synapturanus danta) ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === tapir on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Tapirus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Tapirus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons === Anagrams === atrip, parti, patri- == Catalan == === Etymology === Ultimately from Old Tupi tapi'ira. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [təˈpir] IPA(key): (Valencia) [taˈpir] === Noun === tapir m (plural tapirs) tapir === Further reading === “tapir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish tapir, from Old Tupi tapi'ira. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtaː.pir/, [ˈtaː.pir] Hyphenation: ta‧pir === Noun === tapir m (plural tapirs, diminutive tapirtje n) tapir Synonym: boskoe == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ta.piʁ/ === Etymology 1 === 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 ==== tapir (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-. === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Old Tupi tapi'ira. ==== Noun ==== tapir m (plural tapirs) tapir ===== Descendants ===== === Further reading === “tapir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === parti, pâtir, priât, ripât == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch tapir, from Spanish tapir, from Old Tupi tapi'ira. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtapir/ [ˈt̪a.pɪr] Rhymes: -apir Syllabification: ta‧pir === Noun === tapir (plural tapir-tapir) tapir Synonyms: badak babi, senuk, tenuk === Further reading === “tapir”, 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 == Kashubian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Polish tapir. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈta.pir/ Rhymes: -apir Syllabification: ta‧pir === Noun === tapir m animal tapir (ungulate of the family Tapiridae) === References === Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “tapir”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[1] == Middle English == === Noun === tapir alternative form of taper == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French tapir. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈta.pir/ Rhymes: -apir Syllabification: ta‧pir === Noun === tapir m animal tapir (any large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae) ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Kashubian: tapir === Further reading === tapir in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === 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) tapir Synonym: anta === Further reading === “tapir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tapir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French tapir. === Noun === tapir m (plural tapiri) tapir ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /taˈpiɾ/ [t̪aˈpiɾ] Rhymes: -iɾ Syllabification: ta‧pir === Noun === 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 ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: tapir → Dutch: tapir → Sundanese: tapir → Tagalog: tapir === Further reading === “tapir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Sundanese == === Etymology === From Dutch tapir, from Spanish tapir, from Old Tupi tapi'ira === Noun === tapir (Sundanese script ᮒᮕᮤᮁ) tapir === Further reading === "TAPIR", in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French tapir, from Old Tupi tapi'ira. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -iːr === Noun === tapir c tapir ==== Declension ==== === References === tapir in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) tapir in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) === Anagrams === parti, pirat == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish tapir (“tapir”), from French tapir, from Old Tupi tapi'ira. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /taˈpiɾ/ [t̪ɐˈpɪɾ] Rhymes: -iɾ Syllabification: ta‧pir === Noun === tapír (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜉᜒᜇ᜔) tapir == Turkish == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish طاپر (tapir), from French tapir, from Old Tupi tapi'ira. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [tɑ.piɾ] === Noun === tapir (definite accusative tapiri, plural tapirler) tapir ==== Declension ====