tapir
English edit
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 edit
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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 Frankish *tappō, from Proto-Germanic *tappô.
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
- 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
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)