tapir
EnglishEdit
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
EtymologyEdit
Borrowing from French tapir, from Old Tupi tapiira.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tapir (plural tapirs)
- Any one 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.
SynonymsEdit
- (Guyana) bush cow, (Belize) mountain cow
HyponymsEdit
- Baird's tapir, Tapirus bairdii
- Brazilian tapir, Tapirus terrestris
- Malayan tapir, Tapirus indicus
- mountain tapir, Tapirus pinchaque
- Tapirus californicus †
- Tapirus copei †
- Tapirus merriami †
- Tapirus polkensis †
- Tapirus veroensis †
- For others see tapir on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
TranslationsEdit
large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae
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Further readingEdit
- tapir on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Tapirus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Tapirus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
AnagramsEdit
DutchEdit
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
VerbEdit
tapir
ConjugationEdit
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)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | tapir | avoir tapi | |||||
gerund | en tapissant | en ayant tapi | |||||
present participle | tapissant /ta.pi.sɑ̃/ | ||||||
past participle | tapi /ta.pi/ | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
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 historic1 | 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 | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
simple tenses |
present | tapisse /ta.pis/ |
tapisses /ta.pis/ |
tapisse /ta.pis/ |
tapissions /ta.pi.sjɔ̃/ |
tapissiez /ta.pi.sje/ |
tapissent /ta.pis/ |
imperfect1 | tapisse /ta.pis/ |
tapisses /ta.pis/ |
tapît /ta.pi/ |
tapissions /ta.pi.sjɔ̃/ |
tapissiez /ta.pi.sje/ |
tapissent /ta.pis/ | |
compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
— | tapis /ta.pi/ |
— | tapissons /ta.pi.sɔ̃/ |
tapissez /ta.pi.se/ |
— | ||
1literary tenses |
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
tapir m (plural tapirs)
AnagramsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “tapir” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
PolishEdit
PortugueseEdit
tapir (Tapirus indicus)
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Old Tupi tapiira.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tapir m (plural tapires)
SynonymsEdit
- (tapir): anta