# tapete
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tapete, tapede (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin tapēte, from tapēs. Doublet of tapiz, a borrowing from French.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [taˈpetɪ]

### Noun

tapete m (plural tapetes)
* tablecloth
* (dated) rug, carpet
** 1326, López Ferreiro, Antonio (ed.): Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 295:
    mando esta mia cama assy como iaz con sous panos et con suas cortinas et ceo et con sous alfamares et con los outros destalos que eu trago comunalmente pela terra et con vn pano uerde et un tapete sen bançaesI bequeath this my bed, as it is, with its clothes and with its curtains and ceiling and with its quilts and with the other clothes that I have usually in the ground and with a green cloth and a rug, no bancals

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “tapete”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “tape”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tapete”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tapete”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tapete”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Interlingua
### Noun

tapete (plural tapetes)
* carpet
* rug

## Latin
### Etymology

See tapes

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /taˈpeː.te/, [t̪äˈpeːt̪ɛ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /taˈpe.te/, [t̪äˈpɛːt̪e]

### Noun

tapēte n (genitive tapētis); third declension
* cloth (decorative, for use as carpet, wall hangings etc.)

#### Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

### References

* “tapete”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* tapete in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “tapete”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “tapete”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

## Latvian
### Pronunciation

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### Noun

tapete f (5th declension)
* (in the plural) wallpaper
* (computing) wallpaper

#### Declension
## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* tapête

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tapete, tapede, from Latin tapēte, from tapēs.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /taˈpe.t͡ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /taˈpe.t͡ʃi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /taˈpe.te/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɐˈpe.tɨ/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -et͡ʃi, (Portugal) -etɨ
* Hyphenation: ta‧pe‧te

### Noun

tapete m (plural tapetes)
* carpet, rug (a fabric used as a floor covering)

#### Derived terms

* atapetar
* tapetão
* tapetar
* tapete mágico
* tapete vermelho
* tapeteiro
* tapetinho
* varrer para debaixo do tapete

#### Related terms

* tapeçar
* tapeçaria
* tapiz
* tapizar

#### Descendants

* → Tetum: tapete

### See also

* alcatifa
* carpete

### Further reading

* “tapete”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* “tapete”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tapētem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /taˈpete/ [t̪aˈpe.t̪e]
* Rhymes: -ete
* Syllabification: ta‧pe‧te

### Noun

tapete m (plural tapetes)
* runner, carpet, rug
    Synonyms: piso, alfombra
* tablecloth
    Synonym: mantel

#### Related terms

* tapiz

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: tapet
* → Tarifit: ⵜⴰⵒⵒⵉⵜ (tappit), tappit

### Further reading

* “tapete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10