tapet

Old English teped, from Latin tapetum (later influenced by or re-borrowed from Latin).

tapet (plural tapets)

1. (obsolete) A decorative wall-hanging; a hanging cloth or piece of tapestry.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.xi:

     in those Tapets weren fashioned / Many faire pourtraicts, and many a faire feate […]

• patte, patté

From German Tapete, from Latin tapete

• IPA^(key): /tapeːt/, [tˢaˈpʰeːˀd̥]

tapet n (singular definite tapetet, plural indefinite tapeter)

1. wallpaper (decorative paper for walls)

See tape (“to bind with adhesive tape”).

tapet

1. past participle of tape

• “tapet” in Den Danske Ordbog

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑːpə/

tapet n

1. definite singular of tap

From Latin tapete, and Italian [Term?], via German Tapete

• IPA^(key): /taˈpeːt/

tapet n (definite singular tapetet, indefinite plural tapet or tapeter, definite plural tapeta or tapetene)

1. wallpaper (decorative paper for walls)

• tapetlim

• “tapet” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

tapet n

1. definite singular of tap

From Latin tapete and Italian, via German Tapete

tapet n (definite singular tapetet, indefinite plural tapet, definite plural tapeta)

1. wallpaper (decorative paper for walls)

• tapetlim

• “tapet” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

tapet c

1. a wallpaper (decorative paper for walls)

• tapet in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)