English

Noun

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 [...].

Danish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tapeːt/, [tˢaˈpʰeːˀd̥]

Noun

tapet n (singular definite tapetet, plural indefinite tapeter)

1. wallpaper (decorative paper for walls)

Inflection

Etymology 2

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

Verb

tapet

1. past participle of tape

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑːpə/

Noun

tapet n

1. definite singular of tap

Etymology 2

From Latin and Italian, via German Tapete

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈpeːt/

Noun

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

1. wallpaper (decorative paper for walls)

Derived terms

• tapetlim

References

• “tapet” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

tapet n

1. definite singular of tap

Etymology 2

From Latin and Italian, via German Tapete

Noun

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

1. wallpaper (decorative paper for walls)

Derived terms

• tapetlim

References

• “tapet” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

tapet c

1. a wallpaper (decorative paper for walls)

Declension

Related terms

References

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