different between covering vs tatami

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?v????/

Etymology 1

Present participle or participial adjective from cover (verb) +? -ing; or, from Middle English participle form of coveren, keveren (“to cover”).

Verb

covering

1. present participle of cover

Etymology 2

From Middle English coverynge, -inge, keverynge, -inge [verbal noun of coveren, keveren (“to cover”)]; or, verbal noun from cover (verb) +? -ing.

Noun

covering (countable and uncountable, plural coverings)

1. (countable) That which covers or conceals; a cover; something spread or laid over or wrapped about another.
2. (uncountable) Action of the verb to cover.

Derived terms

• face covering
• head covering

Translations

References

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ? (tatami).

Noun

tatami (plural tatamis or tatami)

1. straw matting, in a standard size, used as a floor covering in Japanese houses

Derived terms

• tatamied

Translations

Anagrams

• Tiamat

Basque

Etymology

Ultimately from Japanese ? (tatami).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ta.ta.mi/

Noun

tatami inan

1. tatami

Declension

Finnish

Noun

tatami

1. tatami

Declension

Anagrams

• Mattia, maitat, maitta, matita, mitata, mittaa

French

Noun

tatami m (plural tatamis)

1. tatami

Japanese

Romanization

tatami

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta?ta.m?i/

Noun

tatami m pers

1. instrumental plural of tata

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ? (??? (tatami)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta?tami/, [t?a?t?a.mi]

Noun

tatami m (plural tatamis)

1. tatami

Further reading

• “tatami” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.