different between tamis vs tapis

English

Alternative forms

• tammy

Etymology

Borrowed from French tamis, from Middle French tamis, from Old French tamis, from Medieval Latin tamisium, from Frankish *tamis, *tamusi, from Proto-Germanic *tamus?? (“sieve; strainer; sile”). Cognate with Old High German zemis (dialectal German Zims), Dutch teems (“sieve”), West Frisian teams, tiems, German Low German Teemse, Teems, Old English temes, Old English temesian (“to sieve; sift”). Doublet of temse.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: tammy

Noun

tamis (countable and uncountable, plural tamises)

1. A culinary strainer, originally made from worsted cloth
2. The cloth itself; tammy.

Coordinate terms

• food mill
• chinois

Related terms

• tammy

Further reading

• tamis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• amits, maist

French

Etymology

From Late Latin tamisium, itself from Gaulish tamesium. Compare regional Italian tamiso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.mi/
• Hyphenation: ta?mis

Noun

tamis m (plural tamis)

1. sieve, riddle

2. screen (mesh for filtering)

Derived terms

• tamiser

Descendants

• ? English: tamis
• ? Spanish: tamiz

Further reading

• “tamis” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• tam-is (obsolete, now chiefly Batangas)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taq(?)mis.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta?mís
• IPA^(key): /ta?mis/, [t??mis]

Noun

tamís

1. sweetness

Derived terms

• matamis

English

Etymology

From French, from Old French tapiz, from Vulgar Latin *tappetium, from Byzantine Greek ???????? (tap?tion), from Ancient Greek ????? (táp?s), from an Iranian source.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?tap?s/, /ta?pi?/
• Rhymes: -i?

Noun

tapis (plural tapises)

1. A tapestry.
2. Carpeting.
3. (historical) The cover of a council table.

Derived terms

• on the tapis, upon the tapis

Translations

Anagrams

• PITAs, Paits, patis, pitas

Catalan

Verb

tapis

1. second-person singular present subjunctive form of tapar

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• (General Cebuano) IPA^(key): /?t?a?pis?/
• Rhymes: -pis?
• Hyphenation: ta?pis

Noun

tapis

1. a towel wrap, a wraparound

Verb

tapis

1. to cover one's body using a towel

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tapis.

Anagrams

• ispat, patis, pisat, pista, sipat, tipas

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.pi/

Etymology 1

Verb

tapis

1. masculine plural of the past participle of tapir

Etymology 2

From Old French tapiz, from Vulgar Latin *tappetium, from Latin tap?s, tap?tem or from Byzantine Greek ???????? (tap?tion), from Ancient Greek ????? (táp?s), from an Iranian source.

Noun

tapis m (plural tapis)

1. carpet; mat; rug
2. (poker) all-in (an instance of betting all of one's chips)

Derived terms

• envoyer au tapis
• mettre sur le tapis
• remettre sur le tapis
• tapis rouge
• tapis roulant
• tapis vert
• tapis volant

Anagrams

• pâtis, pista

Further reading

• “tapis” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Indonesian

Verb

tapis

1. to filter
2. to strain
3. to apply pressure

Derived terms

Lampung Api

Etymology

From Old Javanese ???? (tapih)

Noun

tapis

1. a gold-embroidered woven fabric (usually worn by women)
2. a wraparound cloth (usually worn by women)

Verb

tapis

1. to cover (something or someone)
2. to weave
3. to filter

Norman

Etymology

From Old French tapiz, from Vulgar Latin *tappetium, from Byzantine Greek ???????? (tap?tion), from Ancient Greek ????? (táp?s), from an Iranian source.

Noun

tapis m (plural tapis)

1. (Jersey) carpet

Tagalog

Noun

tapis

1. a wraparound skirt worn by ancient Filipino women
2. a towel wrap