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tape
English
Etymology
From Middle English tape, tappe, from Old English tæppa, tæppe (“ribbon, tape”). Probably akin to Old Frisian tapia (“to pull, rip, tear”), Middle Low German tappen, t?pen (“to grab, pull, rip, tear, snatch”), Middle High German z?fen, z?ven (“to pull, tear”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /te??p/, [t?e??p]
- Rhymes: -e?p
Noun
tape (countable and uncountable, plural tapes)
- Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.
- Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll.
- Finishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race.
- Magnetic or optical recording media in a roll; videotape or audio tape.
- (informal, by extension) Any video or audio recording, regardless of the method used to produce it.
- (informal) An unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus.
- (trading, from ticker tape) The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades.
- (ice hockey) The wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of a hockey stick
- (printing, historical) A strong flexible band rotating on pulleys for directing the sheets in a printing machine.
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
Verb
tape (third-person singular simple present tapes, present participle taping, simple past and past participle taped)
- To bind with adhesive tape.
- To record, particularly onto magnetic tape.
- (informal, passive) To understand, figure out.
Related terms
- roll tape
- tape off
Descendants
- ? Danish: tape
- ? Norwegian:
- Bokmål: tape, teipe
- Nynorsk: tape, teipa
Translations
Anagrams
- PETA, Paet, Pate, Peat, Peta, epta-, pate, peat, peta-, pâté, tepa
Danish
Etymology 1
From English tape (“adhesive tape”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?jp/, [t??jb?]
Noun
tape c (singular definite tapen, not used in plural form)
- Scotch tape, adhesive tape
Usage notes
Rarely used in the sense video or audiocassette tape as a synonym to bånd. In this case it is neuter gender, singular definite tapet, plural indefinite tapes or tape, plural definite tapene.
Synonyms
- klisterbånd
- klæbestrimmel
Further reading
- tape on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Etymology 2
From English tape (“to bind with adhesive tape”).
Pronunciation
- infinitive IPA(key): /t?jp?/, [?t??jb??]
- imperative IPA(key): /t?jp/, [t??jb??]
Verb
tape (imperative tape, infinitive at tape, present tense taper, past tense tapede, perfect tense er/har tapet)
- tape (to bind with adhesive tape) [from 1965]
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English tape.
Pronunciation
Noun
tape m (plural tapes, diminutive tapeje n)
- tape
French
Etymology
From taper.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tap/
Noun
tape f (plural tapes)
- a gentle touch
- a pat
Verb
tape
- first-person singular present indicative of taper
- third-person singular present indicative of taper
- second-person singular imperative of taper
Further reading
- “tape” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- pâte, pâté
- péta
Guaraní
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta.?pe/
Noun
tape (dependent form rape, third-person possessed form hape)
- path
- way
- street
Indonesian
Noun
tape (first-person possessive tapeku, second-person possessive tapemu, third-person possessive tapenya)
- Informal form of tapai.
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English tæppa.
Noun
tape
- Alternative form of tappe (“plug”)
Etymology 2
A back-formation from tappen.
Noun
tape
- Alternative form of tappe (“gentle touch”)
Etymology 3
From Old English tæppa, tæppe (“ribbon, tape”); forms with a long vowel are difficult to explain.
Alternative forms
- tappe
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?tap(?)/, /?ta?p(?)/
Noun
tape (plural tapes)
- (rare) band, ribbon, tape
Descendants
- English: tape (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: tape
- Yola: taape
References
- “t?pe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English tape.
Noun
tape m (definite singular tapen, indefinite plural taper, definite plural tapene)
- alternative form of teip
Verb
tape (present tense taper, past tense tapa or tapet, past participle tapa or tapet)
- alternative form of teipe
Etymology 2
From Old Norse tapa. Cognate with Danish tabe, Swedish tappa and Faroese tapa.
Verb
tape (present tense taper, past tense tapte, past participle tapt)
- to lose
Related terms
- tap
References
- “tape” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English tape.
Noun
tape m (definite singular tapen, indefinite plural tapar, definite plural tapane)
- alternative form of teip
Verb
tape (present tense tapar, past tense tapa, past participle tapa, passive infinitive tapast, present participle tapande, imperative tap)
- alternative form of teipa
Etymology 2
Verb
tape (present tense tapar/taper, past tense tapa/tapte, past participle tapa/tapt, passive infinitive tapast, present participle tapande, imperative tap)
- alternative form of tapa
References
- “tape” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?ta.pi/
- Hyphenation: ta?pe
Verb
tape
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of tapar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of tapar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of tapar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of tapar
Spanish
Verb
tape
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of tapar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of tapar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of tapar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of tapar.
Noun
tape m (plural tapes)
- (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico) Scotch tape, tape
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tapelike
English
Etymology
tape +? -like
Adjective
tapelike (comparative more tapelike, superlative most tapelike)
- Resembling tape (the narrow band of material) or some aspect of it.
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