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— English words —

• redtape n. Archaic form of red tape.
• red␣tape n. The binding tape once used for holding important documents together.
• red␣tape n. (Metonymically, idiomatic) Time-consuming regulations or bureaucratic procedures.

— English words, defined in French —

• red␣tape n. (Administration) Ruban rouge servant à liasser les documents administratifs.
• red␣tape n. (Sens figuré) (Indénombrable) Bureaucratie excessive.
• red␣tape n. (Par extension) Paperasserie.

22 English words from 3 English definitions

Archaic binding bureaucratic consuming documents for form holding idiomatic important Metonymically once procedures red red␣tape regulations tape The Time Time-consuming together used

10 English words from 3 foreign definitions

Administration Bureaucratie documents excessive extension les Par rouge Sens servant

9 foreign words from 3 foreign definitions

administratifs figuré Indénombrable liasser Paperasserie Par␣extension Ruban Ruban␣rouge Sens␣figuré

One suffix (New word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

red-tapeism

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

cut␣red␣tape

11 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ape DTA EDT EDTA red Red RED -red tap TAP tape

8 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ATD der Der Der. EPA pat Pat PAT

7 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

adepter pad-tree predate pre-date readept retaped tapered

45 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

carpeted date-rape date␣rape departed departee departer depurate drap␣d'été emparted epurated operated pad-trees paltered parented pargeted pattered pederast peracted petarded prætend preacted predated pre-dated predates pre-dates predealt predeath prelated premated pretaped pretaxed pretrade readepts reparted repasted repeated replated retapped reupdate tampered teared␣up threaped trapesed trapezed trepaned

30 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

atrede depart derate detrap drapet e-dater e-trade Pardee parted Partee peated pedate Perate Pereda perted petard Petrea prated rapted reaped red␣ape redate red␣pea red␣tea repeat retape tarped teared terped traped

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

redrape

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

red␣ape retape

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