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53 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —
  • taper n. A slender wax candle.
  • taper n. (By extension) A small light.
  • taper n. A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object.
  • taper n. A thin stick used for lighting candles, either a wax-coated wick or a slow-burning wooden rod.
  • taper n. A cone-shaped item for stretching the hole for an ear gauge (piercing).
  • taper v. (Transitive) To make thinner or narrower at one end.
  • taper v. (Intransitive) To become thinner or narrower at one end.
  • taper v. (Intransitive) To diminish gradually.
  • taper v. (Intransitive) (of a central bank) To tighten monetary policy.
  • taper adj. Tapered; narrowing to a point.
  • taper n. (Weaving) One who operates a tape machine.
  • taper n. Someone who works with tape or tapes.
— Foreign words, define in English —
  • Danish
    • taper v. Present of tape.
  • Middle english
    • taper n. Taper (thin candle).
  • Norman
    • taper v. (Jersey, onomatopoeia) to hit, knock.
  • Norwegian bokmål
    • taper n. A loser.
    • taper v. Present tense of tape (“to lose”).
    • taper n. Indefinite plural of tape.
    • taper v. Present tense of tape (“to tape”).
    • tåper n. Indefinite plural of tåpe.
  • Norwegian nynorsk
    • taper v. Present of tape (to lose).
  • Walloon
— English words, defined in French —
  • taper n. Effilage, conicité.
  • taper n. Cierge.
  • taper v. Effiler.
  • taper v. Tailler en cône ou en pointe.
— In German —
  • taper V. 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tapern.
  • taper V. 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tapern.
— In French —
  • taper v. (Familier) Frapper du plat de la main, battre, donner un…
  • taper v. Frapper, cogner, toquer pour produire un bruit.
  • taper v. (Théâtre) Frapper trois coups pour annoncer le début du spectacle.
  • taper v. (Musique) Mal jouer de la musique en frappant sans nuance…
  • taper v. Dactylographier, écrire à la machine ou à l’ordinateur, les…
  • taper v. Jouer, le complément d’objet désignant des cartes (→ voir…
  • taper v. (Argot) Prendre.
  • taper v. (Populaire) Se faire donner ou prêter de l’argent.
  • taper v. (Intransitif) Frapper, donner un ou plusieurs coups, rosser…
  • taper v. (Intransitif) (Par extension) En parlant du soleil, frapper…
  • taper v. (Intransitif) Frapper, atteindre.
  • taper v. (Intransitif) Monter à la tête, enivrer.
  • taper v. Prendre au nez, à la gorge, puer.
  • taper v. (Pronominal) (Populaire) Manger, boire.
  • taper v. (Pronominal) Faire, être obligé, contraint de faire.
  • taper v. (Pronominal) Être atteint par, subir.
  • taper v. (Pronominal) (Vulgaire) Se faire, faire l’amour avec.
  • taper v. (Pronominal) (Populaire) Faire coup blanc, ne rien obtenir…
  • taper v. (Pronominal) (Vulgaire) Se branler, n’en avoir rien à foutre.
  • taper v. (Familier) Consommer de la drogue par le nez.
  • taper v. Boucher, fermer, couvrir. Boucher avec une tape.
  • taper v. (Rare) Se couvrir le visage.
  • taper n.m. (Anglicisme) (Informatique) Raccord de fibre optique.
  • taper n.m. Clé de court-circuit placée entre les bornes d’un galvanomètre…
— In Spanish —
  • táper s. Utensilios. Recipiente hermético de plástico para guardar…
88 English words from 22 English definitions

and and/or at␣one bank become burning By␣extension candle candles central central␣bank coated cone cone-shaped cross cross␣section diminish diminution ear either elongated end extension for form gauge gradual gradually hit hole Indefinite Intransitive item Jersey knock light lighting lose loser machine make monetary monetary␣policy narrower narrowing object of␣a one onomatopoeia operates piercing plural point policy Present Present␣tense rod section shaped slender slow slow-burning small Someone stick stretching tape tape␣machine Taper Tapered tapering tapes tense the thickness thin thinner throw tighten Transitive used wax Weaving who wick with wooden works

49 English words from 31 foreign definitions

à␣la amour argent Argot atteint blanc Boucher bruit cartes Cierge circuit coup coups court début des donner drogue en␣pointe entre extension faire fibre gorge les machine main Mal Manger Monter musique nuance objet optique par para Person plat pointe pour Pronominal puer Rare sans Singular spectacle tape Verbs visage

84 foreign words from 31 foreign definitions

Aktiv Anglicisme annoncer atteindre avec avoir avoir␣rien␣à␣foutre battre boire bornes branler Clé cogner complément complément␣d’objet cône conicité Consommer contraint court-circuit couvrir Dactylographier de␣court de␣la de␣la␣main désignant écrire Effilage Effiler en␣avoir enivrer être faire␣l’amour Familier fermer fibre␣optique foutre frappant frapper galvanomètre guardar hermético Imperativ Indikativ Informatique Intransitif jouer Monter␣à␣la␣tête nez obligé obtenir ordinateur Par␣extension parlant placée plástico plat␣de␣la␣main plusieurs Populaire Präsens Prendre prêter produire Raccord Recipiente rien rien␣à␣foutre rosser Se␣branler Se␣couvrir Se␣faire soleil subir Tailler tapern tête Théâtre toquer trois une un␣ou␣plusieurs Utensilios voir Vulgaire

30 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

tapers tapered taperer taperers tapering taper␣off taper␣pin taperings taperless taperlike taperness taper␣pins tapers␣off tapertail taperwise tape-record taperingly tapermaker taperstick tapertails taper␣candle tape-records tapersticks taper␣candles tape-recorded tape␣recorder tape␣recorders tape-recording tape␣recording tape␣recordings

30 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

hag-tapers Tuatapere untapered Luer␣tapers nanotapers nontapered untapering guttapercha gutta-percha gutta␣percha multitapers octaperfect videotapers butaperazine guttaperchas gutta-perchas gutta␣perchas heptaperfect multitapered pentaperfect metaperiodate electrotapered metaperception metaperceptive metaperceptual metaperiodates metaperceptions metaperspective metaperspectival metaperspectives

5 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

hag-taper Luer␣taper nanotaper multitaper videotaper

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

ape aper per PER per- per. Per. tap TAP tape

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

EPA pat Pat PAT rep Rep REP Rep. repat

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

apert apter parte pater peart Peart petar petra Petra prate preta reapt repat retap trape treap

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

Alpert Aptera aptery arpent betrap carpet cet.␣par. depart detrap drapet eartip empart enrapt entrap hapter mat␣rep palter panter Panter parent Parent parget Parret parted Partee Parten parter paster Paster patera paters pather Patrie patter patzer Pearts peract Perast Perate petara petard petars petary Petrak Petrea pirate Pirate plater Plater porate +54 words

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

AETR aper aret arte- Ater atpE Earp 'eart epta- Paet pare part part. pate Pate paté pâté patr- pear peat Peat Pera pert PERT Peta PETA peta- prae- præ- prat pret. -pter rape Rape rapt rate reap rept- Reta rPET rtPA tape tare tarp tear tepa Tera tera- terp Terp 'terp trap TRAP

32 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

caper gaper japer Naper paper raper Raper taber Taber tader Taher taker taler tamer Tamer taped Tapee Tapei tapes tapet tapir taser Taser TASer tater Tauer tawer taxer tazer toper typer vaper

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

aper tape

3 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

tamper tapper Tapper


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