"taper" meaning in Anglais

See taper in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: \ˈteɪ.pɚ\, \ˈteɪ.pə\, \ˈteɪ.pɚ\, ˈteɪ.pɚ Audio: en-us-taper.ogg , En-au-taper.ogg Forms: tapers [plural]
  1. Effilage, conicité.
    Sense id: fr-taper-en-noun-jo2Q9Jy-
  2. Cierge.
    Sense id: fr-taper-en-noun-FH052PTk Categories (other): Exemples en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: \ˈteɪ.pɚ\, \ˈteɪ.pə\, \ˈteɪ.pɚ\, ˈteɪ.pɚ Audio: en-us-taper.ogg , En-au-taper.ogg Forms: to taper [infinitive], tapers [present, third-person, singular], tapered [preterite], tapered [participle, past], tapering [participle, present]
  1. Effiler.
    Sense id: fr-taper-en-verb-FfUUuhwN Categories (other): Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais
  2. Tailler en cône ou en pointe.
    Sense id: fr-taper-en-verb-00Fi~tIQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: taper down, taper off, tapered

Inflected forms

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    "Du moyen anglais taper, du vieil anglais tapor, d’origine incertaine. Le terme pourrait peut-être :\n:# être issu du latin papyrus qui désignait à l’époque médiévale la mèche d’une bougie. Si c’est le cas, il s’agit d’un doubler des mots papyrus et paper.\n:# provenir d'une langue celtique par comparaison avec le gaélique irlandais tapar, qui pourrait être rapproché du sanskrit तपती (tápati)."
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          "text": "Strike on the tinder, ho!\nGive me a taper, call up my people!\nThis accident is not unlike my dream,\nBelief of it opresses me already.\nLight, I say, light!",
          "translation": "Battez le briquet ! Vite ! donnez-moi un flambeau ! Appelez tous mes gens ! Cette aventure ressemble assez à mon songe : la crainte de sa vérité oppresse déjà mon cœur. De la lumière ! de la lumière !"
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      "word": "taper down"
    },
    {
      "word": "taper off"
    },
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      "word": "tapered"
    }
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    "Du moyen anglais taper, du vieil anglais tapor, d’origine incertaine. Le terme pourrait peut-être :\n:# être issu du latin papyrus qui désignait à l’époque médiévale la mèche d’une bougie. Si c’est le cas, il s’agit d’un doubler des mots papyrus et paper.\n:# provenir d'une langue celtique par comparaison avec le gaélique irlandais tapar, qui pourrait être rapproché du sanskrit तपती (tápati)."
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        "Effiler."
      ],
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        "Tailler en cône ou en pointe."
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    "Du moyen anglais taper, du vieil anglais tapor, d’origine incertaine. Le terme pourrait peut-être :\n:# être issu du latin papyrus qui désignait à l’époque médiévale la mèche d’une bougie. Si c’est le cas, il s’agit d’un doubler des mots papyrus et paper.\n:# provenir d'une langue celtique par comparaison avec le gaélique irlandais tapar, qui pourrait être rapproché du sanskrit तपती (tápati)."
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          "translation": "Battez le briquet ! Vite ! donnez-moi un flambeau ! Appelez tous mes gens ! Cette aventure ressemble assez à mon songe : la crainte de sa vérité oppresse déjà mon cœur. De la lumière ! de la lumière !"
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    {
      "word": "taper down"
    },
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      "word": "taper off"
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      "word": "tapered"
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