tapa
French, verb\ta.pa\
tapa is a French verb meaning “third-person singular past historic of taper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does tapa mean in English?
verb
- 1
third-person singular past historic of taper
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Étoffe faite d'écorce battue (mûrier à papier, arbre à pain), vêtement traditionnel de Polynésie.
noun: 1. Petite portion d’un aliment servi en accompagnement d’une boisson dans les bars en Espagne ; amuse-bouche, amuse-gueule.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tapa
- tapas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tapa?
- \ta.pa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tapa in French?
tapa appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).