tapis
French, noun/ta.pi/
tapis is spelled T-A-P-I-S (5 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written French, the 3,992nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tapis is a French masculine noun meaning “carpet; mat; rug” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a masculine plural of tapi. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pièce d’étoffe, tissu de laine, de soie, etc., dont on couvre une table, une estrade, le parquet d’une…”.
What does tapis mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecarpet; mat; rug
- 2
masculineall in (an instance of betting all of one's chips)
verb
- 1
masculinemasculine plural of tapi
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pièce d’étoffe, tissu de laine, de soie, etc., dont on couvre une table, une estrade, le parquet d’une chambre, etc. 2. Sorte de drap vert qui est fortement tendu sur la table d’un billard. 3. Sujet de conversation, de débat. 4. Sol.
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.
How do you pronounce tapis?
- /ta.pi/
- \ta.pi\
- [ta.pi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tapis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tapis in French?
tapis appears 19 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).