tapir

See also: Tapir and tapír

English

A 19th-century watercolour of a Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus), from the William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings at the National Museum of Singapore

A tapir (Tapirus indicus)

Etymology

Borrowed from French tapir, from Old Tupi tapi'ira.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈteɪpiːə(ɹ)/, /ˈteɪpɪə(ɹ)/, /ˈteɪpə(ɹ)/
Audio (UK) (file)
Rhymes: -eɪpə(ɹ)
Homophone: taper

Noun

tapir (plural tapirs)

Any one of the species of large odd-toed ungulates of the taxonomic family Tapiridae with a long prehensile upper lip, of which all four surviving species are in genus Tapirus.
- 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, OCLC 1029993343:
  Once a dark, clumsy tapir stared at us from a gap in the bushes, and then lumbered away through the forest; once, too, the yellow, sinuous form of a great puma whisked amid the brushwood, and its green, baleful eyes glared hatred at us over its tawny shoulder.

Synonyms

(Guyana) bush cow, (Belize) mountain cow

Hyponyms

Baird's tapir, Tapirus bairdii
Brazilian tapir, Tapirus terrestris
Malayan tapir, Tapirus indicus
mountain tapir, Tapirus pinchaque
Tapirus californicus †
Tapirus copei †
Tapirus merriami †
Tapirus polkensis †
Tapirus veroensis †
For others see tapir on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Translations

large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae

Afrikaans: tapir
Arabic: تَابِير‎ m (tabīr)
Armenian: գետակինճ (hy) (getakinč)
Assamese: টাপিৰা (tapira)
Basque: tapir (eu)
Batek: baghik
Belarusian: тапір m (tapir)
Bulgarian: тапир (tapir)
Canela: cukryt
Catalan: tapir m
Ceq Wong: grĕbel
Chinese:
Mandarin: 貘 (zh) (mò)
Czech: tapír (cs)
Danish: tapir
Desano: weku
Dutch: tapir (nl) m, (Surinam) boskoe
Esperanto: tapiro
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: tapiiri (fi)
French: tapir (fr) m, (French Guiana) maïpouri m
German: Tapir (de) m
Greek: τάπιρος (tápiros)
Guaraní: mboreví
Hebrew: טפיר‎ (he) (tapír)
Hindi: टपीर m (ṭapīr)
Hungarian: tapír (hu)
Icelandic: káputapír m
Ido: tapiro (io)
Indonesian: tenuk (id), tapir (id), cipan (id)
Italian: tapiro (it) m
Jahai: barét, baroong
Japanese: バク (ja) (baku)
Kazakh: салпыерін (salpyerın)
Korean: 맥(貘) (ko) (maek)
Kuna: moli
Latvian: tapirs m
Lithuanian: tapyras
Malay: tenuk, senuk, terenuk, cipan, kipan, badak tampung, badak murai, badak babi, kuda air, tapir
Murui Huitoto: zuruma
Norwegian: tapir (no)
Old Tupi: tapi'ira
Pirahã: kabatií
Polish: tapir (pl) m
Portuguese: anta (pt) f, tapir (pt) m
Quechua: sach'a waka f
Romanian: tapir (ro) m
Russian: тапи́р (ru) m (tapír)
Semnam: baroong
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: тапир
Roman: tapir (sh)
Slovene: tapir (sl)
Spanish: tapir (es) m, anta (es) f (Bolivia, Northern Argentina), anteburro m (Southern Mexico), danta f (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Southern Mexico, Venezuela), danto m (Honduras, Nicaragua), macho de monte m (Panamá, Colombian Pacific Coast), mboreví m (Paraguay), sachavaca f (Peru), vaca de monte f (Ecuador)
Swedish: tapir (sv)
Tagalog: tapir
Temiar: barééw
Temoq: naq bĕrtampal
Thai: สมเสร็จ (th) (sǒm-sèt)
Turkish: tapir (tr)
Uyghur: تاپىر‎ (tapir)
Vietnamese: lợn vòi
Volapük: tapir
Wapishana: kodoi
Yucatec Maya: tsíimin
Yuracare: wenche

Anagrams

atrip, parti, patri-

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Tupi tapi'ira.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /təˈpi/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /taˈpiɾ/

Noun

tapir m (plural tapirs)

tapir

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tapir, from Old Tupi tapi'ira.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtaː.pir/, [ˈtaː.pir]
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: ta‧pir

Noun

tapir m (plural tapirs, diminutive tapirtje n)

tapir
Synonym: boskoe

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ta.piʁ/

Etymology 1

From Middle French tapir, from Old French tapir, borrowed from Frankish *tappijan (“to close, shut in, lock up”), from Frankish *tappō, from Proto-Germanic *tappô.

Verb

tapir

(reflexive) to hide

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

Conjugation of tapir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	tapir
present participle or gerund¹	simple	tapissant /ta.pi.sɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		tapi /ta.pi/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	tapis /ta.pi/	tapis /ta.pi/	tapit /ta.pi/	tapissons /ta.pi.sɔ̃/	tapissez /ta.pi.se/	tapissent /ta.pis/
	imperfect	tapissais /ta.pi.sɛ/	tapissais /ta.pi.sɛ/	tapissait /ta.pi.sɛ/	tapissions /ta.pi.sjɔ̃/	tapissiez /ta.pi.sje/	tapissaient /ta.pi.sɛ/
	past historic²	tapis /ta.pi/	tapis /ta.pi/	tapit /ta.pi/	tapîmes /ta.pim/	tapîtes /ta.pit/	tapirent /ta.piʁ/
	future	tapirai /ta.pi.ʁe/	tapiras /ta.pi.ʁa/	tapira /ta.pi.ʁa/	tapirons /ta.pi.ʁɔ̃/	tapirez /ta.pi.ʁe/	tapiront /ta.pi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	tapirais /ta.pi.ʁɛ/	tapirais /ta.pi.ʁɛ/	tapirait /ta.pi.ʁɛ/	tapirions /ta.pi.ʁjɔ̃/	tapiriez /ta.pi.ʁje/	tapiraient /ta.pi.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior²	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	tapisse /ta.pis/	tapisses /ta.pis/	tapisse /ta.pis/	tapissions /ta.pi.sjɔ̃/	tapissiez /ta.pi.sje/	tapissent /ta.pis/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	tapisse /ta.pis/	tapisses /ta.pis/	tapît /ta.pi/	tapissions /ta.pi.sjɔ̃/	tapissiez /ta.pi.sje/	tapissent /ta.pis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	tapis /ta.pi/	—	tapissons /ta.pi.sɔ̃/	tapissez /ta.pi.se/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
¹ The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
² In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Etymology 2

From Old Tupi tapi'ira.

Noun

tapir m (plural tapirs)

tapir

Anagrams

parti, pâtir, priât, ripât

Kashubian

Tapir.

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish tapir.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtapir/
Hyphenation: ta‧pir

Noun

tapir m anim

tapir (ungulate of the family Tapiridae)

References

Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “tapir”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi

Middle English

Noun

tapir

Alternative form of taper

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French tapir, from Old Tupi tapi'ira.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈta.pir/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -apir
Syllabification: ta‧pir

Noun

tapir m anim

tapir

Declension

Declension of tapir

	singular	plural
nominative	tapir	tapiry
genitive	tapira	tapirów
dative	tapirowi	tapirom
accusative	tapira	tapiry
instrumental	tapirem	tapirami
locative	tapirze	tapirach
vocative	tapirze	tapiry

Descendants

→ Kashubian: tapir

Portuguese

tapir (Tapirus indicus)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi tapi'ira.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈpi(ʁ)/ [taˈpi(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /taˈpi(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /taˈpi(ʁ)/ [taˈpi(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈpi(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐˈpiɾ/

Hyphenation: ta‧pir

Noun

tapir m (plural tapires)

tapir
Synonym: anta

Romanian

Etymology

From French tapir.

Noun

tapir m (plural tapiri)

tapir

Declension

Declension of tapir

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) tapir	tapirul	(niște) tapiri	tapirii
genitive/dative	(unui) tapir	tapirului	(unor) tapiri	tapirilor
vocative	tapirule		tapirilor

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /taˈpiɾ/ [t̪aˈpiɾ]
Rhymes: -iɾ
Syllabification: ta‧pir
Hyphenation: ta‧pir

Noun

tapir m (plural tapires)

tapir
Synonyms: (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Southern Mexico, Venezuela) danta, (Bolivia, Northern Argentina) anta, (Ecuador) vaca de monte, (Honduras, Nicaragua) danto, (Mexico) ante, (Panama, Colombian Pacific Coast) macho de monte, (Paraguay) mboreví, (Peru) sachavaca, (Southern Mexico) anteburro

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French tapir, from Old Tupi tapi'ira.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -iːr

Noun

tapir c

tapir

Declension

Declension of tapir
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	tapir	tapiren	tapirer	tapirerna
Genitive	tapirs	tapirens	tapirers	tapirernas

References

tapir in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
tapir in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

parti, pirat

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tapir (“tapir”), from French tapir, from Old Tupi tapi'ira.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ta‧pir

IPA^(key): /taˈpiɾ/, [tɐˈpiɾ]

Noun

tapír

tapir

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish طاپر‎ (tapir), from French tapir, from Old Tupi tapi'ira.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [tɑ.piɾ]

Noun

tapir (definite accusative tapiri, plural tapirler)

tapir

Declension

Inflection

Nominative

tapir

Definite accusative

tapiri

Singular

Plural

Nominative

tapir

tapirler

Definite accusative

tapiri

tapirleri

Dative

tapire

tapirlere

Locative

tapirde

tapirlerde

Ablative

tapirden

tapirlerden

Genitive

tapirin

tapirlerin

Possessive forms
Nominative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	tapirim	tapirlerim
2nd singular	tapirin	tapirlerin
3rd singular	tapiri	tapirleri
1st plural	tapirimiz	tapirlerimiz
2nd plural	tapiriniz	tapirleriniz
3rd plural	tapirleri	tapirleri
Definite accusative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	tapirimi	tapirlerimi
2nd singular	tapirini	tapirlerini
3rd singular	tapirini	tapirlerini
1st plural	tapirimizi	tapirlerimizi
2nd plural	tapirinizi	tapirlerinizi
3rd plural	tapirlerini	tapirlerini
Dative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	tapirime	tapirlerime
2nd singular	tapirine	tapirlerine
3rd singular	tapirine	tapirlerine
1st plural	tapirimize	tapirlerimize
2nd plural	tapirinize	tapirlerinize
3rd plural	tapirlerine	tapirlerine
Locative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	tapirimde	tapirlerimde
2nd singular	tapirinde	tapirlerinde
3rd singular	tapirinde	tapirlerinde
1st plural	tapirimizde	tapirlerimizde
2nd plural	tapirinizde	tapirlerinizde
3rd plural	tapirlerinde	tapirlerinde
Ablative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	tapirimden	tapirlerimden
2nd singular	tapirinden	tapirlerinden
3rd singular	tapirinden	tapirlerinden
1st plural	tapirimizden	tapirlerimizden
2nd plural	tapirinizden	tapirlerinizden
3rd plural	tapirlerinden	tapirlerinden
Genitive
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	tapirimin	tapirlerimin
2nd singular	tapirinin	tapirlerinin
3rd singular	tapirinin	tapirlerinin
1st plural	tapirimizin	tapirlerimizin
2nd plural	tapirinizin	tapirlerinizin
3rd plural	tapirlerinin	tapirlerinin

tapir

English

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Catalan

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Dutch

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French

Pronunciation

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Verb

Conjugation

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Noun

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Kashubian

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Middle English

Noun

Polish

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Descendants

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Portuguese

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Noun

Romanian

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Spanish

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Noun

Further reading

Swedish

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Tagalog

Etymology

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Noun

Turkish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension