taper

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. A slender wax candle.
2. (broadly) A small light.
3. A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object.
4. The portion of an object with such a form.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of machine taper.
6. A thin stick used for lighting candles, either a wax-coated wick or a slow-burning wooden rod.
7. A cone-shaped item for stretching the hole for an ear gauge (piercing).
8. (figuratively) Gradual reduction over time.

Verb

1. (transitive) To make thinner or narrower at one end.
2. (intransitive) To become thinner or narrower at one end.
3. (ambitransitive) To diminish gradually.
4. (intransitive) To tighten monetary policy.

Adj

Tapered; narrowing to a point.

Conceptes

espelma

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candela

🕯️

ble

afuar

afilar

Sinònims

candle

🕯️

narrow

cone

point

sharpen

wax light

decrease

wick

diminish

pyramid

cone-shaped

contract

deduct

detract

dock

downsize

dwindle

expense

fastigiate

grade

hold down

inclination

lessen

limit

narrowing

penetrator

pineal

plug

primer

rake

rationalise

rationalize

reduce

shrink

slope

spunk

subtract

subulate

take in

tapered

throttle

tightened

tinder

touchwood

trim

wane

weaken

factor out

trim back

basiconic

Traduccions

Verjüngung

effiler

zuspitzen

spitz zulaufen

rastremare

waskaars

manipulador

candela

cierge

cereus

κερί

tailler en pointe

bougie

🕯️

abschrägen

dünne Wachskerze

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈteɪpə/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: taper

Heretat de anglès antic: tapor

Cognat amb irlandès: tapar

Cognat amb gal·lès: tampr

Cognat amb sànscrit: तपती

In summary

From Middle English taper, from Old English tapor (“taper, candle, wick of a lamp”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Latin papyrus (“papyrus", used in Mediaeval times to mean "wick of a candle”). If so, it is a doublet of papyrus. Alternatively, of Celtic origin related to Irish tapar (“taper”), Welsh tampr (“a taper, torch”); further compare Sanskrit तपती (tápati, “(it) warms, gives out heat, is hot; (it) heats”). More at tepid.