taper

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

effiler

chandelle

🅰️

cierge

bougie

🕯️

tailler en pointe

rétrécir

taper

manipulateur

tailler en cône

affiler

angle d’ouverture du prisme

affûter

cône

mèche

point

Synonymes

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

Traductions

Verjüngung

zuspitzen

spitz zulaufen

manipulador

waskaars

rastremare

kaars

🕯️

diminuir

dünne Wachskerze

candela

cereus

κερί

abschrägen

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈteɪpə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: taper

Hérité de ancien anglais: tapor

Appartenant à irlandais: tapar

Appartenant à gallois: tampr

Appartenant à sanskrit: 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.