carpet

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. A fabric used as a complete floor covering.
2. Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function.
3. Any of a number of moths in the geometrid subfamily Larentiinae
4. (obsolete) A wrought cover for tables.
5. (slang) A woman's pubic hair.

Verb

1. To lay carpet, or to have carpet installed, in an area.
2. To substantially cover something, as a carpet does; to blanket something.
3. To reprimand.

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈkɑː(ɹ)pɪt/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From late Middle English carpette, from Old French carpite, from Medieval Latin carpita/Italian carpita, introduced in the 13th century by the Florentines from the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, from Middle Armenian կարպետ (karpet, “carpet, rug”), earlier կապերտ (kapert).