carpet

Significado (English)

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.

Synonyms

rug

mat

blanket

carpeting

carpet-shaped

matting

cover

floor covering

cushion

cope

covering

disguise

drape

drugget

encase

engulf

flood

front

grow over

hatchet

incase

linoleum

mantle

mask

😷

mattress

moquette

obliterate

obscure

obstruct

occult

overgrow

paste

scatter rug

scold

screen

shroud

smother

snake

🐍

spread

stall

strafe

strew

submerge

table-cloth

tapestry

tapis

tell off

throw

tick off

white out

veil

whiteout

blank out

come down on

drown out

floorcloth

footcloth

anything spread

durrie

lay a carpet

rya

soft surface

furnish with a carpet

spread with a carpet

cloth covering

mound over

nominal head

rapestry to cover

bathe

floor rug

block out

cake

🍰

canopy

cap

case

cloak

clothe

conceal

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈkɑː(ɹ)pɪt/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from inglês médio: carpette

In summary

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).

Frases

When the carpet and the curtains caught fire , it was getting warm .

Quando o tapete e as cortinas pegaram fogo, ele estava esquentando.