taper

Significado (Inglês)

Noun

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

Verb

1. To make thinner or narrower at one end.
2. To become thinner or narrower at one end.
3. To diminish gradually.
4. (of a central bank) To tighten monetary policy.

Adj

Tapered; narrowing to a point.

Sinônimos

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

keyer

coning

small candle

grade of slope

slope gradient

circular cone

falling gradient

pointed cone

spray-cone

degree of slope

pyramis ossis temporatis

abridge

conical contour

ascent

ax

axe

🪓

bank

🏦

bate

bridge over

candlelight

conic

conical

conoid

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈteɪpə/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: taper

Herdado de inglês arcaico: tapor

Cognato com irlandês: tapar

Cognato com galês: tampr

Cognato com sânscrito: 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.