tape

See also: tapé, tapè, and tápe

English

Etymology

From Middle English tape, tappe, from Old English tæppa, tæppe (“band, strip, ribbon, fillet, tape”). Probably akin to Old Frisian tapia (“to pull, rip, tear”), Middle Low German tappen, tāpen (“to grab, pull, rip, tear, snatch”), Middle High German zāfen, zāven (“to pull, tear”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /teɪ̯p/, [tʰeɪ̯p]
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪp

Noun

tape (plural tapes)

A videotape
  1. Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.
    Hand me some tape. I need to fix a tear in this paper.
  2. Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll.
    After the party there was tape all over the place.
  3. Finishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race.
    Jones broke the tape in 47.77 seconds, a new world record.
  4. Magnetic or optical recording media in a roll; videotape or audio tape.
    Did you get that on tape?
  5. Unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus
    Old couples sometimes will play tapes at each other during a fight.
  6. (trading, from ticker tape) The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades.
    Don’t fight the tape.
  7. (ice hockey) The wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of a hockey stick
    His pass was right on the tape.

Derived terms

Translations

Descendants

Verb

tape (third-person singular simple present tapes, present participle taping, simple past and past participle taped)

  1. To bind with adhesive tape.
    Can you tape that together, please?
  2. To record, particularly onto magnetic tape.
    You shouldn’t have said that. The microphone was on and we were taping.
  3. (informal, passive) To understand, figure out.
    I've finally got this thing taped.

Translations

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology 1

From English tape (“adhesive tape”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛjp/, [tˢɛjb̥]

Noun

tape c (singular definite tapen, not used in plural form)

  1. Scotch tape, adhesive tape
Usage notes

Rarely used in the sense video or audiocassette tape as a synonym to bånd. In this case it is neuter gender, singular definite tapet, plural indefinite tapes or tape, plural definite tapene.

Synonyms
  • klisterbånd
  • klæbestrimmel
Further reading

Etymology 2

From English tape (“to bind with adhesive tape”).

Pronunciation

  • infinitive IPA(key): /tɛjpə/, [ˈtˢɛjb̥ə]
  • imperative IPA(key): /tɛjp/, [tˢɛjb̥ˀ]

Verb

tape (imperative tape, infinitive at tape, present tense taper, past tense tapede, perfect tense er/har tapet)

  1. tape (to bind with adhesive tape) [from 1965]

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English tape.

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Noun

tape m (plural tapes, diminutive tapeje n)

  1. tape

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tap/

Noun

tape f (plural tapes)

  1. a gentle touch
  2. a pat

Verb

tape

  1. first-person singular present indicative of taper
  2. third-person singular present indicative of taper
  3. second-person singular imperative of taper

Further reading

Anagrams

Guaraní

Noun

tape

  1. path
  2. way
  3. street

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English tape.

Noun

tape m (definite singular tapen, indefinite plural taper, definite plural tapene)

  1. alternative form of teip

Verb

tape (present tense taper, past tense tapa or tapet, past participle tapa or tapet)

  1. alternative form of teipe

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tapa. Cognate with Danish tabe, Swedish tappa and Faroese tapa.

Verb

tape (present tense taper, past tense tapte, past participle tapt)

  1. to lose

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English tape.

Noun

tape m (definite singular tapen, indefinite plural tapar, definite plural tapane)

  1. alternative form of teip

Verb

tape (present tense tapar, past tense tapa, past participle tapa, passive infinitive tapast, present participle tapande, imperative tap/tape)

  1. alternative form of teipa

Etymology 2

Verb

tape (present tense tapar/taper, past tense tapa/tapte, past participle tapa/tapt, passive infinitive tapast, present participle tapande, imperative tape/tap)

  1. alternative form of tapa

References

Portuguese

Verb

tape

  1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of tapar
  2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of tapar
  3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of tapar
  4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of tapar

Spanish

Verb

tape

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of tapar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of tapar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of tapar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of tapar.

Noun

tape m (plural tapes)

  1. (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico) Scotch tape, tape
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