taps
English
editEtymology
editFrom tap (noun) + -s. Sense 1 (“signal for extinguishing all lights in soldiers’ quarters and retiring to bed”) is from the fact that the signal was originally made using a drum.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /tæps/
- Rhymes: -æps
Noun
edittaps pl (plural only)
- (military) A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed, usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo; the signal is sometimes also given during the funeral of a soldier.
Translations
editsignal for extinguishing all lights in soldiers’ quarters and retiring to bed
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Noun
edittaps
Verb
edittaps
- third-person singular simple present indicative of tap
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ “tap2, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Anagrams
editCatalan
editNoun
edittaps
Dutch
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Adjective
edittaps (not comparable)
Declension
editDeclension of taps | ||||
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uninflected | taps | |||
inflected | tapse | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | taps | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | tapse | ||
n. sing. | taps | |||
plural | tapse | |||
definite | tapse | |||
partitive | taps |
Anagrams
editHungarian
editEtymology
editBack-formation from tapsol. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittaps (plural tapsok)
Declension
editInflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | taps | tapsok |
accusative | tapsot | tapsokat |
dative | tapsnak | tapsoknak |
instrumental | tapssal | tapsokkal |
causal-final | tapsért | tapsokért |
translative | tapssá | tapsokká |
terminative | tapsig | tapsokig |
essive-formal | tapsként | tapsokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | tapsban | tapsokban |
superessive | tapson | tapsokon |
adessive | tapsnál | tapsoknál |
illative | tapsba | tapsokba |
sublative | tapsra | tapsokra |
allative | tapshoz | tapsokhoz |
elative | tapsból | tapsokból |
delative | tapsról | tapsokról |
ablative | tapstól | tapsoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
tapsé | tapsoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
tapséi | tapsokéi |
Possessive forms of taps | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | tapsom | tapsaim |
2nd person sing. | tapsod | tapsaid |
3rd person sing. | tapsa | tapsai |
1st person plural | tapsunk | tapsaink |
2nd person plural | tapsotok | tapsaitok |
3rd person plural | tapsuk | tapsaik |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- taps in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Latvian
editVerb
edittaps
Lithuanian
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editVerb
edittàps
- third-person singular future of tapti (become)
- third-person plural future of tapti (become)
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- English terms suffixed with -s (pluralia tantum)
- English 1-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/æps
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English pluralia tantum
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- English non-lemma forms
- English noun forms
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- Catalan non-lemma forms
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- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch adjectives
- Hungarian back-formations
- Hungarian words originating from the language reform
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ɒpʃ
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ɒpʃ/1 syllable
- Hungarian lemmas
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- Latvian non-lemma forms
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- Lithuanian terms with IPA pronunciation
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