taps

See also: Taps, TAPs, and TAPS

English

Etymology

From tap (noun) +‎ -sCategory:English terms suffixed with -s (pluralia tantum)#TAPS. Noun 1 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(“signal for extinguishing all lights in soldiers’ quarters and retiring to bed”) is from the fact that the signal was originally made using a drum.[1]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

Noun

taps pl (plural only)Category:English lemmas#TAPSCategory:English nouns#TAPSCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#TAPSCategory:English pluralia tantum#TAPSCategory:Pages with entries#TAPSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#TAPS

  2. (militaryCategory:en:Military#TAPS) 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.
    Coordinate terms: reveille, tattooCategory:English links with manual fragments#TAPS

Translations

See also

Noun

tapsCategory:English non-lemma forms#TAPSCategory:English noun forms#TAPSCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#TAPSCategory:Pages with entries#TAPSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#TAPS

  1. plural of tap

Verb

tapsCategory:English non-lemma forms#TAPSCategory:English verb forms#TAPSCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#TAPSCategory:Pages with entries#TAPSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#TAPS

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tap

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References

Anagrams

Catalan

Noun

tapsCategory:Catalan non-lemma forms#TAPSCategory:Catalan noun forms#TAPSCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#TAPSCategory:Pages with entries#TAPSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#TAPS

  1. plural of tap

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

taps (not comparable)Category:Dutch lemmas#TAPSCategory:Dutch adjectives#TAPSCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#TAPSCategory:Pages with entries#TAPSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#TAPS

  1. tapered

Declension

Declension of taps
uninflected taps
inflected tapse
comparative —
positive
predicative/adverbial taps
indefinite m./f. sing. tapse
n. sing. taps
plural tapse
definite tapse
partitive taps

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Hungarian

Etymology

Back-formation from tapsolCategory:Hungarian back-formations#TAPS. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.Category:Hungarian words originating from the language reform#TAPS

Pronunciation

Noun

taps (plural tapsok)Category:Hungarian lemmas#TAPSCategory:Hungarian nouns#TAPSCategory:Hungarian entries with incorrect language header#TAPSCategory:Pages with entries#TAPSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#TAPS

  1. applause, clapping

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • taps in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Latvian

Verb

tapsCategory:Latvian non-lemma forms#TAPSCategory:Latvian verb forms#TAPSCategory:Latvian entries with incorrect language header#TAPSCategory:Pages with entries#TAPSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#TAPS

  1. third-person singular/plural future indicative of tapt

Lithuanian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Lithuanian entries#TAPS

Pronunciation

Verb

tàpsCategory:Lithuanian non-lemma forms#TAPSCategory:Lithuanian verb forms#TAPSCategory:Lithuanian entries with incorrect language header#TAPSCategory:Pages with entries#TAPSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#TAPS

  1. third-person singular future of tapti (become)
  2. third-person plural future of tapti (become)
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