Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A fabric used as a complete floor covering.

    Teppich, Teppichboden

    ковёрkovjór

    ки́лимkýlym, дива́нdyván

    floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)

  2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function.

    ковёрkovjór

  3. (countable, uncountable)Any of a number of moths in the geometrid subfamily Larentiinae

  4. (countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar)A woman's pubic hair.

  5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A wrought cover for tables.

Examples

288 sentences
  1. I spilled my coffee on the carpet.

    Я пролив каву на килим. — aandrusiak

    ruЯ пролил кофе на ковёр. — Olya

    deIch habe meinen Kaffee auf dem Teppich verschüttet. — Dejo

  2. Does your carpet match your drapes?

    Чи підходить твій килим до штор? — DemonicSatori

    ruТвой ковёр подходит к шторам? — carlosalberto

    dePasst Ihr Teppich zu Ihren Vorhängen? — carlosalberto

  3. I hate this carpet.

    Ненавиджу цей килим. — deniko

    ruМеня бесит этот ковёр. — marafon

  4. Antique carpets are especially valuable.

    Старовинні килими особливо цінні. — Ahha

    ruСтаринные ковры особенно ценны. — odexed

    deAntike Teppiche sind besonders wertvoll. — xtofu80

  5. We want a new carpet.

    Ми хочемо новий килим. — brambury

    ruМы хотим новый ковер. — tirpitz

    deWir wollen einen neuen Teppich. — MUIRIEL

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a fabric used as a floor covering:
Русский
By meaning 1
a fabric used as a floor covering:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a fabric used as a floor covering:

Origin

From late Middle English carpette, from Old French carpite, from Medieval Latin carpita or

From late Middle English carpette, from Old French carpite, from Medieval Latin carpita or 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).

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Forms

plural: carpets
Singularcarpet
Pluralcarpets

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile):rugcarpeting

Word family

60 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • a new carpet
  • new carpet
  • new carpet for
  • on the carpet

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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