tapin

See also: tap-in and tap in

Catalan

Verb

tapin

1. inflection of tapar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Finnish

Noun

tapin

1. genitive singular of tappi

Anagrams

• napit, panit, patin, pinta, tipan

French

Etymology

taper +‎ -in

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.pɛ̃/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Noun

tapin m (plural tapins)

1. (obsolete) drummer
2. (colloquial) daily grind; job
3. (colloquial) touting; soliciting (for sex work)
   • 2006, Virginie Despentes, “Coucher avec l'ennemi”, in King Kong Théorie [King Kong Theory], Éditions Grasset, →ISBN, page 59:

     Raconter mon expérience. C'est difficile. Entrer dans le tapin, à l'époque, l'était beaucoup moins.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

4. (colloquial, by extension) prostitute
   • 2006, Virginie Despentes, “Coucher avec l'ennemi”, in King Kong Théorie [King Kong Theory], Éditions Grasset, →ISBN, page 69:

     Les gens aimaient prendre des têtes d'incrédules quand on leur annonce qu'on a travaillé comme tapin, mais c'est comme pour le viol : une vaste hypocrisie.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• tapiner

Further reading

• “tapin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Welsh

Alternative forms

• tapina

Etymology

From Old French tapon.

Noun

tapin m (plural tapinau)

1. blanket, coverlet, counterpane, cover, quilt, tapestry, carpet

Synonyms

• blanced
• cylched
• gwrthban
• planced

Mutation

Mutated forms of tapin

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tapin	dapin	nhapin	thapin

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tapin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies