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carpet

Pronunciation: /ˈkɑː.pɪt/

The English word “carpet” has 8 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A fabric used as a complete floor covering.
  2. Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function.
  3. Any of a number of moths in the geometrid subfamily Larentiinae
  4. A wrought cover for tables.
  5. A woman's pubic hair.

verb

  1. To lay carpet, or to have carpet installed, in an area.
  2. To substantially cover something, as a carpet does; to blanket something.
  3. To reprimand.

Etymology

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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