noun · verb · 13 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈkɑː.pɪt/
General-American:/ˈkɑɹ.pət/
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)pɪt
rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)pət
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A fabric used as a complete floor covering.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Any of a number of moths in the geometrid subfamily Larentiinae
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A wrought cover for tables.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A woman's pubic hair.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
verb
Meaning 6
To lay carpet, or to have carpet installed, in an area.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
After the fire, they carpeted over the blackened hardwood flooring.
The builders were carpeting in the living room when Zadie inspected her new house.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
verb
Meaning 7
To substantially cover something, as a carpet does; to blanket something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
Popcorn and candy wrappers carpeted the floor of the cinema.
2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/03/macaques-monkeys-indonesia-endangered-pet-trade/ The town of Tompasobaru, a six-hour drive from Tangkoko, is known for the fragrant cloves that carpet the front yards of homes, drying on tarps in the sun. But in the town’s open market, the air hung heavy with the metallic smell of the butcher’s wares.
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8
verb
Meaning 8
To reprimand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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9
noun
Meaning 9
floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
a natural object that resembles or suggests a carpet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a carpet of flowers
the larvae of some moths spin a web that resembles a carpet
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: natural object
11
verb
Meaning 11
cover with a carpet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
carpet the floors of the house
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cover
12
verb
Meaning 12
cover completely, as if with a carpet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
flowers carpeted the meadows
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cover
13
verb
Meaning 13
form a carpet-like cover (over)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cover, spread over
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Old Armenian կապերտ (kapert) Middle Armenian կարպետ (karpet)bor. Medieval Latin carpitader. Old French carpitebor. Middle English carpette English carpet 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).
Across languages
Translations
221 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
tapyt
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Ainu:
ソカㇻペ
(sokarpe)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Albanian:
cergë
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Albanian:
qilim
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Albanian:
dramidhe
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Amharic:
መንጣፍ
(mänṭaf)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Arabic:
سَجَّادَة
(sajjāda)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Arabic:
بِسَاط
(bisāṭ)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Arabic:
زُرْبِيّة
(zurbiyya)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Arabic:
زَرْبِيّة
(zarbiyya)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Arabic:
زِرْبِيّة
(zirbiyya)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Arabic:
فَرْش
(farš)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Arabic:
سجادة
(segāda)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Arabic:
سيادة
(siyyāda)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Arabic:
سِجَّادة
(sijjāda)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Arabic:
زربية
(zarbiyya)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Arabic:
سِجَّادة
(sijjāde)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Armenian:
գորգ
(gorg)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Armenian:
կարպետ
(karpet)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Azerbaijani:
xalça
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Azerbaijani:
xalı
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Azerbaijani:
fərş
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Bashkir:
келәм
(keləm)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Bashkir:
балаҫ
(balaś)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Basque:
alfonbra
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Belarusian:
кілі́м
(kilím)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Belarusian:
дыва́н
(dyván)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Bengali:
গালিচা
(galica)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Bulgarian:
кили́м
(kilím)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Bulgarian:
моке́т
(mokét)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Burmese:
ကော်ဇော
(kaujau:)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Catalan:
moqueta
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Catalan:
catifa
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Chechen:
куз
(kuz)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Cherokee:
ᎠᏰᏍᏓᎥ
(ayesdav)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Chinese Cantonese:
地毯
(dei6 taam2)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Chinese Cantonese:
地氈 /地毡
(dei6 zin1)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Chinese Mandarin:
地毯
(dìtǎn)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Chinese Mandarin:
地氈 /地毡
(dìzhān)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Coptic:
ⲕⲟⲩⲫⲁⲧ
(kouphat)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Cornish:
leurlen
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Czech:
koberec
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Danish:
tæppe
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Dutch:
tapijt
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Dutch:
vloerkleed
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Esperanto:
tapiŝo
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Estonian:
vaip
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Finnish:
matto
— a fabric used as a floor covering
French:
tapis
— a fabric used as a floor covering
French:
moquette
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Friulian:
tapêt
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Galician:
alfombra
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Georgian:
ხალიჩა
(xaliča)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Georgian:
ნოხი
(noxi)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Georgian:
ორხო
(orxo)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
German:
Teppich
— a fabric used as a floor covering
German:
Teppichboden
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Greek:
χαλί
(chalí)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Greek:
τάπητας
(tápitas)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Ancient Greek:
τάπης
(tápēs)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Haitian Creole:
tapi
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Hebrew:
שָׁטִיחַ
(shatíakh)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Hebrew:
מַרְבָד
(marvád)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Hindi:
गिलीम
(gilīm)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Hindi:
क़ाली
(qālī)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Hindi:
फ़र्श
(farś)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Hindi:
क़ालीन
(qālīn)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Hindi:
गलीचा
(galīcā)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Hindi:
ग़लीचा
(ġalīcā)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Hungarian:
szőnyeg
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Icelandic:
teppi
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Ido:
mato
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Ido:
tapiso
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Indonesian:
karpet
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Ingrian:
maakangas
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Ingush:
кӏувс
(kʼuvs)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Irish:
cairpéad
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Italian:
tappeto
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Italian:
moquette
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Japanese:
絨毯
(jūtan)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Japanese:
カーペット
(kāpetto)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Kaitag:
халча́
(ꭓalčá)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Kaitag:
тӏамса́
(ṭamsá)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Kaitag:
чӏянкӏа́
(č̣ənḳá)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Kaitag:
сума́гъ
(sumáɣ)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Kalmyk:
кевс
(kevs)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Kannada:
ರತ್ನಗಂಬಳಿ
(ratnagambaḷi)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Kazakh:
кілем
(kılem)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Khmer:
និសីទន
(nisəytĕəʼnĕəʼ)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Khmer:
កំរាល
(kɑmraal)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Korean:
양탄자
(yangtanja)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Korean:
융단
(yungdan)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Korean:
카펫
(kapet)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Central Kurdish:
فەرش
(ferş)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Northern Kurdish:
ferş
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Northern Kurdish:
kilîm
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Northern Kurdish:
xalîçe
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Kyrgyz:
килем
(kilem)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Lao:
ພົມ
(phom)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Latgalian:
pokluotive
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Latin:
tapēs
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Latin:
strāgulum
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Latvian:
paklājs
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Limburgish:
kerpèt
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Lithuanian:
kilimas
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Macedonian:
тепих
(tepih)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Macedonian:
ќилим
(ḱilim)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Malagasy:
karipetra
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Malagasy:
lafike
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Malay:
permaidani
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Maltese:
tapit
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Māori:
whāriki
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Māori:
kāpeti
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Mongolian:
хивс
(xivs)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Mongolian:
дороож
(doroož)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Mongolian:
ᠬᠡᠪᠢᠰ
(kebis)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Navajo:
diyogí
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Norman:
tapis
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Norwegian Bokmål:
teppe
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Occitan:
tapís
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Occitan:
moqueta
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Old English:
brǽdels
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Ossetian:
гауыз
(gawyz)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Pashto:
غالۍ
(ǧālᶕy)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Iranian Persian:
قالی
(ġâli)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Iranian Persian:
فَرْش
(farš)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Iranian Persian:
موکِت
(moket)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Iranian Persian:
قالین
(ġâlin)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Iranian Persian:
قالیچِه
(ġâliče)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Plautdietsch:
Teppich
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Polish:
dywan
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Polish:
kobierzec
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Portuguese:
carpete
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Portuguese:
tapete
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Portuguese:
alcatifa
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Punjabi:
ਕਾਰਪੇਟ
(kārpeṭ)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Quechua:
mast'a
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Romanian:
covor
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Russian:
ковёр
(kovjór)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Scottish Gaelic:
brat-ùrlair
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Scottish Gaelic:
tapais
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Serbo-Croatian:
тѐпих
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Serbo-Croatian:
ћѝлим
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Serbo-Croatian:
tèpih
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Serbo-Croatian:
ćìlim
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Sindhi:
قالين
(qālẽ)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Sinhalese:
කාපට්
(kāpaṭ)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Slovak:
koberec
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Slovene:
preproga
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Spanish:
alfombra
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Spanish:
moqueta
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Swahili:
zulia
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Swedish:
matta
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Tagalog:
alpombra
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Tajik:
гилем
(gilem)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Tajik:
қолин
(qolin)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Tajik:
фарш
(farš)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Tamil:
கம்பளம்
(kampaḷam)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Taos:
hálgoną
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Tarifit:
ajartir
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Tarifit:
tajartitš
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Tat:
həlou (pileless)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Tatar:
келәм
(keläm)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Thai:
พรม
(prom)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Tibetan:
གདན
(gdan)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Tibetan:
བཞུགས་གདན
(bzhugs gdan)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Tibetan:
རུམ
(rum)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Tibetan:
གྲུམ་རྩེ
(grum rtse)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Tibetan:
ཁ་གདན
(kha gdan)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Tigrinya:
ምንጻፍ
(mənṣaf)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Turkish:
halı
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Turkish:
kilim
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Ottoman Turkish:
خالی
(halı)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Ottoman Turkish:
كلیم
(kilim)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Turkmen:
haly
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Ukrainian:
ки́лим
(kýlym)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Ukrainian:
дива́н
(dyván)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Urdu:
گَلِیم
(galīm)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Urdu:
فَرْش
(farś)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Urdu:
قالِین
(qālīn)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Urdu:
بِساط
(bisāt)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Urdu:
غَلِیچَہ
(ġalīca)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Urdu:
قالی
(qālī)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Urdu:
غالِیچَہ
(ġālīca)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Urdu:
قالِیچَہ
(qālīca)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Uyghur:
گىلەم
(gilem)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Uzbek:
gilam
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Vietnamese:
thảm
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Welsh:
carped
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Welsh:
carpedi
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Yiddish:
טעפּיך
(tepikh)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Zazaki:
cıl (diq)
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Zulu:
ikhaphethe
— a fabric used as a floor covering
Dutch:
tapijt
— any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function
Greek:
στρώμα
(stróma)
— any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function
Greek:
τάπητας
(tápitas)
— any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function
Ido:
tapiso
— any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function
Russian:
ковёр
(kovjór)
— any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function
Swedish:
matta
— any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function
Welsh:
carped
— any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function
Welsh:
gorchudd
— any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function
Welsh:
trwch
— any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function
Bulgarian:
застилам
(zastilam)
— to lay carpet
Dutch:
tapijt leggen
— to lay carpet
Dutch:
vloerkleed leggen
— to lay carpet
French:
tapisser
— to lay carpet
German:
mit Teppichboden auslegen
— to lay carpet
Icelandic:
teppaleggja
— to lay carpet
Central Kurdish:
فەرش راخِستِن
(ferş raxistin)
— to lay carpet