Phrase guide

tape measure

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A graduated flexible ribbon used for measuring lengths.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the carpenter should have used his tape measure

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tape, tapeline

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: شَرْيِط قِيَاس (šaryiṭ qiyās) — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Arabic: مازورة (mazura) — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Bulgarian: шивашки метър (šivaški metǎr) — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Bulgarian: рулетка (ruletka) — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Catalan: cinta mètrica — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 捲尺 /卷尺 (juǎnchǐ) — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 皮尺 (píchǐ) — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Czech: metr — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Czech: pásmo — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Czech: svinovací metr — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Danish: målebånd — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Dutch: meetlint — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Dutch: centimeter — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Dutch: rolmaat (self-retracting) — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Esperanto: mezurbendo — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Estonian: mõõdulint — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Finnish: mittanauha — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • French: mètre ruban — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • French: ruban à mesurer — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Georgian: საზომი ლენტი (sazomi lenṭi) — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Georgian: ხვეულა (xveula) — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Georgian: რულეტი (ruleṭi) — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • German: Maßband — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Greek: μεζούρα (mezoúra) — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Greek: μετροταινία (metrotainía) — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Hebrew: סרט מידה — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Hindi: मापक फीता (māpak phītā) — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Hungarian: mérőszalag — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Hungarian: centiméter — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Hungarian: centi — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Icelandic: málband — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Indonesian: pita ukur — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Irish: miosúr — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Italian: metro a nastro — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Japanese: メジャー (mejā) — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Japanese: 巻き尺 (makijaku) — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Kannada: ಅಳತೆ ಪಟ್ಟಿ (aḷate paṭṭi) — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Khmer: ម៉ែត្រមូរ (maet muu) — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Khmer: ម៉ែត្រសំពត់ (maet sɑmpʊət) — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Korean: 줄자 (julja) — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Macedonian: метро (metro) — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Malay: pita ukur — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Māori: taura ine — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Māori: rūri tākai — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Mongolian: метр (metr) — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Mongolian: эвхдэг метр (evxdeg metr) — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Mongolian: ороомол тохой (oroomol toxoj) — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Navajo: bee ídaʼneelʼąąhí — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Norwegian Bokmål: målebånd — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Plautdietsch: Motbaunt — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Polish: taśma miernicza — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Polish: metrówka — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Polish: miarka — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Portuguese: fita métrica — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Portuguese: trena — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Romanian: ruletă — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Russian: метр (metr) — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Russian: сантиме́тр (santimétr) — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Russian: ме́рная ле́нта (mérnaja lénta) — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Russian: руле́тка (rulétka) — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Scottish Gaelic: ribean-tomhais — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Serbo-Croatian: метални метар (metalni metar) — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Spanish: metro — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Spanish: cinta métrica — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Spanish: flexómetro — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Spanish: güincha — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Spanish: lienza — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Spanish: wincha — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Swedish: måttband — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Tagalog: medida — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Tagalog: panukat — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Tamil: அளக்கும் நாடா (aḷakkum nāṭā) — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Telugu: టేప్ కొలత (ṭēp kolata) — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Thai: สายวัด — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Thai: ตลับเมตร — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Tibetan: ཁྲེ་རྩེ་སྒྲིལ་མ (khre rtse sgril ma) — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Tibetan: སྒྲིལ་ཁྲེ (sgril khre) — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Tibetan: དྲིལ་ཁྲུ (dril khru) — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Turkish: şerit metre — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Ottoman Turkish: مساحه شریدی (mesaha şeridi) — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Vietnamese: thước dây — graduated ribbon for length measurement
  • Welsh: tâp mesur — graduated ribbon for length measurement