noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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tă'pəstrē
/ˈtæpəstɹi/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A heavy woven cloth, often with decorative pictorial designs, normally hung on walls.
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
Anything with variegated or complex details.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To decorate with tapestry, or as if with a tapestry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: arras
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hanging, wall hanging
5
noun
Meaning 5
a heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tapis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fabric, cloth, material, textile
6
noun
Meaning 6
something that resembles a tapestry in its complex pictorial designs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the tapestry of European history
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: complexity, complexness
History
Etymology
From Middle English tapestrie, from Old French tapisserie (“tapestry”), from Ancient Greek τάπης (tápēs), from an Iranian source.
Across languages
Translations
52 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
гоблен
(goblen)
— heavy woven cloth
Catalan:
tapís
— heavy woven cloth
Chinese Mandarin:
壁毯
(bìtǎn)
— heavy woven cloth
Chinese Mandarin:
掛毯 /挂毯
(guàtǎn)
— heavy woven cloth
Chinese Mandarin:
織錦 /织锦
(zhījǐn)
— heavy woven cloth
Czech:
tapiserie
— heavy woven cloth
Danish:
gobelin
— heavy woven cloth
Dutch:
gobelin
— heavy woven cloth
Dutch:
wandtapijt
— heavy woven cloth
Esperanto:
tapeto
— heavy woven cloth
Esperanto:
gobelino
— heavy woven cloth
Finnish:
seinävaate
— heavy woven cloth
French:
tapisserie
— heavy woven cloth
Galician:
tapiz
— heavy woven cloth
German:
Wandteppich
— heavy woven cloth
German:
Bildteppich
— heavy woven cloth
German:
Bildwirkerei
— heavy woven cloth
German:
Tapisserie
— heavy woven cloth
German:
Gobelin
— heavy woven cloth
Italian:
arazzo
— heavy woven cloth
Italian:
tappezzeria
— heavy woven cloth
Japanese:
タペストリー
(tapesutorī)
— heavy woven cloth
Māori:
tui raumata
— heavy woven cloth
Middle English:
tapiserie
— heavy woven cloth
Middle English:
tapestrie
— heavy woven cloth
Polish:
tapiseria
— heavy woven cloth
Portuguese:
tapeçaria
— heavy woven cloth
Romanian:
tapiserie
— heavy woven cloth
Russian:
гобеле́н
(gobelén)
— heavy woven cloth
Russian:
шпалера
(špalera)
— heavy woven cloth
Serbo-Croatian:
таписѐрија
— heavy woven cloth
Serbo-Croatian:
tapisèrija
— heavy woven cloth
Spanish:
tapiz
— heavy woven cloth
Swedish:
gobeläng
— heavy woven cloth
Turkish:
duvar halısı
— heavy woven cloth
Turkish:
duvar kilimi
— heavy woven cloth
Ottoman Turkish:
زار
(zar)
— heavy woven cloth
Ukrainian:
вереня
(verenja)
— heavy woven cloth
Yiddish:
גאָבעלען
(gobelen)
— heavy woven cloth
Yiddish:
וואַנטגעוועב
(vantgeveb)
— heavy woven cloth
Yiddish:
באַשלאָג
(bashlog)
— heavy woven cloth
Chinese Mandarin:
畫卷 /画卷
(huàjuàn)
— anything with variegated or complex details
Chinese Mandarin:
織錦 /织锦
(zhījǐn)
— anything with variegated or complex details
Chinese Mandarin:
馬賽克 /马赛克
(mǎsàikè)
— anything with variegated or complex details
Finnish:
kudos
— anything with variegated or complex details
Finnish:
labyrintti
— anything with variegated or complex details
French:
mosaïque
— anything with variegated or complex details
Spanish:
tapiz
— anything with variegated or complex details
Finnish:
koristella seinävaattein
— to decorate with tapestry
French:
tapisser
— to decorate with tapestry
Spanish:
tapizar
— to decorate with tapestry
Ottoman Turkish:
زارلامق
(zarlamak)
— to decorate with tapestry
