tapis

American  

[tap-ee, tap-is, ta-pee] / ˈtæp i, ˈtæp ɪs, tæˈpi /

noun

• tapis
  plural

1. Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.

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idioms

1. on the tapis, under consideration or discussion.

   A new housing development for that area is on the tapis.

tapis British  

/ ˈtæpɪ, tapi, ˈtæpiː /

noun

1. tapestry or carpeting, esp as formerly used to cover a table in a council chamber

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• tapis
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of tapis

1485–95; < Middle French; Old French tapiz ≪ Greek tapḗtion little carpet, equivalent to tapēt- (stem of tápēs ) carpet + -ion diminutive suffix

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Example Sentences

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tapis

For a project at a London townhouse, yews clipped into massive rectangles are lined up colonnade-style, framing an impeccable tapis vert that is reached by ascending a broad flight of limestone steps.

From Architectural Digest ● May 20, 2015

I hear that a new order of Knighthood is on the tapis — O.M.G.

From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2014

"We won't roll out the tapis rouge to firms who don't want to work in the UK," she pledges.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 25, 2013

Something of the kind was just then reported upon the tapis.

From The Finger of Fate A Romance by Mayne Reid

One night it chanced that many travellers—Bates, Baines, and Winwoode Reade among them—were present, and the question of a certain kind of dust-storms came on the tapis.

From Tennyson and His Friends by Various

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