Tapir

//ˈteɪpiːə(ɹ)//

Synonyms for "tapir" (15 found)

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Closest matches (3)

animal antelope armadillo

Strong matches (5)

bat elephant hare horse

Noun(1 words)

bush cow

Related words (7)

kangaroo mammal opossum pig platypus rat

Noun(1 words)

mountain cow

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

4 relation types

More general

3 entries

odd-toed ungulate perissodactyl perissodactyl mammal

More specific

18 entries

Amazonian tapir Asian tapir Baird's tapir Brazilian tapir California tapir Central American tapir Indian tapir Malayan tapir Malaysian tapir New World tapir South American tapir giant tapir hog tapir kabomani tapir lowland tapir maned tapir

Showing 16 of 18 words.

is a

2 entries

mammal odd toed ungulate

related to

5 entries

odd toed prehensile tapiridae taxonomic ungulate

Translations

88 translations across 64 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

tapir noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Arabic

1 entries

تَابِير noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Armenian

1 entries

գետակինճ noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Assamese

1 entries

টাপিৰা noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Asturian

1 entries

tapir noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Basque

1 entries

tapir noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Batek

1 entries

baghik noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Belarusian

1 entries

тапір noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Bulgarian

1 entries

тапир noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Canela

1 entries

cukryt noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Catalan

1 entries

tapir noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

تاپیر noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Ceq Wong

1 entries

grĕbel noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

貘 noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Czech

1 entries

tapír noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Danish

1 entries

tapir noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Desano

1 entries

weku noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Dutch

2 entries

boskoe noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)
tapir noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Esperanto

1 entries

tapiro noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Finnish

1 entries

tapiiri noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

French

2 entries

maïpouri noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)
tapir noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

German

1 entries

Tapir noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Greek

1 entries

τάπιρος noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Hebrew

1 entries

טפיר noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Hindi

1 entries

टपीर noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Hungarian

1 entries

tapír noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Icelandic

1 entries

káputapír noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Ido

1 entries

tapiro noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Indonesian

3 entries

babi alu noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)
cipan noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)
tenuk noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Italian

1 entries

tapiro noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Jahai

2 entries

baroong noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)
barét noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Japanese

1 entries

バク noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Kazakh

1 entries

салпыерін noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Korean

1 entries

맥 noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Kuna

1 entries

moli noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Latvian

1 entries

tapirs noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Lithuanian

1 entries

tapyras noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Malay

4 entries

badak babi noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)
badak murai noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)
badak tampung noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)
cipan noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Murui Huitoto

1 entries

zuruma noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Nahuatl

1 entries

tlācaxōlōtl noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Norwegian

1 entries

tapir noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Old Tupi

1 entries

tapi'ira noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Pirahã

1 entries

kabatií noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Polish

1 entries

tapir noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Portuguese

2 entries

anta noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)
tapir noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Quechua

1 entries

sach'a waka noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Romanian

1 entries

tapir noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Russian

1 entries

тапи́р noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Semnam

1 entries

baroong noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

tapir noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)
тапир noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Slovene

1 entries

tapir noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Spanish

4 entries

anta noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)
anteburro noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)
danta noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)
danto noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Swedish

1 entries

tapir noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Tagalog

1 entries

tapir noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Temiar

1 entries

barééw noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Temoq

1 entries

naq bĕrtampal noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Thai

1 entries

สมเสร็จ noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Turkish

1 entries

tapir noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Uyghur

1 entries

تاپىر noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Vietnamese

2 entries

heo vòi noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)
lợn vòi noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Volapük

1 entries

tapir noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Wapishana

1 entries

kodoi noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Yucatec Maya

1 entries

tsíimin noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Yuracare

1 entries

wenche noun (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A tapir is a mammal with prehensile lips for eating tree foliage.

Source: tatoeba (10890252)

I saw a tapir in the zoo, and it is one of those animals that is so ugly, it is cute.

Source: tatoeba (10913603)

Once a dark, clumsy tapir stared at us from a gap in the bushes, and then lumbered away through the forest; once, too, the yellow, sinuous form of a great puma whisked amid the brushwood, and its green, baleful eyes glared hatred at us over its tawny shoulder.

Source: wiktionary

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