English-French translations for carpet

• tapis
  Ce dont nos entreprises ont besoin en Europe c’est d’un tapis rouge et de bureaucratie. What our business needs in Europe is a red carpet, not red tape.
  Rien qu'un tapis au milieu de la route et c'est tout. There was a simple carpet in the middle of the road and that was all.
  Les escamoter ou les pousser sous les tapis ne résout rien. Cover-ups or even sweeping issues under the carpet are not the answer.
• tapisser
• carpette
  Nous ne pouvons pas balayer sous la carpette les problèmes des minorités en Europe. We cannot sweep minority issues in Europe under the carpet.
• moquette
  En fait, tout ce qu'ils font, c'est soulever la moquette pour que la Commission puisse y cacher ses problèmes. What they are actually doing is lifting up the carpet for the Commission to sweep its problems under.

Definition of carpet

• A fabric used as a complete floor covering
• Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function
• Any of a number of moths in the geometrid subfamily
• A woman's pubic hair
• To lay carpet, or to have carpet installed, in an area
• To substantially cover something, as a carpet does; to blanket something
• To reprimand

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
• Popcorn and candy wrappers carpeted the floor of the cinema

Related words

• carpeting
• carpetbeater
• carpetbag
• carpetbagger
• carpetmaker
• carpetlayer
• Carpetanian
• carpet bombing
• carpet knife