Meanings
teepee1
plural teepees · alternative tepee · alternative tipi
- A cone-shaped tent traditionally used by many native peoples of the Great Plains of North America.
- A conical formation of small flammable sticks leaning on each other, in roughly the shape of an Indian teepee, built over smaller tinder such as cotton or leaves.
teepee2
present singular third person teepees · participle present teepeeing · participle past teepeed · past teepeed
- alternativeAlternative form of TP (“to cover with toilet paper”).
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of TP (“toilet paper”).
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna Native American tent; usually of conical shape
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From the Lakota word thípi (/ˈtʰipi/), which consists of two elements: the verb thí (“to dwell”), and pi, a pluralising enclitic (a suffix-like ending that marks the subject of the verb as plural), which means they dwell. Lakota verbs can be used as nouns and this is the case with thípi, which in practice simply means house.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian вигвам
- вигвам (vigvam)cone-shaped tent
Chinese Mandarin 梯皮
- 梯皮 (tīpí)cone-shaped tent
Danish tipi
- tipicone-shaped tent
Esperanto tipio
- tipiocone-shaped tent
Finnish tiipii
- tiipiicone-shaped tent
French tipi
- tipicone-shaped tent
German Tipi
- Tipicone-shaped tent
Indonesian tipi
- tipicone-shaped tent
Italian tipi, tipì
- tipicone-shaped tent
- tipìcone-shaped tent
Japanese ティピー
- ティピー (tipī)cone-shaped tent
Polish tipi
- tipicone-shaped tent
Romanian tepee
- tepeecone-shaped tent
Spanish tipi
- tipicone-shaped tent
Swedish tipi
- tipicone-shaped tent
Turkish tipi
- tipicone-shaped tent
Welsh pabell
- pabellcone-shaped tent
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with teepee
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Cite this entry
teepee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teepee
“teepee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teepee. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “teepee,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teepee.
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