| Subject | French | English |
| gen. | elle a tapé du poing sur la table | she thumped her fist on the table |
| gen. | elle a tapé du poing sur la table | she banged her fist on the table |
| inf. | elle lui a tapé dans l'œil dès le premier jour | he fancied her from day one |
| comp., MS | forme du pointeur Cliquer-taper | Click and Type pointer shape (A visual cue to indicate which formatting will be applied when you double-click: a left-aligned, centered, or right-aligned tab stop; a left indent; or left or right text wrapping) |
| gen. | il a tapé dur | he hit hard |
| brit. | il m'a tapé de 300 euros | he touched me for 300 euros, he cadged 300 euros off me |
| amer. | il m'a tapé de 300 euros | he bummed 300 euros off me |
| gen. | il y avait une tapée de photographes | there was a swarm of photographers |
| gen. | ils lui ont tapé dessus | they hit him |
| gen. | je me suis tapé les cinq étages à pied | I had to walk up the five floors |
| inf. | la petite veste rose m'avait tapé dans l'œil | I was really taken with the little pink jacket |
| gen. | la police a tapé dans le tas | the police hit out at random |
| gen. | le vin rouge m'a tapé sur la tête | the red wine knocked me out |
| min.prod., tech. | tape amovible | portable deadlight |
| transp., nautic., fish.farm. | tape de hublot | deadlight |
| transp. | tape intérieure | inside deadlight |
| min.prod., tech. | tape à charnières | hinged inside deadlight |
| transp., nautic., fish.farm. | tape à charnières de hublot | deadlight |
| transp. | taper à la machine | type |
| comp., MS | texte tapé | typed text (Text that you enter by using a keyboard or that your Tablet PC converts from handwriting or speech) |
| gen. | une tapée de dossiers | heaps of files |
| transp., mech.eng. | vis taper lock à tête moyenne | taper shank shear bolt |