Other forms: carpets
A carpet is the soft material that covers a whole floor. Fitted carpet, lay a carpet, vacuum the carpet.
Wall-to-wall carpet is the British default and a rug is loose, which is the whole distinction. Carpets hold dust and allergens, which is why hard floors are recommended in some households and why vacuuming matters. To be called on the carpet is to be reprimanded. Note that the word came from Italian by way of Armenia.
1nouncarpetThe soft material that covers a whole floor.
“We took off our shoes so we wouldn't get mud on the new carpet.”
carpet is a floor covering.
Medieval Latin carpita came into English through Old French. The word travelled with the trade in floor coverings.
Middle English
carpette
English, today
carpet
From Middle English carpette. From late Middle English carpette, from Old French carpite, from Medieval Latin carpita or Italian carpita, introduced in the 13th century by the Florentines from the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, from axm կարպետ (“carpet, rug”), earlier կապերտ.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA