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3-letter words (3 found)

ANT,NAT,TAN,

2-letter words (4 found)

AN,AT,NA,TA,

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tan atn tna nta ant nat

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Definitions and meaning of tan

tan

Translingual

Symbol

tan

  1. (trigonometry) The trigonometric function tangent.

Usage notes

The symbol tan is prescribed by the ISO 80000-2:2019 standard. The symbol tg, traditionally preferred in Eastern Europe and Russia, is explicitly deprecated by ISO 80000-2:2019.

Alternative forms

  • tg

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tæn/
  • Rhymes: -æn

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French tan (“tanbark”), from Gaulish *tannos (“green oak”) – compare Breton tann (“red oak”), Old Cornish tannen –, from Proto-Celtic *tannos (“green oak”), of uncertain origin, but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)dʰonu (“fir”). Per this hypothesis, related to Hittite [script needed] (tanau, “fir”), Latin femur, genitive feminis (“thigh”), German Tann (“woods”), Tanne (“fir”), Albanian thanë (“cranberry bush”), Ancient Greek θάμνος (thámnos, “thicket”), Avestan 𐬚𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆 (θanuuarə), Sanskrit धनु (dhánu).

Noun

tan (plural tans)

  1. A light, brown-like colour.
  2. A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources.
  3. The bark of an oak or other tree from which tannic acid is obtained.
Derived terms
Translations

Adjective

tan (comparative tanner, superlative tannest)

  1. Yellowish-brown.
  2. Having dark skin as a result of exposure to the sun or an artificial process intended to mimic this effect.
    Synonyms: suntanned, tanned
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

As a verb, from Middle English tannen, from late Old English tannian (“to tan a hide”), from Latin tannare.

Verb

tan (third-person singular simple present tans, present participle tanning, simple past and past participle tanned)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun.
  2. (transitive, stative) To change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid. To work as a tanner.
  3. (transitive, informal) To spank or beat.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
  • Appendix:Colors

Etymology 3

From a Brythonic language; influenced in form by yan (“one”) in the same series.

Numeral

tan

  1. (dialect, rare) The second cardinal number two, formerly used in Celtic areas, especially Cumbria and parts of Yorkshire, for counting sheep, and stitches in knitting.

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Armenian թան (tʻan).

Noun

tan

  2. An Armenian drink made of yoghurt and water similar to airan and doogh
Translations

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Cantonese 擔／担 (daam3).

Noun

tan (usually uncountable, plural tans)

  1. Synonym of picul, particularly in Cantonese contexts.

Etymology 6

From Middle English *tan, from Old English tān (“twig, shoot, switch”), from Proto-West Germanic *tain, from Proto-Germanic *tainaz (“rod, twig, straw, lot”).

Noun

tan (plural tans)

  2. (dialectal) A twig or small switch.
Related terms
  • mistletoe

Etymology 7

It may either be a figurative use of the usual verb tan (“to cause to acquire a brownish colour”) or a Jamaican Creole pronunciation of turn, compare bun (“to kill particularly by gunshot”).

Verb

tan (third-person singular simple present tans, present participle tanning, simple past and past participle tanned)

  1. (transitive, MLE, slang) To kill by gun, to shoot.

References

See also

Anagrams

  • -ant, ANT, Ant, Ant., NAT, NTA, Nat, Nat., TNA, a'n't, an't, ant, ant-, ant., nat

Ainu

Alternative forms

  • taan

Etymology

From ta (“this”) +‎ an (“is”), literally “this being”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tan]

Determiner

tan (Kana spelling タン, plural tanokay)

  1. (demonstrative) this

Derived terms

  • tanpe (“this”)
  • tanto (“today”)

See also

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *teɸnets (“fire”) (compare Old Irish teine, Welsh tân).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtãːn/

Noun

tan m (plural tanioù)

  1. fire

Inflection

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈtan]
  • Rhymes: -an

Adverb

tan

  1. so, such
  2. (in comparisons, tan ... com) as ... as

Derived terms

  • tan bon punt

Related terms

  • tant (“so much, so many”)

Further reading

  • “tan” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Chuukese

Noun

tan

  1. dream

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *teɸnets (“fire”) (compare Old Irish teine, Welsh tân).

Noun

tan m (plural tanow)

  1. fire

Mutation

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɑ̃/
  • Homophones: tans, tant, taon, temps

Etymology 1

From Latin tannum (“oak bark”), from Gaulish *tannos (“oak”), from Proto-Celtic *tannos (“green oak”).

Noun

tan m (plural tans)

  1. pulped oak bark used in the tanning process (i.e. of tanning leather)
Derived terms
  • tanin

Further reading

  • “tan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Etymology 2

Blend of ton +‎ ta.

Determiner

tan n (singular, plural tes)

  1. (gender-neutral, neologism) your
Related terms
1 Also used before feminine adjectives and nouns beginning with a vowel or mute h.
2 Also used as the polite singular form.
See also
  • iel
  • man
  • san

Fula

Alternative forms

  • tun (Pular)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

tan

  1. only

Usage notes

  • Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular). (however tun is more common in Pular of Futa Jalon)

Adverb

tan

  1. only

Usage notes

  • Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular). (however tun is more common in Pular of Futa Jalon)

References

  • M.O. Diodi, Dictionnaire bilingue fulfuldé-français, français-fulfuldé, Niger(?), 1994.
  • M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.
  • D. Osborn, D. Dwyer, and J. Donohoe, A Fulfulde (Maasina)-English-French Lexicon: A Root-Based Compilation Drawn from Extant Sources Followed by English-Fulfulde and French-Fulfulde Listings, East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1993.
  • F.W. de St. Croix and the Centre for the Study of Nigerian Languages, Bayero University, Fulfulde-English Dictionary, Kano: The Centre, 1998.
  • F.W. Taylor, Fulani-English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 1932. (New York:Hippocrene Books, 2005)

Galician

Adverb

tan

  1. so, as (in comparisons)

Usage notes

  • Usually paired with como and coma, as tan […] como/coma

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French temps (“time, weather”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tã/

Noun

tan

  1. time
  2. weather

Hungarian

Etymology

Back-formation from tanít, tanul, etc. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɒn]
  • Hyphenation: tan
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Noun

tan (plural tanok)

  1. doctrine, lore
  2. science of, theory, branch of instruction
  3. (as a suffix in compounds) -logy, -ology, -graphy (a branch of learning; a study of a particular subject)
    Synonym: tudomány
  4. (as a prefix in compounds) educational, academic
    Synonym: tanulmányi

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • tan in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tahən, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqan (“to hold back”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tan/

Adjective

tan

  1. resistant (not easily damaged)
  2. perseverant
  3. undamaged
  4. invincible
  5. detained

Verb

tan

  1. to arrest; to detain
  2. to hold on someone
  3. to stop something/someone

Derived terms

Japanese

Romanization

tan

  1. Rōmaji transcription of たん

Entry: tan

Javanese

Romanization

tan

  1. Romanization of ꦠꦤ꧀

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese တန်း (tan:).

Noun

tan

  1. class

References

  • Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎[2], volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

Mandarin

Romanization

tan

  1. Nonstandard spelling of tān.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of tán.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of tǎn.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of tàn.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tan, from Proto-Celtic *tanā (“(point in) time”), from Proto-Indo-European *tn̥néh₂, from *ten- (“to stretch”).

Noun

tan f

  1. (point in) time

Derived terms

  • in tan (“when”)
  • in tan sin (“then”)

Descendants

  • Irish: tan

Further reading

  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tan, tain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tainaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɑːn/

Noun

tān m

  1. twig, branch

Declension

Derived terms

Old French

Etymology

From Gaulish *tannos (attested in the place names Tannetum and Tannogilum), from Proto-Celtic *tannos (“green oak”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtãn/

Noun

tan oblique singular, m (oblique plural tans, nominative singular tans, nominative plural tan)

  1. pulped oak bark used in the tanning process (i.e. of tanning leather)

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *tanā (“(point in) time”), from Proto-Indo-European *tn̥néh₂, from *ten- (“to stretch”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tan/

Noun

tan f

  1. (point in) time

Declension

Derived terms

  • in tan (“when”)

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: tan
    • Irish: tan

Further reading

  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tan, tain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Javanese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tan/
  • Hyphenation: tan

Adverb

tan

  1. not

Adjective

tan

  1. not

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦠꦤ꧀ (tan) (inherited)

Further reading

  • "tan" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

  • tant

Etymology

From Latin tantus.

Adverb

tan

  1. such; so much; to such and extent

Adjective

tan

  1. such; so much

References

  • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “tantus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 13: T–Ti, page 85

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse tǫnn, from Proto-Germanic *tanþs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tan/

Noun

tan f

  1. tooth

Declension

Descendants

  • Swedish: tand

Pipil

Etymology

Compare Classical Nahuatl tlantli (“tooth, teeth”).

Noun

-tan (plural -tajtan)

  1. tooth
  2. (in the plural) dentition

Further reading

  • Campbell, L. (1985). The Pipil Language of El Salvador. Mouton De Gruyter.
  • Lara-Martínez, R., McCallister, R. Glosario cultural náwat pipil y nicarao.

Polish

Etymology

Back-formation from taniec.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tan/
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: tan

Noun

tan m inan

  1. (archaic, humorous, usually in the plural) dance
    Synonym: taniec

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • tan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • tan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Somali

Determiner

tan

  1. this (feminine)

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tam.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtan/ [ˈt̪ãn]
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: tan

Adverb

tan

  1. so, as

Usage notes

Usually paired with como: tan […] como (“as […] as”) or with que: tan […] que (“so […] that”).

Determiner

tan

  1. such, such a

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “tan”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English stand.

Verb

tan

  1. to stay, to reside
  2. to stay, to remain in a state

Swedish

Verb

tan

  1. (archaic or dialectal) second-person plural imperative of ta

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish طاڭ (taŋ), from Common Turkic *taŋ.

Noun

tan (definite accusative tanı, plural tanlar)

  1. dawn, twilight
    O gece tan yeri ağırana kadar selâmettir. ― On that night, there is peace till twilight.

Declension

Synonyms

  • seher
  • şafak

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 散 (SV: tán, tản).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [taːn˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [taːŋ˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [taːŋ˧˧]

Verb

tan • (散, 珊, 潵, 㪚)

  1. to melt
  2. to dissolve, dissipate

Derived terms

References

  • Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • (under): dan, o dan

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *tan, from Proto-Celtic *tanai, dative of *tanā, from Proto-Indo-European *tn̥néh₂.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tan/
  • Rhymes: -an

Preposition

tan (triggers soft mutation on a following noun)

  1. until
  2. (literary) under
  3. while

Usage notes

In literary Welsh, tan can mean both "under" and "until". In Welsh usage today, however, dan (originally the soft mutation of tan) has become a preposition in its own right with the meaning "under" whereas tan means "until", retaining the meaning "under" in certain expressions, compound words and place names. Modern dan or tan are not usually mutated. o dan is an alternative to dan.

Inflection

See also

  • tân

Mutation

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Wolof

Noun

tan (definite form tan mi)

  1. vulture

Yámana

Noun

tan

  1. earth, soil, dust, ground

Yogad

Adverb

tan

  1. more; -er

Zay

Etymology

Cognate to Silt'e [script needed] (tan).

Noun

tan

  1. smoke (from a fire)

References

  • Initial SLLE Survey of the Zway Area by Klaus Wedekind and Charlotte Wedekind

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