tan
( trigonometry ) trigonometric function tangent .The symboltan is prescribed by the ISO 80000-2:2019 standard. The symboltg
Borrowed fromFrench tan ( “ tanbark ” ) , fromGaulish *tannos ( “ green oak ” ) – compareBreton tann ( “ red oak ” ) ,Old Cornish tannen Proto-Celtic *tannos ( “ green oak ” ) , of uncertain origin, but perhaps fromProto-Indo-European *(s)dʰonu ( “ fir ” ) . Per this hypothesis, related toHittite [script needed] ( tanau ,“ fir ” ) ,Latin femur feminis ( “ thigh ” ) ,German Tann ( “ woods ” ) ,Tanne ( “ fir ” ) ,Albanian thanë ( “ cranberry bush ” ) ,Ancient Greek θάμνος ( thámnos ,“ thicket ” ) ,Avestan 𐬚𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆 ( θanuuarə ) ,Sanskrit धनु ( dhánu ) .
tan (plural tans
Alight , brown-likecolour .tan:
Adarkening of theskin resulting fromexposure tosunlight or similarlight sources .She still has atan from her vacation in Mexico.
I'm hoping to get atan this weekend at the beach.
Thebark of anoak or othertree from whichtannic acid is obtained.1848 Bibliopegia, or, The Art of Bookbinding in all its branches , page65 :In two pints of water boil one ounce oftan , and a like portion of nutgall till reduced to a pint.
darkening of the skin
Armenian:արեւայրուք (hy) ( arewayrukʻ ) Bulgarian:загар (bg) m ( zagar ) ,тен (bg) m ( ten ) Catalan:bronzat (ca) m colrament m embruniment m Chinese:Mandarin:曬成褐色 / 晒成褐色 ( shàichénghèsè ) ,曬黑 / 晒黑 (zh) ( shàihēi ) Czech:opálení n Danish:solbrændt Dutch:bruinen (nl) ,bronzen (nl) Finnish:rusketus (fi) French:bronzage (fr) m hâle (fr) m Galician:bronceado m bronceada f German:Bräune (de) f Sonnenbräune (de) f Hungarian:lebarnulás (hu) ,lesülés (hu) ,napbarnítottság Italian:abbronzatura (it) f Japanese:日に焼ける ( ひにやける, hiniyakeru ) Latvian:iedegums m Lithuanian:įdegti Polish:opalenizna (pl) f Portuguese:bronzeado (pt) m Romagnol:abrunẓadùra f Romanian:bronz (ro) n bronzare (ro) f Russian:зага́р (ru) m ( zagár ) Serbo-Croatian:put (sh) f Sicilian:abbrunzatura f Slovak:opálenie Spanish:bronceado (es) m tostado (es) ,moreno (es) Swedish:solbränna (sv) c bränna (sv) c ( colloquial ) Ukrainian:засма́га f ( zasmáha ) ,сма́га f ( smáha ) ,смага́ f ( smahá ) ,зага́р m ( zahár ) Welsh:lliw haul (cy) m
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tan (comparative tanner superlative tannest
Yellowish -brown .Mine is the white car parked next to thetan pickup truck.
Having darkskin as a result of exposure to thesun or an artificial process intended to mimic this effect.Synonyms: suntanned tanned You’re looking verytan this week.
dark skin
Bulgarian:загорял (bg) ( zagorjal ) Catalan:bru (ca) m bronzat (ca) m colrat m Dutch:gebruind (nl) ,gebruinde (nl) Finnish:ruskettunut (fi) French:hâlé (fr) ,bronzé (fr) German:braun (de) ,sonnengebräunt (de) Hungarian:barna (hu) ,lebarnult bronzszínű (hu) Indonesian:sawo matang (id) Italian:abbronzato (it) m Korean:탄 (ko) ( tan ) Persian:برنزه (fa) ( bronze ) Polish:opalony (pl) m Portuguese:bronzeado (pt) Romanian:bronzat (ro) Russian:загоре́лый (ru) m ( zagorélyj ) Slovak:opálený Spanish:bronceado (por el sol) (es) ,tostado (es) ,moreno (es) ,trigueño (es) Swedish:solbränd (sv) Welsh:brown (cy)
As a verb, fromMiddle English tannen Old English tannian ( “ to tan a hide ” ) , fromLatin tannare
tan (third-person singular simple present tans present participle tanning simple past and past participle tanned
( transitive , intransitive ) No matter how long I stay out in the sun, I nevertan , though I do burn.
( transitive , stative ) animal hide intoleather by soaking it intannic acid .[ 1] ( transitive , informal ) spank orbeat .1876 Mark Twain , chapter 3, inThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer :"Well, go 'long and play; but mind you get back some time in a week, or I'lltan you."
to become tan due to exposure to sun
Bulgarian:загарям (bg) ( zagarjam ) Catalan:bronzar (ca) ,embrunir (ca) ,colrar (ca) ,torrar (ca) Czech:zhnědnout opálit se Danish: blivebrun (da) Dutch:bruinen (nl) Esperanto:bruniĝi sunbruniĝi Finnish:ruskettua (fi) French:bronzer (fr) Galician:broncear (gl) German:bräunen ; in der Sonnebaden Greek:μαυρίζω (el) ( mavrízo ) Hungarian:lebarnul (hu) ,lesül (hu) Ido:bruneskar (io) ,bronzizar (io) Italian:abbronzarsi (it) Japanese:日焼けする ( hiyake-suru ) ,日に焼ける ( hiniyakeru ) Korean:타다 (ko) ( tada ) ,그을다 ( geueulda ) Latvian:iedegt Norwegian:sole (no) ,brune Polish:opalać się (pl) impf opalić się (pl) pf Portuguese:bronzear (pt) Romanian:se bronza Russian:загора́ть (ru) impf ( zagorátʹ ) ,загоре́ть (ru) pf ( zagorétʹ ) Slovak:opáliť sa opaľovať sa Spanish:broncearse (es) Swedish:sola (sv) Turkish:yanmak (tr) ,bronzlaşmak (tr) Walloon:håler (wa) ,rayi (wa) ,bruni (wa) ,bronzer (wa) Welsh:cael lliw haul troi'n frown
to turn animal hide into leather
Arabic:دَبَغَ ( dabaḡa ) Basque:larru jo Bulgarian:щавя ( štavja ) Catalan:assaonar (ca) ,adobar (ca) Czech:činit (cs) ,vyčinit vydělávat (cs) ,vydělat (cs) Danish:garve (da) Dutch:looien (nl) ,leerlooien (nl) ,tanen (nl) Esperanto:tani (eo) Finnish:parkita (fi) French:tanner (fr) Galician:curtir German:gerben (de) ,walken (de) Greek:αργάζω (el) ( argázo ) Hungarian:cserez (hu) Icelandic:súta garfa Ido:tanagar (io) Irish:cart Italian:conciare (it) Korean:무두질하다 ( mudujilhada ) Latvian:miecēt Luxembourgish:gierwen Malay:samak (ms) Maori:whakarongoā Persian:دباغی (fa) ( dabbâği ) Polish:garbować (pl) Portuguese:curtir (pt) Romanian:tăbăci (ro) ,argăsi (ro) Russian:дуби́ть (ru) impf ( dubítʹ ) ,вы́дубить (ru) pf ( výdubitʹ ) Slovene:strojiti impf Spanish:curtir (es) Swedish:garva (sv) Turkish:tabaklamak (tr) ,sepilemek (tr) Ukrainian:дуби́ти pf ( dubýty ) Walloon:taener (wa) Welsh:trin (cy) ,barcio cyffeithio (cy) Yiddish:גאַרבן ( garbn )
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From aBrythonic language; influenced in form byyan ( “ one ” ) in the same series.
tan
( dialect , rare ) cardinal number two , formerly used in Celtic areas, especially Cumbria and parts of Yorkshire, for counting sheep, and stitches in knitting.[ 2] Borrowed fromArmenian թան ( tʻan ) .
tan
AnArmenian drink made ofyoghurt and water similar toairan anddoogh Borrowed fromCantonese 擔 ／ 担 daam3
tan (usuallyuncountable ,plural tans
Synonym ofpicul ,particularly in Cantonese contexts .FromMiddle English *tan Old English tān ( “ twig, shoot, switch ” ) , fromProto-West Germanic *tain Proto-Germanic *tainaz ( “ rod, twig, straw, lot ” ) .
tan (plural tans
( dialectal ) twig or smallswitch .It may either be a figurative use of the usual verbtan ( “ to cause to acquire a brownish colour ” ) or aJamaican Creole turn bun ( “ to kill particularly by gunshot ” ) .
tan (third-person singular simple present tans present participle tanning simple past and past participle tanned
( transitive , MLE , slang ) kill bygun , toshoot .2019 September 29, Moscow17, “All For The Cause”[1] Step on the wing, see an opp and I'll whack ittan him (whoosh)
TNA a'n't ant Ant. Ant an't NTA Nat ant. NAT ATN nat ANT -ant ant- Nat. Fromta ( “ this ” ) +an ( “ is ” ) , literally“ this being ” .
tan (Kana spelling タン plural tanokay
( demonstrative ) this Ainu demonstrative adjectives
Notes ^ The noun form is formed by addingpe tanpe , "this thing"), orkur tan kur , "this person"). FromMiddle Breton tan Old Breton tan Proto-Brythonic *tan Proto-Celtic *teɸnets ( “ fire ” ) (compareOld Irish teine Welsh tân
tan m plural tanioù
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tan
so ,such ( in comparisons, tan ...com ) as ... astan
dream FromMiddle Cornish tan Old Cornish tan Proto-Brythonic *tan Proto-Celtic *teɸnets ( “ fire ” ) (compareOld Irish teine Welsh tân
tan m plural tanow
fire FromLatin tannum ( “ oak bark ” ) , fromGaulish *tannos ( “ oak ” ) , fromProto-Celtic *tannos ( “ green oak ” ) .
tan m plural tans
pulped oak bark used in thetanning process (i.e. of tanning leather)Blend ofton ta
tan n singular ,plural tes
( gender-neutral , neologism ) your 1 Also used before feminine adjectives and nouns beginning with a vowel or
mute h .
2 Also used as the polite singular form.
For the singular persons there are gender-neutral neologisms
man ,tan ,san . These are extremely rare.
(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
tan
only tan
only 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) Inherited fromLatin tam
tan
so ,as (in comparisons)Usually paired withcomo coma tan [ …] como /coma FromFrench temps ( “ time, weather ” ) .
tan
time weather Back-formation fromtanít tanul Hungarian language reform , which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.
tan (plural tanok
doctrine ,lore science of,theory ,branch ofinstruction ( as a suffix in compounds ) -logy ,-ology ,-graphy ( a branch of learning; a study of a particular subject ) Synonym: tudomány ( as a prefix in compounds ) educational ,academic Synonym: tanulmányi Compound words with this term at the beginning
Compound words with this term at the end
tan in Géza Bárczi ,László Országh ,et al. , editors,A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN . FromProto-Malayic *tahən Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqan ( “ to hold back ” ) .
tan
resistant ( not easily damaged ) perseverant undamaged invincible detained tan
toarrest ; todetain tohold on someone tostop something/someone tan
Rōmaji transcription ofたん tan
Romanization ofꦠꦤ꧀ Borrowed fromBurmese တန်း ( tan: ) .
tan
class Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, inKyoto University Linguistic Research [2] 35 ,→DOI →ISSN 91–128 tan
Nonstandard spelling oftān Nonstandard spelling oftán Nonstandard spelling oftǎn Nonstandard spelling oftàn Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the criticaltonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.FromOld Irish tan Proto-Celtic *tanā ( “ (point in) time ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *tn̥néh₂ *ten- ( “ to stretch ” ) .
tan f
(point in)time FromProto-West Germanic *tain
tān m
twig ,branch Stronga -stem:
FromGaulish *tannos Tannetum Tannogilum Proto-Celtic *tannos ( “ green oak ” ) .
tan oblique singular , m oblique plural tans nominative singular tans nominative plural tan
pulped oak bark used in thetanning process (i.e. of tanning leather)FromProto-Celtic *tanā ( “ (point in) time ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *tn̥néh₂ *ten- ( “ to stretch ” ) .
tan f
(point in)time Initial mutations of a following adjective:
H = triggers aspirationL = triggers lenitionN = triggers nasalization(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
IPA (key ) : /tan/ Hyphenation:tan tan
not tan
not > Javanese:ꦠꦤ꧀ ( tan ) ( inherited ) "tan" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson,Old Javanese-English Dictionary . 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982. FromLatin tantus
tan
such ; so much; to such an extenttan
such ; so muchFromOld Norse tǫnn Proto-Germanic *tanþs
tan f
tooth CompareClassical Nahuatl tlantli ( “ tooth, teeth ” ) .
-tan plural -tajtan
tooth ( in theplural ) dentition Campbell, L. (1985).The Pipil Language of El Salvador . Mouton De Gruyter. Lara-Martínez, R., McCallister, R.Glosario cultural náwat pipil y nicarao . Back-formation fromtaniec
IPA (key ) : /ˈtan/ Rhymes:-an Syllabification:tan tan m inan
( archaic , humorous , usually in theplural ) dance Synonym: taniec tan inWielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PANtan in Polish dictionaries at PWNtan
this (feminine)FromProto-Austroasiatic *taːɲ Santali teɲ Khmer ត្បាញ ( tbaañ ) ,Arem taːɲ Khasi tʰaːɲ
tan
toweave Inherited fromLatin tam
IPA (key ) : /ˈtan/ [ˈt̪ãn] Rhymes:-an Syllabification:tan tan
so ,as Erestan ricocomo te sientes. You areas richas you feel. very Lo único en lo que puedo pensar es en tu caratan triste. All I can think about is yourvery sad face. Usually paired withcomo tan[ …] ( “ as [ …] as ” ) or withque tan[ …] ( “ so [ …] that ” ) .
tan
such , such a¡Ese tipo estan patán! That guy issuch a jerk! FromEnglish stand
tan
tostay , toreside to stay, toremain in a state tan
( archaic or dialectal ) second-person plural imperative ofta FromOttoman Turkish طاڭ ( taŋ ) , fromProto-Common Turkic *taŋ
tan (definite accusative tanı plural tanlar
dawn ,twilight O gecetan yeri ağırana kadar selâmettir. ―On that night, there is peace tilltwilight . Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading ofChinese 散 ( SV :tán ,tản ) .
tan • (散 ,㪚 ,潵 ,珊
tomelt ( in a liquid ) dissolve ,dissipate ( in certain expressions ) finish ; todismiss Chợtan họp rồi. The market is closed. FromMiddle Welsh tan Proto-Brythonic *tan Proto-Celtic *tanai , dative of*tanā Proto-Indo-European *tn̥néh₂
tan (triggerssoft mutation on a following noun )
until ( literary ) under while In literary Welsh,tan dan tan tan dan tan o dan dan
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tan ”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies tan (definite form tanmi )
vulture tan
earth ,soil ,dust ,ground tan
more ;-er Cognate toSilt'e [script needed] ( tan ) .
tan
smoke (from a fire)Initial SLLE Survey of the Zway Area by Klaus Wedekind and Charlotte Wedekind
