tan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tan"

Translingual

Symbol

tan

  1. (trigonometry) A symbol of the trigonometric function tangent.

Synonyms

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tæn/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French tan (“tanbark”), from Gaulish tanno- (“green oak”) – compare Breton tann (“red oak”), Old Cornish tannen –, from Proto-Celtic *tannos (“green oak”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰonu (“fir”). 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 yellowish-brown colour.
    tan colour:  
  2. A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources.
    She still has a tan from her vacation in Mexico.
  3. The bark of an oak or other tree from which tannic acid is obtained.
    • 1848, John Hannett, Bibliopegia, or, The Art of Bookbinding in all its branches, page 65:
      In two pints of water boil one ounce of tan, and a like portion of nutgall till reduced to a pint.
Derived terms
Translations
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Adjective

tan (comparative tanner, superlative tannest)

  1. Of a yellowish-brown.
    Mine is the white car parked next to the tan pickup truck.
  2. Having dark skin as a result of exposure to the sun.
    You’re looking very tan this week.
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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. (intransitive) To change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun.
    No matter how long I stay out in the sun, I never tan. though I do burn.
  2. (transitive) To change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid.[1] To work as a tanner.
  3. (transitive, informal) To spank or beat.
    • 1876, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, ch. 3:
      "Well, go 'long and play; but mind you get back some time in a week, or I'll tan you."
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Derived terms
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.[2]

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Armenian թան (tʿan).

Noun

tan

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

Translations

Etymology 5

From the Cantonese pronunciation of 擔

Noun

tan (usually uncountable, plural tans)

  1. Synonym of picul, particularly in Cantonese contexts.

Etymology 6

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

Noun

tan (plural tans)

  1. (dialectal) A twig or small switch.

References

Anagrams

Breton

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑ̃ːn/

Noun

tan m (plural tanioù)

  1. fire

Inflection

Catalan

Pronunciation

Adverb

tan

  1. so, such
  2. (in comparisons, tan ... com) as ... as
  • tant (“so much, so many”)

Further reading

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

Etymology

Probably from Gaulish *tanno- (“oak”), from Latin tannum (“oak bark”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɑ̃/
  • Audio (Paris)(file)

Noun

tan m (plural tans)

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

Further reading

Galician

Adverb

tan

  1. so, as (in comparisons)

Usage notes

  • Usually paired with como, as tan […] como

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French temps (“time, weather”).

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]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: tan

Noun

tan (plural tanok)

  1. doctrine
  2. science of, theory, branch of instruction
  3. (in compound words) -logy, -graphy (a branch of learning; a study of a particular subject)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative tan tanok
accusative tant tanokat
dative tannak tanoknak
instrumental tannal tanokkal
causal-final tanért tanokért
translative tanná tanokká
terminative tanig tanokig
essive-formal tanként tanokként
essive-modal — —
inessive tanban tanokban
superessive tanon tanokon
adessive tannál tanoknál
illative tanba tanokba
sublative tanra tanokra
allative tanhoz tanokhoz
elative tanból tanokból
delative tanról tanokról
ablative tantól tanoktól
Possessive forms of tan
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. tanom tanaim
2nd person sing. tanod tanaid
3rd person sing. tana tanai
1st person plural tanunk tanaink
2nd person plural tanotok tanaitok
3rd person plural tanuk tanaik

Derived terms

Japanese

Romanization

tan

  1. Rōmaji transcription of たん

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

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tainaz.

Noun

tān m (nominative plural tānas)

  1. twig, branch

Declension

Derived terms

  • mistiltān

Old French

Noun

tan 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 Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Latin tantus.

Adverb

tan

  1. such; so much; to such and extent

Adjective

tan

  1. such; so much

References

Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

tan f

  1. tooth

Declension

Descendants

Somali

Determiner

tan

  1. this (feminine)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin tam.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -an

Adverb

tan

  1. so, as
    Eres tan rico como te sientes. - "You are as rich as you feel."

Usage notes

Usually paired with como: tan […] como - "as […] as"

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic taŋ‎ (“sky, sunrise, daylight”).

Noun

tan (definite accusative tanı, plural tanlar)

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

Declension

Inflection
Nominative tan
Definite accusative tanı
Singular Plural
Nominative tan tanlar
Definite accusative tanı tanları
Dative tana tanlara
Locative tanda tanlarda
Ablative tandan tanlardan
Genitive tanın tanların
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular tanım tanlarım
2nd singular tanın tanların
3rd singular tanı tanları
1st plural tanımız tanlarımız
2nd plural tanınız tanlarınız
3rd plural tanları tanları

Vietnamese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

tan (散, 珊, 潵, 㪚)

  1. to melt
  2. to dissolve, dissipate

References

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *tan, from Proto-Celtic *tanos.

Preposition

tan

  1. until
  2. under
  3. while

Usage notes

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
tan dan nhan than
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Wolof

Noun

tan (definite form tan mi)

  1. vulture

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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