Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 8415 6880086 2009-06-24T23:24:57Z AutoFormat 32732 sorted/rebalanced translations, trans link [[Volapük]] [[Image:Ring_tailed_lemurs.jpg|thumb|A ring-tailed lemur with a long '''tail''']] {{also|täil}} ==English== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|ang}} ''[[tæġel]]''. In some senses, apparently by a generalization of the usual opposition between ''[[head]]'' and ''tail''. ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|en-us-tail.ogg|Audio (US)}} * Homophone: [[tale]] *: {{rhymes|eɪl}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # {{anatomy}} The [[caudal]] [[appendage]] of an [[animal]] that is attached to its [[posterior]] and near the [[anus]]. # The [[tail-end]] of a creature (buttocks, even if tailless) or object, e.g. the [[rear]] of an [[aircraft]]'s [[fuselage]], containing the [[tailfin]]. #: ''When a grumpy client of the frat's annual carwash complained the '''tail''' of his menure-soiled tractor wasn't completely cleaned, the poor pledges had to drop trou and bend over to get their own '''tails''' paddled in public'' # An object or part thereof resembling a tail in shape, such as the [[thong]]s on a [[cat-o'-nine-tails]] or other multi-tail whip. # ''Specifically,'' the [[visible]] [[stream]] of [[dust]] and [[gas]]es blown from a [[comet]] by the [[solar wind]]. # {{slang}} [[male member]] of a person animal. #: ''After the burly macho nudists' polar bear dip, their '''tails''' were spectacularly shrunk, so they looked like an immature kid's innocent '''tail''' # The latter part of a [[time]] period or event, or (collectively) persons or objects represented in this part. # {{statistics}} The part of a [[distribution]] most distant from the [[mode]]; ''as'', a [[long tail]]. # One who [[surreptitious]]ly [[follow]]s another. # {{Cricket}} The last four or five [[batsman|batsmen]] in the [[batting order]], usually [[specialist]] [[bowlers]]. # {{Typography}} The lower [[loop]] of the [[letter]]s ''g'', ''q'' and ''y'' in the [[roman alphabet]]. # {{especially|in plural}} The side of a [[coin]] not bearing the [[head]]; the [[reverse]]. # {{slang|uncountable}} [[sexual intercourse|Sexual intercourse]] as a man on top. #: ''I'm gonna get me some '''tail''' tonight.'' # {{maths}} (of a sequence) all the last terms of the sequence, from some term on ====Synonyms==== * {{sense|slang, uncountable: sexual intercourse}} [[ass]], [[poontang]], [[poon]], [[tang]], [[pussy]], [[punani]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|tail of animal}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[ذنب]]}} {{IPAchar|(ðánab)}} {{m}}, {{t|ar|ذيل|m|tr=dhayl|sc=Arab}} * [[Aragonese]]: [[coda]] {{f}} * Armenian: [[պոչ]] (poč) * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|rep|m}} * CJKV Characters: [[尾]] * [[Catalan]]: [[cua]] {{f}} * Chinese: [[尾巴]] (wěibā) * Croatian: {{t-|hr|rep|m}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|ocas|m}} * Danish: {{t-|da|hale|c}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|staart|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vosto|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: [[häntä]] (''of cats, dogs etc.''), [[pyrstö]] (''of birds and fish'') * French: {{t+|fr|queue|f}} * [[Galician]]: {{t-|gl|rabo|xs=Galician}} * German: {{t+|de|Schwanz|m}}, {{t-|de|Schweif|m}}, {{t-|de|Sterz|m}}, {{t-|de|Stert|m}}, {{t-|de|Zagel|m}}, {{t-|de|Bürzel|m}} * Hebrew: {{t+|he|זנב|m|tr=zanáv|sc=Hebr}}, {{t-|he|זנבת|p|tr=znavót|sc=Hebr}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|farok}} * Icelandic: [[hali]] {{m}} (of cattle, in addition to reptiles, amphibians, and basically all animals that do not fall into the other categories; also used for inanimate objects and figuratively), [[skott]] {{n}} or [[rófa]] {{f}} (of a cat, dog, monkey, etc.),[[tagl]] (of a horse), [[dindill]] {{m}} (the small fluffy tail of sheep, rabbits, etc.), [[stél]] {{n}} (of birds), [[sporður]] {{m}} (of fish) * Indonesian: {{t+|id|ekor|xs=Indonesian}}, {{t+|id|buntut|xs=Indonesian}} * Italian: {{t+|it|coda|f}} * Japanese: [[尻尾]] ([[しっぽ]], shippo) * Korean: [[꼬리]] (kkori) * [[Kuna]]: [[bunnu]] {{trans-mid}} * Kurdish: {{ku-Arab|[[کلک]]}} * Latin: {{t-|la|cauda}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|aste|f|xs=Latvian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|опашка|f|tr=ópaška|sc=Cyrl}} * Malay: {{t+|ms|ekor|xs=Malay}} * [[Malayalam]]: [[വാല്‍]] (vaal) * Norwegian: {{t+|no|hale|m}} * [[Papiamentu]]: {{tø|pap|rabo, rabu}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|ogon|m}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|rabo|m}}, {{t+|pt|cauda|f}} * Romanian: {{t|ro|coadă}} * [[Romansch]]: {{t-|rm|cua|xs=Romansch}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|хвост|m|tr=xvost|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[earball]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: [[реп#Serbian|реп]] {{m}} *: Roman: [[rep#Serbian|rep]] {{m}} * Slovak: [[chvost]] {{m}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|cola|f}} * Swahili: [[mkia]] ''(nc 3/4)'' * Swedish: {{t+|sv|svans|c}} * [[Tagalog]]: [[buntot]] {{n}} * [[Tajik]]: {{t|tg|дум|tr=dum|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Taos]]: [[xwę́na]] * [[Telugu]]: [[తోక]] (tOka) * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|göb|xs=Volapük}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[sturt]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װײדל|m|tr=veydl|sc=Hebr|xs=Yiddish}}, {{t|yi|װײדלען|p|tr=veydlen|sc=Hebr|xs=Yiddish}}; {{t|yi|שװאַנץ|m|tr=shvants|sc=Hebr|xs=Yiddish}}, {{t|yi|שװענץ|p|tr=shvents|sc=Hebr|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|comet tail}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[ذنب]]}} {{IPAchar|(ðánab)}} {{m}} * Armenian: [[պոչ]] (poč) * Dutch: {{t+|nl|staart|m}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|pyrstö}} * French: {{t+|fr|queue|f}} * German: {{t+|de|Schweif|m}} * Hebrew: {{he-translation|שובל|shovál}} {{m}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|hali|m}} * Italian: {{t+|it|chioma|f}} {{trans-mid}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|aste|f|xs=Latvian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|опашка|f|tr=ópaška|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Malayalam]]: [[വാല്‍]] (vaal) * Norwegian: {{t+|no|hale|m}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|ogon|m}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|хвост|m|tr=xvost|sc=Cyrl}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|svans|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[తోక]] (tOka) {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|surreptitious follower}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[ذنب]]}} {{IPAchar|(ðánab)}} {{m}} * Dutch: [[achtervolger]] {{m}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|varjostaja}} * Norwegian: [[forfølger]] {{m}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|хвост|m|tr=xvost|sc=Cyrl}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|förföljare|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[తోక]] (tOka) {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|cricket term}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|buttocks}} * Dutch: [[achtereinde]], [[achterste]], [[achterwerk]], [[zitvlak]] {{n}} {{trans-mid}} * German: {{t+|de|Hintern}}, {{t-|de|Hinterteil}}, {{t+|de|Gesäß}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|slang for the phallus}} * German: {{t+|de|Schwanz|m}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|the rear of an aircraft's fuselage, containing the tailfin}} * Dutch: [[staart]] {{m}}, [[staartstuk]] {{n}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|pyrstö}} * Hebrew: {{he-translation|זנב|zanáv}} {{m}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|опашка|f|tr=ópaška|sc=Cyrl}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|хвост|m|tr=xvost|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|(typography) The lower loop of the letters g, q and y of the roman alphabet}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|staart|m}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|опавче|n|tr=ópavče|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|The side of a coin not bearing the head}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|munt}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|klaava}} * Hebrew: {{he-translation|פלי|páli}} {{m}} {{trans-mid}} * Kurdish: {{ku-Arab|[[خه‌ت]]}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|решка|f|tr=réška|sc=Cyrl}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|klave}} {{trans-bottom}} {{checktrans}} * {{ttbc|Ido}}: [[kaudo]] ====Derived terms==== {{top3}} * [[cat-o'-nine-tails]] * [[coattail]] * [[cocktail]] * [[rattail]] * [[shirttail]] * [[tailback]] * [[tailcoat]] * [[tail covert]] * [[tail-end]] * [[tail feather]] * [[tail fin]] {{mid3}} * [[tailgate]] * [[tail lamp]] * [[tail light]] * [[tail-off]] * [[tailpiece]] * [[tailpipe]] * [[tailplane]] * [[tail-race]] {{mid3}} * [[tail-skid]] * [[tailspin]] * [[tailstock]] * [[tailwheel]] * [[tailwind]] * [[wagtail]] * [[whitetail]] * [[yellowtail]] {{bottom3}} ====See also==== * [[caudal]] ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{transitive}} To surreptitiously follow and [[observe]]. ====Translations==== {{trans-top|to tail}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|sledovat}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|schaduwen}}, {{t-|nl|beschatten}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|varjostaa}} * Hebrew: {{he-translation|זינב|zinév}} {{trans-mid}} * Italian: {{t-|it|pedinare}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|forfølge}}, {{t+|no|skygge}} * Slovak: [[sledovať]] * Swahili: {{t|sw|mkia}} {{trans-bottom}} [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[ar:tail]] [[zh-min-nan:tail]] [[ca:tail]] [[de:tail]] [[el:tail]] [[es:tail]] [[fa:tail]] [[fr:tail]] [[ko:tail]] [[io:tail]] [[id:tail]] [[it:tail]] [[sw:tail]] [[ku:tail]] [[lo:tail]] [[hu:tail]] [[nl:tail]] [[oc:tail]] [[pl:tail]] [[ru:tail]] [[simple:tail]] [[sr:tail]] [[fi:tail]] [[sv:tail]] [[ta:tail]] [[te:tail]] [[tr:tail]] [[vi:tail]] [[vo:tail]] [[zh:tail]]