tag

See also Tag, tág, and tåg

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• enPR: tăg, IPA: /tæɡ/
• (North American also) IPA: /teɪɡ/, IPA: /tɛɡ/
• Rhymes: -æɡ

Noun

tag (plural tags)

1. A small label.
2. A game played by two or more children in which one child (known as "it") attempts to catch one of the others, who then becomes "it".
3. A skin tag, an excrescence of skin.
4. A type of cardboard.
5. Graffiti in the form of a stylized signature particular to the person who makes the graffiti.
6. A dangling lock of sheep's wool, matted with dung; a dung tag.
7. An attribution in narrated dialogue (eg, "he said").
8. (chiefly US) a vehicle number plate; a medal bearing identification data (animals, soldiers).
9. (baseball) An instance of touching the baserunner with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand.

   The tag was applied at second for the final out.

10. (computing) A piece of markup representing an element in a markup language.

    The <title> tag provides a title for the Web page.

11. (by extension, Internet slang) A piece of text which is worded like an element of a markup language to provide context.

    The <sarcasm> tag conveys sarcasm.

12. (computing) A keyword, term, or phrase associated with or assigned to data, media, and/or information enabling keyword-based classification; often used to categorize content.

Translations

small label

• Catalan: etiqueta (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 標簽 (cmn), 标签 (cmn) (biāoqiān)

• Czech: visačka (cs) f, etiketa (cs) f, cedulka (cs) f, štítek (cs) m
• Dutch: etiket (nl) n
• Finnish: lappu (fi), etiketti (fi)
• French: étiquette (fr) f
• Georgian: იარლიყი (ka) (iarliqi)
• German: Etikett (de) n, Marke (de) f
• Greek: ετικέτα (el) (etikéta)
• Italian: etichetta (it) f
• Macedonian: етикета (mk) (etikéta) f, ознака (mk) (óznaka) f
• Norwegian: etikett (no) m, merkelapp (no) m

• Persian: برچسب (fa) (bar-časb)
• Polish: metka (pl) f, etykieta (pl) f
• Portuguese: etiqueta (pt)
• Romanian: etichetă (ro)
• Russian: ярлык (ru) (jarlýk) m, бирка (ru) (bírka) f, этикетка (ru) (etikétka) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: етикета (sh) f

  Roman: etiketa (sh) f

• Spanish: etiqueta (es) f marbete (es) m
• Swedish: etikett (sv) c
• Turkish: etiket (tr)

game

• Catalan: tocar i parar (ca)
• Czech: honěná (cs) f, hra na babu (cs) f
• Dutch: tikkertje (nl) n
• Finnish: hippa (fi), rosvo ja poliisi (fi)
• French: chat (fr), loup (fr) m
• German: Fange (de), Fangen (de), Hast'se (de) (colloquial)
• Hungarian: fogócska (hu)

• Japanese: 鬼ごっこ (ja) (onigokko)
• Norwegian: sisten (no)
• Portuguese: pega-pega (pt)
• Romanian: leapșa (ro)
• Russian: салки (ru) (sálki) f pl, пятнашки (ru) (pjatnáški) f pl
• Spanish: pilla pilla (es), el pillarse (es) m
• Swedish: tafatt (sv) n, datten (sv) c, kull (sv) n

skin tag — see skin tag

type of cardboard

type of graffiti

• Finnish: tagi (fi), tägi (fi), tag (fi)
• German: Tag (de) n

• Swedish: tagg (sv) c

element of markup language

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 標記 (cmn), 标记 (cmn) (biāojì)

• Czech: značka (cs) f
• Finnish: tagi (fi), tagit (fi) pl
• French: balise (fr)
• German: Tag (de) n

• Japanese: タグ (ja) (tagu)
• Macedonian: ознака (mk) (óznaka) f
• Norwegian: tag (no) m
• Polish: znacznik (pl) m
• Russian: тег (ru) (tɛg) m, тэг (ru) (teg) m
• Swedish: tagg (sv) c

Verb

tag (third-person singular simple present tags, present participle tagging, simple past and past participle tagged)

1. (transitive) To label (something).
2. (transitive, graffiti) To mark (something) with one’s tag.
3. (transitive) To remove dung tags from a sheep.

   Regularly tag the rear ends of your sheep.

4. (transitive, baseball, colloquial) To hit the ball hard.

   He really tagged that ball.

5. (transitive, baseball) To put a runner out by touching them with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand.

   He tagged the runner for the out.

6. (transitive, computing) To mark with a tag (metadata for classification).

   I am tagging my music files by artist and genre.

7. To follow closely, accompany, tag along.
   • 1906, O. Henry, By Courier

     A tall young man came striding through the park along the path near which she sat. Behind him tagged a boy carrying a suit-case.

Translations

to label

• Catalan: etiquetar (ca)
• Czech: označit (cs), označkovat (cs)
• Finnish: merkitä (fi)
• Macedonian: означува (mk) (oznáčuva)

• Polish: oznaczyć (pl)
• Spanish: etiquetar (es)
• Swedish: märka (sv), etikettera (sv)

to mark with one’s tag (graffiti)

• Czech: tagovat (cs)
• Navajo: yikʼi naʼaghaz

• Swedish: tagga (sv)

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun or verb tag

tag along tag cloud tag end

tag, you're it! tag out

phone tag telephone tag

Anagrams

• gat, GTA, TGA

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Crimean Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”).

Noun

tag

1. day
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:

     Tag. Dies.

Derived terms

• knauen tag

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þak (“thatch, roof”), from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-. Cognate with English thack, thatch, German Dach (“roof”). Akin to Latin toga (“garment”) and Ancient Greek στέγος (stegos, “roof”).“tag” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Noun

tag n (singular definite taget, plural indefinite tage)

1. roof

Inflection

    Inflection of tag

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	tag	taget	tage	tagene
genitive	tags	tagets	tages	tagenes

Related terms

• tække

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tak (“hold, grasp”).

Noun

tag n (singular definite taget, plural indefinite tag)

1. hold, grasp, grip
2. stroke
3. tug, jerk
4. knack

Inflection

    Inflection of tag

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	tag	taget	tag	tagene
genitive	tags	tagets	tags	tagenes

Etymology 3

From English tag (since 1985).

Noun

tag n (singular definite tagget, plural indefinite tags)

1. tag

Inflection

    Inflection of tag

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	tag	tagget	tags	taggene
genitive	tags	taggets	tags'	taggenes

Etymology 4

See tage (“to take”).

Verb

tag

1. imperative of tage

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Finnish

Noun

tag

1. Alternative form of tagi.

Declension

Declension of tag (type risti) singular plural nominative tag tagit genitive tagin tagien partitive tagia tageja accusative tag tagin tagit inessive tagissa tageissa elative tagista tageista illative tagiin tageihin adessive tagilla tageilla ablative tagilta tageilta allative tagille tageille essive tagina tageina translative tagiksi tageiksi instructive – tagein abessive tagitta tageitta comitative – tageineen

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: /taːk/

Verb

tag

1. Imperative singular of tagen.

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Hungarian

Etymology

Unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtɒɡ/

Noun

tag (plural tagok)

1. member
2. limb

Declension

declension of tag singular plural nominative tag tagok accusative tagot tagokat dative tagnak tagoknak instrumental taggal tagokkal causal-final tagért tagokért translative taggá tagokká terminative tagig tagokig essive-formal tagként tagokként essive-modal - - inessive tagban tagokban superessive tagon tagokon adessive tagnál tagoknál illative tagba tagokba sublative tagra tagokra allative taghoz tagokhoz elative tagból tagokból delative tagról tagokról ablative tagtól tagoktól

possessives of tag possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. tagom tagjaim 2nd person sing. tagod tagjaid 3rd person sing. tagja tagjai 1st person plural tagunk tagjaink 2nd person plural tagotok tagjaitok 3rd person plural tagjuk tagjaik

Derived terms

• szótag
• tagjelölt
• tagország
• végtag

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Lojban

Rafsi

tag

1. rafsi of tagji.

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Meriam

Noun

tag

1. arm, hand

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Middle High German

Alternative forms

• tac

Etymology

From Old High German tag, tac, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, whence also Old English dæġ and Old Norse dagr. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”).

Noun

tag m

1. day
2. age, lifetime
3. (political) convention, congress
4. (in a religious context) judgement day

Descendants

• German: Tag
• Yiddish: טאָג (tog)

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Old High German

Alternative forms

• tac

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dagaz, whence also Old English dæġ, Old Norse dagr, Old Saxon and Old Dutch dag, Old High German tag, Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃 (dags). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tak/

Noun

tag m (plural tagā or taga)

1. day

   tag after tage

   day after day

Descendants

• Middle High German tag, tac
  • German: Tag
  • Yiddish: טאָג (tog)

References

• Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Noun

tag n

1. a grip; a hold (of something)

   Tappa inte taget

   Don’t lose your grip

   Släpp inte taget

   Don’t let go

2. a stroke (with an oar; in swimming)

   Ett tag till med åran

   One more stroke with the oar

3. a while, a moment, a minute, sec, second, tic

   Ett litet tag

   A little while, a second

Declension

Declension of tag

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tag	taget	tag	tagen
genitive	tags	tagets	tags	tagens

Derived terms

• få tag i
• hårda tag
• i första taget
• vara i tagen

Verb

tag

1. imperative of taga.

Alternative forms

• ta