tag

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See also Tag, tág, and tåg

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[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Translations

small label
game
skin tag — see skin tag
type of cardboard
type of graffiti
element of HTML code

[edit] 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.

[edit] Translations

to label
to mark with one’s tag (graffiti)

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse þak (“thatch, roof”). Cognate with English thack, German Dach (“roof”). Akin to Latin toga (“garment”) and Ancient Greek στέγος (stegos, “roof”).“tag” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

[edit] Noun

tag n. (singular definite taget, plural indefinite tage)

  1. roof
[edit] 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

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Norse tak (“hold, grasp”).

[edit] Noun

tag n. (singular definite taget, plural indefinite tag)

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

[edit] Etymology 3

From English tag (since 1985).

[edit] Noun

tag n. (singular definite tagget, plural indefinite tags)

  1. tag
[edit] 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

[edit] Etymology 4

See tage (“to take”).

[edit] Verb

tag

  1. imperative of tage

[edit] German

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Verb

tag

  1. Imperative singular of tagen.

[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Etymology

Of unknown origin.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈtɒɡ/

[edit] Noun

tag (plural tagok)

  1. member
  2. limb

[edit] 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

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Meriam

[edit] Noun

tag

  1. arm, hand

[edit] Old High German

[edit] Alternative forms

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dagaz, whence also Old English dæġ, Old Norse dagr.

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

tag m. (plural tagā or taga)

  1. day
    tag after tage
    day after day

[edit] Descendants

[edit] References

  • Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer

[edit] Swedish

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] 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

[edit] Declension

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

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Verb

tag

  1. imperative of taga.

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