tan

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Symbol 2 English 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Derived terms 2.2.2 Translations 2.3 Adjective 2.3.1 Translations 2.4 Verb 2.4.1 Translations 2.4.2 Derived terms 2.4.3 Related terms 2.4.4 See also 2.5 References 3 Galician 3.1 Adverb 3.1.1 Usage notes 4 Hungarian 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Noun 4.3.1 Declension 4.3.2 Derived terms 5 Korean 5.1 Adjective 6 Mandarin 6.1 Pinyin syllable 6.1.1 Usage notes 7 Spanish 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Adverb 7.2.1 Usage notes 8 Welsh 8.1 Preposition 8.1.1 Usage notes 8.1.2 Mutation

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Symbol

tan

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

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /tæn/

[edit] Noun

tan (plural tans)

1. (color/colour) A yellowish-brown colour.

   tan colour:

2. A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to the sun.

   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.
4. (dialectal, rare) The second cardinal number two, formerly used in Celtic areas, especially Cumbria and parts of Yorkshire, for counting sheep, and stitches in knitting.^[1]

[edit] Derived terms

• catch a tan
• tan line

[edit] Translations

• Bulgarian: тен (ten) m.
• Romanian: bronz n.
• Spanish: bronceado m.

[edit] Adjective

tan (comparative tanner, superlative tannest)

1. (colour) 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.

[edit] Translations

• Bulgarian: жълтокафяв (žâltokafjav) m. (1), жълтокафява (žâltokafjava) f. (1), жълтокафяво (žâltokafjavo) n. (3)

[edit] Verb

to 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.^[2]
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."

[edit] Translations

• Bulgarian: загарям (zagarjam) (1), щавя (štavja) (2)
• Romanian: a se bronza (1)

[edit] Derived terms

• Black and Tan
• tan oak
• tan someone's hide
• tanbark
• tanner
• tannery

[edit] Related terms

• tannin
• tannic acid

[edit] See also

• Appendix:Colours

[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ^ See Wikipedia article on Yan Tan Tethera
2. ^ See Wikipedia article on Tanning.

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[edit] Galician

[edit] Adverb

tan

1. so, as (in comparisons)

[edit] Usage notes

Usually paired with como, as tan […] como

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Etymology

Back-formation from tanít, tanul, etc. Created during the Hungarian language reform taking place in the 18th-19th centuries.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtɒn/

[edit] Noun

tan (plural tanok)

1. doctrine
2. science of, theory, branch of instruction
3. -logy, -graphy (in compound words)
4. Something education-related (in compounds)

[edit] Declension

declension of tan 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

possessives of tan possessor singular possession plural possession 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

[edit] Derived terms

alaktan állattan ásványtan barlangtan elektromosságtan embertan

fénytan földtan hittan hőtan mértan mozgástan

névtan növénytan nyelvtan rendszertan számtan tanfolyam

tanóra tanszék tantárgy tanterv

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Adjective

tan (Revised Romanization of 탄, the attributive form of 타다)

1. tanned, burned
2. fused
3. awarded, paid
4. ridden, riding
5. splitting

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pinyin syllable

tan

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, tān, tán, tǎn, or tàn.

[edit] Usage notes

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

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

From tanto

[edit] Adverb

tan

1. so, as

   eres tan rico como te sientas (you are as rich as you feel)

[edit] Usage notes

Usually paired with como: tan […] como

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[edit] Welsh

[edit] Preposition

tan

1. until
2. under
3. while

[edit] Usage notes

Triggers the soft mutation on any noun following.

[edit] Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tan	dan	nhan	than