tan

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[edit] Translingual

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[edit] Symbol

tan

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

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology 1

French tan 'tanbark', from Gaulish tanno 'live oak' (compare Breton tann 'red oak', Old Cornish tannen), from Proto-Indo-European *dhonu 'fir' (compare Hittite tanau 'fir', Latin femur, gen. feminis 'thigh', German Tann 'woods', Tanne 'fir', Ancient Greek thámnos 'thicket', Avestan θanwarə, gen. θanwanō 'bow', Sanskrit dhánus, gen. dhánvanus 'bow').

[edit] 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.
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
colour
darkening of skin
bark of tree
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Translations
colour
dark skin
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[edit] Etymology 2

Middle English tannen, from late Old English tannian 'to tan a hide', from Anglo-Norman tanner, from tan. See above.

[edit] 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."
[edit] Translations
to become tan due to exposure to sun
to turn animal hide into leather
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[edit] Etymology 3

From a Brythonic language; influenced in form by yan (“one”) in the same series.

[edit] Cardinal number

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]

[edit] References

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

[edit] Anagrams

[edit] Breton

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈtɑ̃ːn/

[edit] Noun

tan m. (plural tanioù)

  1. fire

[edit] Catalan

[edit] Adverb

tan

  1. so, such
  2. (in comparisons, tan ... com) as ... as

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[edit] Cornish

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Noun

tan m. (plural tanow)

  1. fire

[edit] Galician

[edit] Adverb

tan

  1. so, as (in comparisons)

[edit] Usage notes

Usually paired with como, as tan […] como

[edit] Haitian Creole

[edit] Etymology

From French temps (“time, weather”)

[edit] Noun

tan

  1. time
  2. weather

[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

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Romanization

tan

  1. Nonstandard spelling of tān.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of tán.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of tǎn.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of 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.

[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

From tanto

[edit] Adverb

tan

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

[edit] Usage notes

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

[edit] Turkish

[edit] Noun

tan (definite accusative tanı)

  1. dawn, twilight
    O gece tan yeri ağırana kadar selâmettir. - "On that night, there is peace till twilight."

[edit] Welsh

[edit] Preposition

tan

  1. until
  2. under
  3. while

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[edit] Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tan dan nhan than
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