tan
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tan
- (mathematics) A symbol of the trigonometric function tangent.
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tan (plural tans)
- (color/colour) A yellowish-brown colour.
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- A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to the sun.
- She still has a tan from her vacation in Mexico.
- The bark of an oak or other tree from which tannic acid is obtained.
- (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]
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tan (comparative tanner, superlative tannest)
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- (colour) Of a yellowish-brown.
- Mine is the white car parked next to the tan pickup truck.
- Having dark skin as a result of exposure to the sun.
- You’re looking very tan this week.
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- Bulgarian: жълтокафяв (žâltokafjav) m. (1), жълтокафява (žâltokafjava) f. (1), жълтокафяво (žâltokafjavo) n. (3)
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to tan (third-person singular simple present tans, present participle tanning, simple past and past participle tanned)
- (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.
- (transitive) To change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid.[2]
- (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."
- 1876, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, ch. 3:
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- Bulgarian: загарям (zagarjam) (1), щавя (štavja) (2)
- Romanian: a se bronza (1)
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tan
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Usually paired with como, as tan […] como
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Back-formation from tanít, tanul, etc. Created during the Hungarian language reform taking place in the 18th-19th centuries.
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- IPA: /ˈtɒn/
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tan (plural tanok)
- doctrine
- science of, theory, branch of instruction
- -logy, -graphy (in compound words)
- Something education-related (in compounds)
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tan (Revised Romanization of 탄, the attributive form of 타다)
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tan
- A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, tān, tán, tǎn, or tàn.
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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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From tanto
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tan
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Usually paired with como: tan […] como
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tan
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Triggers the soft mutation on any noun following.
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| tan | dan | nhan | than |

