tattoo

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Etymology 1

From Samoan tatau (“to tap”).

Pronunciation

• (Can we verify this pronunciation?) IPA: [tʰæˈtʰu]

Noun

Wikipedia tattoo (plural tattoos)

1. An image made in the skin with ink and a needle
2. A method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface. The skin is punctured with a sharp instrument, which now is usually a solenoid-driven needle, that carries the inks to lower layers of the skin.

Translations

an image made in the skin with ink and a needle

Albanian: tatuazh (sq) m. Arabic: وشم (ar) (washm) m. Armenian: դաջվածք (hy) (daǰvackʿ) Bengali: উল্কি (bn) (ulki) Bulgarian: татуировка (bg) (tatuirovka) f. Catalan: tatuatge (ca) m. Chinese: Cantonese: trad. 紋身, simpl. 纹身 (Jyutping: man4 san1), trad. and simpl. 刺青 (jyutping: ci3 ceng1) Mandarin: (formal) 文身 (zh) (wénshēn), 紋身 (zh) 纹身 (zh) (wénshēn) Czech: tetování (cs) n. Danish: tatovering (da) c. Dutch: tatoeage (nl) f. Esperanto: tatuo (eo) Estonian: tätoveering (et) Finnish: tatuointi (fi) French: tatouage (fr) m. Galician: tatuaxe (gl) f. German: Tätowierung (de) f. Greek: τατουάζ (el) (tatouáz) n., (archaic) κατάστιξη (el) (katástixi) Hebrew: קעקע (he) (ka'aka) Hindi: गोदना (hi) (godnā) Hungarian: tetoválás (hu), tetkó (hu) Italian: tatuaggio (it) m. Japanese: 刺青 (ja), 入れ墨 (ja), 文身 (ja) (いれずみ, irezumi) Korean: 문신 (ko) (munsin) (文身 (ko))

Kurdish: deq (ku) f. Lithuanian: tatuiruotė (lt) Macedonian: тетоважа (mk) (tetováža) f. Malay: tatu (ms) Maori: moko (mi) Norwegian: tatovering (no) m. Persian: خال‌کوبی (fa) (xâl-kubi) Polish: tatuaż (pl) Portuguese: tatuagem (pt) Romanian: tatuaj (ro) n. Romansch: tetovaziun (rm) f., tatuaziun (rm) f. Russian: татуировка (ru) (tatuiróvka) f., наколка (ru) (nakólka) f., (indeclinable) тату (ru) (tatú) n. Samoan: tatau Serbo-Croatian: tetovaža (sh) f. Slovak: tetovanie (sk) Slovene: tetoviranje (sl) Spanish: tatuaje (es) m. Swedish: tatuering (sv) c. Tahitian: tatau Thai: การสัก (th) (gaan-sàk), รอยสัก (th) (roi-sàk) Turkish: dövme (tr) Vietnamese: xăm (vi), hiệu trống tập trung buổi tối (vi)  !Xóõ: ǁáa

method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface

Albanian: tatuazh (sq) m. Armenian: դաջում (hy) (daǰum) Croatian: tetoviranje (hr) n. Finnish: tatuointi (fi)

German: Tätowieren (de) n. Greek: δερματοστιξία (el) (dermatostixía) f. Macedonian: тетовирање (mk) (tetovíranje) n. Swedish: tatuering (sv) c.

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North Marquesan: tatu

South Marquesan: tatu

Verb

tattoo (third-person singular simple present tattoos, present participle tattooing, simple past tattooed, past participle tattoed)

1. To apply a tattoo (to someone or something)
2. (baseball) To hit the ball hard, as if to figuratively leave a tattoo on the ball

   Jones tattoos one into the gap in left; that will clear the bases.

Translations

to apply a tattoo

Arabic: وشم (wášama) Armenian: դաջել (hy) (daǰel) Catalan: tatuar (ca) Chinese: 刺 (cì) Croatian: tetovirati (hr) Dutch: tatoeëren (nl) Finnish: tatuoida (fi) French: tatouer (fr) German: tätowieren (de) Greek: στίζω (el) (stízo) Hungarian: tetovál (hu)

Italian: tatuare (it) Lithuanian: tatuiruoti (lt) Macedonian: тетовира (mk) (tetovíra) Norwegian: tatovere (no) Persian: خال کوبیدن (fa) Polish: robić tatuaż, tatuować (pl) Romanian: tatua (ro) Spanish: tatuar (es) Swedish: tatuera (sv) Turkish: dövme yapmak (tr)

Related terms

• tatt
• tattoo artist
• tattoo parlour

Etymology 2

From Dutch taptoe.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tæˈtuː/

Noun

tattoo (plural tattoos)

1. (nautical) A signal played five minutes before taps (lights out)
2. a signal by drum or bugle ordering soldiers to return to their quarters
3. a military display or pageant

Translations

time to close the taps

Finnish: hiljaisuus (fi)

signal

Finnish: iltasoitto (fi), tattoo (fi)

Greek: τυμπανοκρουσία (el) (tympanokrousía) f.

Etymology 3

From Hindi tattū.

Noun

tattoo (plural tattoos)

1. A breed of pony from India; a pony of that breed.