tac

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tac"

Translingual

Symbol

tac

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Lowland Tarahumara.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Lowland Tarahumara terms

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tæk/

• Audio (Australian):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -æk
• Homophones: tach, tack

Noun

tac (uncountable)

1. (Geordie, slang) The drug cannabis.

Adjective

tac (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of tactical.

See also

• tac-au-tac
• tacnuke, tac nuke, tac-nuke
• tac squad
• tic tac
• tic-tac-toe

Anagrams

• cat, Cat, act., Act., CAT, ATC, Act, act, A.C.T., A. C. T., CTA, cat-, ACT, TCA

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• tacu

Etymology

From Latin taceō. Compare Romanian tăcea, tac.

Verb

tac (third-person singular tatsi or tatse, participle tãcutã)

1. to be silent, keep quiet

Related terms

• tãtseari / tãtseare
• tãcut

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		таҹ
Arabic		تاج

tac

Etymology

From Arabic تَاج (tāj), ultimately of Iranian origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɑd͡ʒ], [tɑd͡z]

• Audio (Baku):

  (file)

Noun

tac (definite accusative tacı, plural taclar)

1. crown

Declension

Declension of tac

	singular	plural
nominative	tac	taclar
definite accusative	tacı	tacları
dative	taca	taclara
locative	tacda	taclarda
ablative	tacdan	taclardan
definite genitive	tacın	tacların

Possessive forms of tac

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tacım	taclarım
sənin (“your”)	tacın	tacların
onun (“his/her/its”)	tacı	tacları
bizim (“our”)	tacımız	taclarımız
sizin (“your”)	tacınız	taclarınız
onların (“their”)	tacı or tacları	tacları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tacımı	taclarımı
sənin (“your”)	tacını	taclarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	tacını	taclarını
bizim (“our”)	tacımızı	taclarımızı
sizin (“your”)	tacınızı	taclarınızı
onların (“their”)	tacını or taclarını	taclarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tacıma	taclarıma
sənin (“your”)	tacına	taclarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	tacına	taclarına
bizim (“our”)	tacımıza	taclarımıza
sizin (“your”)	tacınıza	taclarınıza
onların (“their”)	tacına or taclarına	taclarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tacımda	taclarımda
sənin (“your”)	tacında	taclarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	tacında	taclarında
bizim (“our”)	tacımızda	taclarımızda
sizin (“your”)	tacınızda	taclarınızda
onların (“their”)	tacında or taclarında	taclarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tacımdan	taclarımdan
sənin (“your”)	tacından	taclarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	tacından	taclarından
bizim (“our”)	tacımızdan	taclarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	tacınızdan	taclarınızdan
onların (“their”)	tacından or taclarından	taclarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tacımın	taclarımın
sənin (“your”)	tacının	taclarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	tacının	taclarının
bizim (“our”)	tacımızın	taclarımızın
sizin (“your”)	tacınızın	taclarınızın
onların (“their”)	tacının or taclarının	taclarının

Derived terms

• taxt-tac

Emilian

Alternative forms

• tàc (Modenese)
• tâc (Bolognese, Reggiano, Carpigiano)

Noun

tac m (plural tac) (Mirandola)

1. the back of a shoe
2. heel of a shoe

Synonyms

• arbòt (Bolognese)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tak/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ak

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic

Interjection

tac

1. tick, tock
   • 1968, Serge Gainsbourg, “Bonnie and Clyde”, in Initials B.B., performed by Serge Gainsbourg ft. Brigitte Bardot:

     Dans les trois jours, voilà le tac, tac, tac / Des mitraillettes qui reviennent à l'attaque

     Within three days, there's the rat-a-tat-tat / Of machine guns back on the attack

2. Expresses that a task is being completed or has been completed.

   Tac, ça devrait marcher maintenant.

   All done, it should work now.

Derived terms

• avoir le tac
• du tac au tac
• tac-tac
• tacot
• tactactac
• tic-tac

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle French tac.

Noun

tac m (uncountable)

1. mange

Further reading

• “tac”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Friulian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tak/

Noun

tac f (plural tacs)

1. badger

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin taceō. Compare Romanian tăcea, tac.

Verb

tac

1. I am silent, keep quiet.

Related terms

• tățiri, tățeari / tățęri

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• tag, dach

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German tag, tac, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, whence also Old English dæġ and Old Norse dagr. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈtak/

Noun

tac m

1. day
2. age, lifetime
3. (politics) convention, congress
4. (in a religious context) judgement day

Declension

Declension of tac (strong masculine without umlaut)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	dër	tac	die	tage
genitive	eines	dës	tages	dër	tage
dative	eime	dëm	tage	dën	tagen
accusative	einen	dën	tac	die	tage

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Tag

  Alsatian: Dàà (north), Dàj (center), Dàg (south)

  Italian Walser: tag, tog, tàg

  Swabian: Dag

• Bavarian: Da, Dåg, Doch, Tog

  Cimbrian: tak, ta, tag, tage

  Mòcheno: ta

  Udinese: tach, ti

• Central Franconian: Daach

  Hunsrik: Daagh, taach (Wiesemann spelling system), Tóch, Tooch (Altenhofen spelling)

• East Central German:

  Upper Saxon German: Dag

• German: Tag

  Esperanto: tago

• Luxembourgish: Dag, Do
• Rhine Franconian: Tach

  Pennsylvania German: Daag

• Transylvanian Saxon: Dåch
• Vilamovian: taog
• Yiddish: טאָג (tog)

Further reading

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “tac”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Old High German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tak/

Noun

tac m

1. alternative form of tag

References

• Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtat͡s/
• Rhymes: -at͡s
• Syllabification: tac

Noun

tac f

1. genitive plural of taca

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Greek τάκος (tákos).

Noun

tac n (plural tacuri)

1. (billiards) cue

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	tac	tacul	tacuri	tacurile
genitive-dative	tac	tacului	tacuri	tacurilor
vocative	tacule		tacurilor

Etymology 2

Verb

tac

1. inflection of tăcea:
   1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. third-person plural present indicative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtak/ [ˈt̪ak]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: tac

Noun

tac m (plural tacs)

1. CAT
2. knock; clack; tock (sound)

Further reading

• “tac”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025