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See also: Tag, TAG, tag-, tağ, tág, tåg, tāğ, and tâğ

Translingual

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Etymology

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Clipping of English Tagoi.

Symbol

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tag

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

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English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English tagge (“small piece hanging from a garment”), probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Norwegian tagg (“point; prong; barb; tag”), Swedish tagg (“thorn; prickle; tine”), Icelandic tág (“a willow-twig”). Compare also tack.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tag (plural tags)

  1. (heading) Physical appendage.
    1. A small label.
    He has a tag hung on his bag.
    1. A skin tag, an excrescence of skin.
    2. A dangling lock of sheep's wool, matted with dung; a dung tag.
    3. Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely.
    4. A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.
    5. (biochemistry) Any short peptide sequence artificially attached to proteins mostly in order to help purify, solubilize or visualize these proteins.
    6. Something mean and paltry; the rabble, originally refer to rag as torn cloth.
      • 1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […] (Ancient Irish Histories), Dublin: […] Society of Stationers, […] Hibernia Press, […] [b]y John Morrison, 1809, →OCLC:
        For upon the like Proclamation there, they all came in, both tag and rag
  2. (heading) Last nonphysical appendage.
    2. The last line (or last two lines) of a song's chorus that is repeated to indicate the end of the song.
    3. (television) The last scene of a TV program, often focusing on the program's subplot.
      Antonym: cold open
      • 2006, Stephen V. Duncan, A Guide to Screenwriting Success, page 300:
        Often, the tag punctuates the "we're all in this together" theme and is topped with a laugh.
    4. The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.
  3. (heading) Nonphysical label.
    1. (informal, authorship) An attribution in narrated dialogue (eg, "he said") or attributed words (e.g. "he thought").
      Synonyms: dialogue tag, speech tag, tag line
      • (Can we date this quote?), michael, alt.fiction.original‎[1] (Usenet):
        Seems here like Russ would be speaking. You could use a tag here.
      • (Can we date this quote?), Jane MacDonald, alt.fiction.original‎[2] (Usenet):
        If you want to start with talk, stick a tag in right away
      • (Can we date this quote?), bart_...@hotmail.com, alt.fiction.original‎[3] (Usenet):
        You could combine these two paragraphs, I think, and rewrite to lose the tag portion of the third sentence.
    2. (computing) A piece of markup representing an element in a markup language.
      The <title> tag provides a title for the Web page.
      The <sarcasm> tag conveys sarcasm in Internet slang.
    4. (computing) A keyword, term, or phrase associated with or assigned to data, media, and/or information enabling keyword-based classification; often used to categorize content.
      I want to add genre and artist tags to the files in my music collection.
  4. (heading) Identity.
    1. (chiefly US) A vehicle number plate; a medal bearing identification data (animals, soldiers).
      The subwoofer in the trunk was so loud, it vibrated the tag like an aluminum can.
    2. (slang) A person's name.
      What’s your tag?
  5. (heading) Involving being tagged physically.
    2. (uncountable) A game, especially for children on playgrounds, in which one player (known as "it") attempts to touch another, who then becomes "it"; any similar game of chasing and trying to reach, touch, shoot, or label other players.
      Synonyms: (Australia) tips, (UK) it
      Hyponyms: archery tag, dart tag, freeze tag, laser tag, zombie tag
    3. (baseball) An instance of touching the baserunner with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand to rule him "out."
      The tag was applied at second for the final out.
  6. (heading) Signature.
    1. Graffiti in the form of a stylized signature particular to the artist.
      • 2011, Scape Martinez, Graff 2: Next Level Graffiti Techniques, page 124:
        There is a hierarchy of sorts: a throw-up can go over a tag, a piece over a throw-up, and a burner over a piece.
  7. A type of cardboard.
  8. A sheep in its first year.
    • 1807, The Complete Farmer, or, General Dictionary of Agriculture and Husbandry, →OCLC:
      After being weaned, the ram or wedder lamb is sometimes termed hog, hoggit, or tag, during the whole of the first year
Hyponyms
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(children's game to avoid being "it"):

Verb

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tag (third-person singular simple present tags, present participle tagging, simple past and past participle tagged)

  1. (transitive) To label (something).
  2. (transitive) To mark (something) with one's graffiti tag.
  3. (transitive) To remove dung tags from a sheep.
    Regularly tag the rear ends of your sheep.
  4. (transitive, baseball, colloquial) To hit the ball hard.
    He really tagged that ball.
  5. (transitive, vulgar, slang, 1990s) to have sex with someone (especially a man of a woman)
    Steve is dying to tag Angie from chemistry class.
  6. (transitive, baseball) To put a runner out by touching them with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand.
    He tagged the runner for the out.
  7. (transitive, computing) To mark with a tag (metadata for classification).
    Antonym: untag
    I am tagging my music files by artist and genre.
  8. (transitive, Internet) To attach the name of (a user) to a posted message so that they are linked from the post and possibly sent a notification.
    • 2021, Julie B. Wiest, Theorizing Criminality and Policing in the Digital Media Age, page 82:
      One side wants to demonstrate a higher level of street knowledge and openly denounces the distorting lens of Instagram dissings; the other embraces the medium's branding affordances by sending “clout” to a third-party ally, while at the same time avoiding tagging the opponent.
  9. To follow closely, accompany, tag along.
    • 1906 April, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “By Courier”, in The Four Million, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co, →OCLC:
      A tall young man came striding through the park along the path near which she sat. Behind him tagged a boy carrying a suit-case.
  10. (transitive) To catch and touch (a player in the game of tag).
  11. (transitive) To fit with, or as if with, a tag or tags.
  12. To fasten; to attach.
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Translations
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to attach the name of a user so that they are linked from the post

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Aramaic תגא (taga, “crown”). Doublet of taj.

Noun

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tag (plural tagin or tagim)

  2. A decoration drawn over some Hebrew letters in Jewish scrolls, especially in Stam style.

References

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  • “tag”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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Anagrams

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Cimbrian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    From Middle High German tag, tac, from Old High German tag, tac, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz. Cognate with German Tag, English day.

    Noun

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    tag m (plural taaghe)

    1. (Sette Comuni) day

    Declension

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    Declension of tag – 1st declension
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative an dar tag de taaghe
    accusative an in tag de taaghe
    dative aname me taaghe in taaghen
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    References

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    • “tag” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974), Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

    Crimean Gothic

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-Germanic *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”).

    Noun

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    tag

    1. day
      • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
        Tag. Dies.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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    Danish

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    Etymology 1

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    From Old Norse þak (“thatch, roof”), from Proto-Germanic *þaką, cognate with Swedish tak, English thack, thatch, German Dach, Dutch dak.

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    • IPA(key): /taːˀɣ/, [ˈtˢæˀ(j)]

    Noun

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    tag n (singular definite taget, plural indefinite tage)

    1. roof
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    Declension of tag
    neuter
    gender     		singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative tag taget tage tagene
    genitive tags tagets tages tagenes
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    Etymology 2

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    From Old Norse tak (“hold, grasp”), cognate with Norwegian tak, Swedish tag. Derived from the verb taka (Danish tage).

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    • IPA(key): /ta(ːˀ)ɣ/, [ˈtˢæˀ(j)], [ˈtˢɑw]

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    tag n (singular definite taget, plural indefinite tag)

    1. hold, grasp, grip
    2. stroke (with an oar or with the armes in the water)
    3. handling, control
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    Declension of tag
    neuter
    gender     		singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative tag taget tag tagene
    genitive tags tagets tags tagenes

    Etymology 3

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    Borrowed from English tag (since 1985).

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /taɡ/, [ˈtˢæɡ̊]

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    tag n (singular definite tagget, plural indefinite tags)

    1. tag (signature of a graffiti artist)
    2. (computing) tag (markup in an electronic file)
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    Declension of tag
    neuter
    gender     		singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative tag tagget tags taggene
    genitive tags taggets tags' taggenes

    Etymology 4

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ta(ːˀ)/, [ˈtˢæ(ˀ)]

    Verb

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    tag

    1. imperative of tage

    Dutch

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English tag.

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    tag n (plural tags, diminutive tagje n)

    1. tag

    Finnish

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈtɑɡ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝ɡ]
    • Rhymes: -ɑɡ
    • Syllabification(key): tag
    • Hyphenation(key): tag

    Noun

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    tag

    1. alternative form of tagi

    Declension

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    Inflection of tag (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
    nominative tag tagit
    genitive tagin tagien
    partitive tagia tageja
    illative tagiin tageihin
    singular plural
    nominative tag tagit
    accusative nom. tag tagit
    gen. tagin
    genitive tagin tagien
    partitive tagia tageja
    inessive tagissa tageissa
    elative tagista tageista
    illative tagiin tageihin
    adessive tagilla tageilla
    ablative tagilta tageilta
    allative tagille tageille
    essive tagina tageina
    translative tagiksi tageiksi
    abessive tagitta tageitta
    instructive — tagein
    comitative See the possessive forms below.
    Possessive forms of tag (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
    first-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative tagini tagini
    accusative nom. tagini tagini
    gen. tagini
    genitive tagini tagieni
    partitive tagiani tagejani
    inessive tagissani tageissani
    elative tagistani tageistani
    illative tagiini tageihini
    adessive tagillani tageillani
    ablative tagiltani tageiltani
    allative tagilleni tageilleni
    essive taginani tageinani
    translative tagikseni tageikseni
    abessive tagittani tageittani
    instructive — —
    comitative — tageineni
    second-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative tagisi tagisi
    accusative nom. tagisi tagisi
    gen. tagisi
    genitive tagisi tagiesi
    partitive tagiasi tagejasi
    inessive tagissasi tageissasi
    elative tagistasi tageistasi
    illative tagiisi tageihisi
    adessive tagillasi tageillasi
    ablative tagiltasi tageiltasi
    allative tagillesi tageillesi
    essive taginasi tageinasi
    translative tagiksesi tageiksesi
    abessive tagittasi tageittasi
    instructive — —
    comitative — tageinesi
    first-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative tagimme tagimme
    accusative nom. tagimme tagimme
    gen. tagimme
    genitive tagimme tagiemme
    partitive tagiamme tagejamme
    inessive tagissamme tageissamme
    elative tagistamme tageistamme
    illative tagiimme tageihimme
    adessive tagillamme tageillamme
    ablative tagiltamme tageiltamme
    allative tagillemme tageillemme
    essive taginamme tageinamme
    translative tagiksemme tageiksemme
    abessive tagittamme tageittamme
    instructive — —
    comitative — tageinemme
    second-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative taginne taginne
    accusative nom. taginne taginne
    gen. taginne
    genitive taginne tagienne
    partitive tagianne tagejanne
    inessive tagissanne tageissanne
    elative tagistanne tageistanne
    illative tagiinne tageihinne
    adessive tagillanne tageillanne
    ablative tagiltanne tageiltanne
    allative tagillenne tageillenne
    essive taginanne tageinanne
    translative tagiksenne tageiksenne
    abessive tagittanne tageittanne
    instructive — —
    comitative — tageinenne
    third-person possessor
    singular plural
    nominative taginsa taginsa
    accusative nom. taginsa taginsa
    gen. taginsa
    genitive taginsa tagiensa
    partitive tagiaan
    tagiansa     		tagejaan
    tagejansa
    inessive tagissaan
    tagissansa     		tageissaan
    tageissansa
    elative tagistaan
    tagistansa     		tageistaan
    tageistansa
    illative tagiinsa tageihinsa
    adessive tagillaan
    tagillansa     		tageillaan
    tageillansa
    ablative tagiltaan
    tagiltansa     		tageiltaan
    tageiltansa
    allative tagilleen
    tagillensa     		tageilleen
    tageillensa
    essive taginaan
    taginansa     		tageinaan
    tageinansa
    translative tagikseen
    tagiksensa     		tageikseen
    tageiksensa
    abessive tagittaan
    tagittansa     		tageittaan
    tageittansa
    instructive — —
    comitative — tageineen
    tageinensa

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    French

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English tag.

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    tag m (plural tags)

    1. tag

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    tag

    1. singular imperative of tagen

    Hungarian

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    Etymology 1

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    Of unknown origin.[1]

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    tag (plural tagok)

    2. member
    3. synonym of végtag (“limb”)
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    Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
    singular plural
    nominative tag tagok
    accusative tagot tagokat
    dative tagnak tagoknak
    instrumental taggal tagokkal
    causal-final tagért tagokért
    translative taggá tagokká
    terminative tagig tagokig
    essive-formal tagként tagokként
    essive-modal tagul —
    inessive tagban tagokban
    superessive tagon tagokon
    adessive tagnál tagoknál
    illative tagba tagokba
    sublative tagra tagokra
    allative taghoz tagokhoz
    elative tagból tagokból
    delative tagról tagokról
    ablative tagtól tagoktól
    non-attributive
    possessive – singular     		tagé tagoké
    non-attributive
    possessive – plural     		tagéi tagokéi
    Possessive forms of tag
    possessor single possession multiple possessions
    1st person sing. tagom tagjaim
    2nd person sing. tagod tagjaid
    3rd person sing. tagja tagjai
    1st person plural tagunk tagjaink
    2nd person plural tagotok tagjaitok
    3rd person plural tagjuk tagjaik
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    Etymology 2

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    Borrowed from English tag (“piece of markup”).

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    Noun

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    tag (plural tagek)

    2. (computing) tag (a piece of markup representing an element in a markup language)
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    Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
    singular plural
    nominative tag tagek
    accusative taget tageket
    dative tagnek tageknek
    instrumental taggel tagekkel
    causal-final tagért tagekért
    translative taggé tagekké
    terminative tagig tagekig
    essive-formal tagként tagekként
    essive-modal — —
    inessive tagben tagekben
    superessive tagen tageken
    adessive tagnél tageknél
    illative tagbe tagekbe
    sublative tagre tagekre
    allative taghez tagekhez
    elative tagből tagekből
    delative tagről tagekről
    ablative tagtől tagektől
    non-attributive
    possessive – singular     		tagé tageké
    non-attributive
    possessive – plural     		tagéi tagekéi
    Possessive forms of tag
    possessor single possession multiple possessions
    1st person sing. tagem tagjeim
    2nd person sing. taged tagjeid
    3rd person sing. tagje tagjei
    1st person plural tagünk tagjeink
    2nd person plural tagetek tagjeitek
    3rd person plural tagjük tagjeik

    Etymology 3

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    Borrowed from English tag (“a piece of graffiti”).

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    Noun

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    tag (plural tagek)

    2. tag (graffiti in the form of a stylized signature particular to the artist)
    Declension
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    Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
    singular plural
    nominative tag tagek
    accusative taget tageket
    dative tagnek tageknek
    instrumental taggel tagekkel
    causal-final tagért tagekért
    translative taggé tagekké
    terminative tagig tagekig
    essive-formal tagként tagekként
    essive-modal — —
    inessive tagben tagekben
    superessive tagen tageken
    adessive tagnél tageknél
    illative tagbe tagekbe
    sublative tagre tagekre
    allative taghez tagekhez
    elative tagből tagekből
    delative tagről tagekről
    ablative tagtől tagektől
    non-attributive
    possessive – singular     		tagé tageké
    non-attributive
    possessive – plural     		tagéi tagekéi
    Possessive forms of tag
    possessor single possession multiple possessions
    1st person sing. tagem tagjeim
    2nd person sing. taged tagjeid
    3rd person sing. tagje tagjei
    1st person plural tagünk tagjeink
    2nd person plural tagetek tagjeitek
    3rd person plural tagjük tagjeik

    References

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    1. ^ tag in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

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    • tag in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

    Meriam

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    Noun

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    tag

    1. arm, hand

    Middle High German

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    Noun

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    tag m

    1. alternative form of tac

    Declension

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    Declension of tag (strong masculine without umlaut)
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein dër tag die tage
    genitive eines dës tages dër tage
    dative eime dëm tage dën tagen
    accusative einen dën tag die tage

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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      From Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, whence also Old English dæġ, Old Norse dagr, Old Dutch and Old Saxon dag, Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃 (dags). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”).

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      tag m (plural taga)

      1. day
        tag after tage
        day after day

      Declension

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      Declension of tag (masculine a-stem)
      case singular plural
      nominative tag tagā, taga
      accusative tag tagā, taga
      genitive tages tago
      dative tage tagum
      instrumental tagu —

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      • Middle High German: tac, tag, dach
        • Alemannic German: Tag
          Alsatian: Dàà (north), Dàj (center), Dàg (south)
          Italian Walser: tag, tog, tàg
          Swabian: Dag
        • Bavarian: Da, Dåg, Doch
          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)

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      • Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer

      Polish

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      Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia pl

      Etymology

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      Borrowed from English tag.

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      Noun

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      tag m inan

      1. (computing) tag (piece of markup representing an element in a markup language)
        Synonym: znacznik

      Declension

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      Declension of tag
      singular plural
      nominative tag tagi
      genitive tagu tagów
      dative tagowi tagom
      accusative tag tagi
      instrumental tagiem tagami
      locative tagu tagach
      vocative tagu tagi

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      • tag in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
      • tag in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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      Etymology

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      Unadapted borrowing from English tag.

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      • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈta.ɡi/, /ˈtɛ.ɡi/
        • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈta.ɡe/, /ˈtɛ.ɡe/
      • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈta.ɡɨ/ [ˈta.ɣɨ], /ˈtɛ.ɡɨ/ [ˈtɛ.ɣɨ]

      Noun

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      tag f or m (plural tags)

      1. tag (type of graffiti)
      2. an RFID chip, especially one used to unlock electronic door locks, often carried as a key fob
      3. (computing) tag (a markup instruction)
      4. (computing) tag (keyword, term, or phrase associated with or assigned to data, media, and/or information)

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      Sumerian

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      tag

      1. romanization of 𒋳 (tag)

      Swedish

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      Etymology

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      From Old Norse tak.

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      tag n

      1. a grip, a hold (of something)
        Tappa inte taget
        Don't lose your grip
        Släpp inte taget!
        Don't let go [Don't release your grip]!
        ta tag i något
        grab something [take grip in something]
        få tag i någon/något
        get hold of someone/something
      2. (figuratively, in "ta tag i (något)") to get down to dealing with (something)
      3. a stroke (with oars or an oar, a paddle, or the like; in swimming)
        ett tag till med åran
        one more stroke with the oar
        ta ett årtag
        take a stroke with oars (or an oar)
        ta ett paddeltag
        take a stroke with a paddle
        ta några simtag
        take a few swimming strokes
      4. a while (limited, often short time period)
        Hon kommer om ett tag
        She will be here in a while
        Det kommer ta ett bra tag
        It will take a good while
        ett litet tag
        a little while
        Det är inget jag glömmer i första taget
        It's not something I will forget in a hurry [in the first while]
      5. a manner of doing something (can be thought of as "grips" as a metaphor for how one goes about something)
        en maskin som tål tuffa tag
        a machine that can take a beating ("that can stand tough grips")
        friska tag
        spunk, vigor ("fresh grips")
        Somliga gillar hårda tag
        Some like it rough

      Declension

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      Declension of tag
      nominative genitive
      singular indefinite tag tags
      definite taget tagets
      plural indefinite tag tags
      definite tagen tagens

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      Verb

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      tag

      1. imperative of taga

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      Welsh

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      Etymology

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      Back-formation from tagu (“to strangle, to choke”).

      Noun

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      tag m (plural tagau or tagion)

      1. choking, suffocation

      Derived terms

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      • bleidd-dag (“wolfsbane, monkshood”)
      • llindag (“suffocation; snare; dodder; thrush”)
      • tagaradr (“restharrow”)
      • tagell (“gill; jowl”)
      • tagfa (“choking, throttling; bottleneck”)
      • taglys (“bindweed”)
      • ytag (“black bindweed; buckwheat”)

      Mutation

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      Mutated forms of tag
      radical soft nasal aspirate
      tag dag nhag thag

      Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
      All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

      References

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      • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tag”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

      White Hmong

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      Etymology

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      See tas.

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      Noun

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      tag

      1. alternative form of tas (“day segment”)

      Particle

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      tag

      1. alternative form of tas (“completion particle”)

      Usage notes

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      More commonly used than tas.

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