Tattoo

See also: tattoo

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English tattoo. The rather common pronunciation with initial stress perhaps partly from a mistakenly assumed English form, but at least reinforced by the related words tätowieren, Tätowierung (both with unstressed -o- and often secondary stress on -ä-).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /taˈtuː/, /tɛˈtuː/, /ˈtɛtu/
  • Hyphenation: Tat‧too

Noun

Tattoo n or m (genitive Tattoos, plural Tattoos)

  1. tattoo

Usage notes
  • Generally neuter. The masculine gender is rare.

Synonyms
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