tan

tan

1. (trigonometry) A symbol of the trigonometric function tangent.

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• IPA^(key): /tæn/

Borrowed from French tan (“tanbark”), from Gaulish tanno- (“green oak”) – compare Breton tann (“red oak”), Old Cornish tannen –, from Proto-Celtic *tannos (“green oak”), of uncertain origin, but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)dʰonu (“fir”). Per this hypothesis, related to Hittite [script needed] (tanau, “fir”), Latin femur, genitive feminis (“thigh”), German Tann (“woods”), Tanne (“fir”), Albanian thanë (“cranberry bush”), Ancient Greek θάμνος (thámnos, “thicket”), Avestan 𐬚𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆‎ (θanuuarə), Sanskrit धनु (dhánu).

tan (plural tans)

1. A yellowish-brown colour.

   tan colour:  

2. A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources.

   She still has a tan from her vacation in Mexico.

3. The bark of an oak or other tree from which tannic acid is obtained.
   • 1848, John Hannett, Bibliopegia, or, The Art of Bookbinding in all its branches, page 65:

     In two pints of water boil one ounce of tan, and a like portion of nutgall till reduced to a pint.

• catch a tan
• farmer's tan
• suntan
• tanbark
• tan line

tan (comparative tanner, superlative tannest)

1. Of a yellowish-brown.

   Mine is the white car parked next to the tan pickup truck.

2. Having dark skin as a result of exposure to the sun.

   You’re looking very tan this week.

As a verb, from Middle English tannen, from late Old English tannian (“to tan a hide”), from Latin tannare.

tan (third-person singular simple present tans, present participle tanning, simple past and past participle tanned)

1. (transitive, 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.

2. (transitive) To change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid.[1] To work as a tanner.
3. (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."

• Black and Tan
• tanoak
• tan someone's hide
• tanbark
• tanner
• tannery

• tannin
• tannic acid

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From a Brythonic language; influenced in form by yan (“one”) in the same series.

tan

1. (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.[2]

Borrowed from Armenian թան (tʿan).

tan

1. An Armenian drink made of yoghurt and water similar to airan and doogh

From the Cantonese pronunciation of 擔

tan (usually uncountable, plural tans)

1. Synonym of picul, particularly in Cantonese contexts.

From Old English tān (“twig, switch”), from Proto-Germanic *tainaz (“rod, twig, straw, lot”).

tan (plural tans)

1. (dialectal) A twig or small switch.

• mistletoe

• -ant, ANT, Ant, Ant., NAT, NTA, Nat, Nat., TNA, a'n't, an't, ant, ant-, ant., nat

From Proto-Celtic *teɸnets (“fire”) (compare Old Irish teine, Welsh tân).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑ̃ːn/

tan m (plural tanioù)

1. fire

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈtan/
• Rhymes: -an

tan

1. so, such
2. (in comparisons, tan ... com) as ... as

• tant (“so much, so many”)

• “tan” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

tan

1. dream

From Proto-Celtic *teɸnets (“fire”) (compare Old Irish teine, Welsh tân).

tan m (plural tanow)

1. fire

Probably from Gaulish *tanno- (“oak”), from Latin tannum (“oak bark”) (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?). Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *tanno- (“green oak”).

• IPA^(key): /tɑ̃/

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tan m (plural tans)

1. pulped oak bark used in the tanning process (i.e. of tanning leather)

• “tan” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

tan

1. so, as (in comparisons)

• Usually paired with como, as tan […] como

From French temps (“time, weather”).

tan

1. time
2. weather

Back-formation from tanít, tanul, etc. Created during the Hungarian language reform which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɒn]

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• Hyphenation: tan

tan (plural tanok)

1. doctrine
2. science of, theory, branch of instruction
3. (in compound words) -logy, -ology, -graphy (a branch of learning; a study of a particular subject)

• tanár

tan

1. Rōmaji transcription of たん

tan

1. Nonstandard spelling of tān.
2. Nonstandard spelling of tán.
3. Nonstandard spelling of tǎn.
4. Nonstandard spelling of tàn.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

From Proto-Germanic *tainaz.

tān m (nominative plural tānas)

1. twig, branch

• mistiltān

From Gaulish *tannos (attested in the place names Tannetum and Tannogilum), from Proto-Celtic *tannos (“green oak”).

tan m (oblique plural tans, nominative singular tans, nominative plural tan)

1. pulped oak bark used in the tanning process (i.e. of tanning leather)

From Proto-Celtic *tanā (“(point in) time”), from Proto-Indo-European *tn̥néh₂, from *ten- (“to stretch”).

• IPA^(key): /tan/

tan f

1. (point in) time

• in tan (“when”)

• Irish: tan

• “tan, tain” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

• tant

Latin tantus.

tan

1. such; so much; to such and extent

tan

1. such; so much

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “tantus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 131, page 85

From Old Norse tǫnn, from Proto-Germanic *tanþs.

tan f

1. tooth

• Swedish: tand

tan

1. this (feminine)

From Latin tam.

• Rhymes: -an

IPA 'tan

tan

1. so, as

   Eres tan rico como te sientes. ― You are as rich as you feel.

Usually paired with como: tan […] como - "as […] as"

or with que: tan […] que - "so […] that"

From English stand.

tan

1. to stay, to reside
2. to stay, to remain in a state

From Old Turkic taŋ‎ (taŋ, “sky, sunrise, daylight”).

tan (definite accusative tanı, plural tanlar)

1. dawn, twilight, sunrise, daylight

   O gece tan yeri ağırana kadar selâmettir. ― On that night, there is peace till twilight.

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 散 (SV: tán, tản).

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [taːn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [taːŋ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [taːŋ˧˧]

tan (散, 珊, 潵, 㪚)

1. to melt
2. to dissolve, dissipate

• Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)

From Proto-Brythonic *tan, from Proto-Celtic *tanai, dative of *tanā, from Proto-Indo-European *tn̥néh₂.

tan (triggers soft mutation on a following noun)

1. until
2. under
3. while

• tân

tan (definite form tan mi)

1. vulture

Cognate to Silt'e [script needed] (tan).

tan

1. smoke (from a fire)

• Initial SLLE Survey of the Zway Area by Klaus Wedekind and Charlotte Wedekind