Wiktionary

tang

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tang"

English edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle English tange, variant of tonge (“tongs, fang”), from Old Norse tangi (“pointed metal tool”), perhaps related to Old Norse tunga (“tongue”). But see also Old Dutch tanger (“sharp, tart, pinching”).

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Does this need another split between taste and metal bit? Also eye-dialect for tongue???

Noun edit

tang (plural tangs)

  1. A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
    Synonyms: bite, piquancy, spiciness
    Antonyms: blandness, dullness
    • 1904, O. Henry, The Missing Chord:
      The miraculous air, heady with ozone and made memorably sweet by leagues of wild flowerets, gave tang and savour to the breath.
  2. A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself.
    Wine or cider has a tang of the cask.
  3. (figuratively) A sharp, specific flavor or tinge.
    • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC:
      Such proceedings had a strong tang of tyranny.
    • 1806, Francis Jeffrey, “Memoirs of Dr. Priestley”, in The Edinburgh Review:
      a cant of philosophism, and a tang of party politics
    • 1913, Paul Laurence Dunbar, At Sunset Time:
      What, was it I who bared my heart / Through unrelenting years, / And knew the sting of misery's dart, / The tang of sorrow's tears?
  4. A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.
  5. The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle.
  6. (firearms) The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
  7. The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
  8. (zoology) Any of a group of saltwater fish from the family Acanthuridae, especially the genus Zebrasoma.
    Synonym: surgeonfish
  9. (games) A shuffleboard paddle.
    Coordinate term: biscuit
  10. Obsolete form of tongue.
    • 1667, John Lacy, Sauny the Scot: Or, the Taming of the Shrew, Act V,
      Sauny Hear ye, sir; could not ye mistake, and pull her tang out instead of her teeth?
  11. (by extension) Anything resembling a tongue in form or position, such as the tongue of a buckle.
Derived terms edit
terms derived from tang (noun)
Translations edit
tongue — see tongue
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Etymology 2 edit

Imitative

Noun edit

tang (plural tangs)

  1. A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.

Verb edit

tang (third-person singular simple present tangs, present participle tanging, simple past and past participle tanged)

  1. (dated, beekeeping) To strike two metal objects together loudly in order to persuade a swarm of honeybees to land so it may be captured by the beekeeper.[1][2]
  2. To make a ringing sound; to ring.

Etymology 3 edit

Probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish tang (“seaweed”), Swedish tång, Icelandic þang

Noun edit

tang (countable and uncountable, plural tangs)

  1. (rare) knotted wrack, Ascophyllum nodosum (coarse blackish seaweed)
Translations edit
Ascophyllum nodosum — see knotted wrack

Etymology 4 edit

Clipping of poontang.

Noun edit

tang (countable and uncountable, plural tangs)

  1. (countable, vulgar slang) The vagina.
    • 2002, Lynn Breedlove, Godspeed, St. Martin's Griffin, →ISBN, page 9:
      The guys like to look at her tang, because that's how they are […]
  2. (uncountable, vulgar slang) sexual intercourse with a woman

Further reading edit

References edit

  1. ^ Eva Crane, The World History of Beekeeping and Honey Hunting, Taylor & Francis (1999), →ISBN, page 239.
  2. ^ Hilda M. Ransome, The Sacred Bee in Ancient Times and Folklore, Courier Dover Publications (2004), →ISBN, page 225.

See also edit

Anagrams edit

Bislama edit

Etymology edit

From English tongue. Cognate with Tok Pisin tang.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaŋ/
  • Hyphenation: tang

Noun edit

tang

  1. tongue

References edit

  • Terry Crowley (2004) Bislama Reference Grammar, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi press, →ISBN, page 12

Blagar edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tang

  1. sea

References edit

Cimbrian edit

Noun edit

tang

  1. plural of tage

Danish edit

 
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Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse tǫng.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /tanɡ/, [tˢɑŋˀ]

Noun edit

tang c (singular definite tangen, plural indefinite tænger)

  1. tongs
  2. forceps
Inflection edit
Declension of tang
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tang tangen tænger tængerne
genitive tangs tangens tængers tængernes

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse þang.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /tanɡ/, [tˢɑŋˀ]

Noun edit

tang c (singular definite tangen, not used in plural form)

  1. seaweed

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch tanghe, from Old Dutch tanga, from Proto-West Germanic *tangu, from Proto-Germanic *tangō.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tang f (plural tangen, diminutive tangetje n)

  1. pliers
  2. tongs
  3. (especially the diminutive) pincers, tweezers
  4. (figuratively) shrew, bitch

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Negerhollands: tang
  • → Indonesian: tang

Estonian edit

Etymology edit

Noun edit

tang (genitive tangu, partitive tangu)

  1. groat (hulled grain)

Declension edit

Declension of tang (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative tang tangud
accusative nom.
gen. tangu
genitive tangude
partitive tangu tange
tangusid
illative tangu
tangusse 		tangudesse
tangesse
inessive tangus tangudes
tanges
elative tangust tangudest
tangest
allative tangule tangudele
tangele
adessive tangul tangudel
tangel
ablative tangult tangudelt
tangelt
translative tanguks tangudeks
tangeks
terminative tanguni tangudeni
essive tanguna tangudena
abessive tanguta tangudeta
comitative tanguga tangudega

Further reading edit

  • “tang”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • “tang”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012

Hokkien edit

For pronunciation and definitions of tang – see 東 (“east; host; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 東).

Iban edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /taəŋ/
  • Hyphenation: tang

Conjunction edit

tang

  1. but

Indonesian edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Dutch tang, from Middle Dutch tanghe, from Old Dutch tanga, from Proto-Germanic *tangō.

Noun edit

tang (first-person possessive tangku, second-person possessive tangmu, third-person possessive tangnya)

  1. pliers

Verb edit

tang

  1. to use the pliers

Etymology 2 edit

Onomatopoeic.

Noun edit

tang (first-person possessive tangku, second-person possessive tangmu, third-person possessive tangnya)

  1. the sound of hit can, a metallic sound.

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

tang (first-person possessive tangku, second-person possessive tangmu, third-person possessive tangnya)

  1. Nonstandard form of tank.

Etymology 4 edit

Noun edit

tang

  1. (colloquial) Clipping of tentang.

Further reading edit

Kriol edit

Etymology edit

From English tongue.

Noun edit

tang

  1. tongue

Kusunda edit

Noun edit

tang

  1. water

Mandarin edit

Romanization edit

tang

  1. Nonstandard spelling of tāng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of táng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of tǎng.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of tàng.

Usage notes edit

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mauritian Creole edit

Etymology edit

From Malagasy tandraka.

Noun edit

tang

  1. tenrec

References edit

  • Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Middle English edit

Noun edit

tang

  1. Alternative form of tonge (“tongs”)

Northern Kurdish edit

Noun edit

tang ?

  1. side

Norwegian Bokmål edit

 
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Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse tǫng.

Noun edit

tang f or m (definite singular tanga or tangen, indefinite plural tenger, definite plural tengene)

  1. (a pair of) pliers, pincers
  2. (a pair of) forceps
Derived terms edit

See also edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse þang, compare with German Tang.

Noun edit

tang m or n (definite singular tangen or tanget, uncountable)

  1. kelp, seaweed (order Fucales)

References edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

 
Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology edit

From Old Norse þang n.

Noun edit

tang m (definite singular tangen, uncountable)

  1. kelp, seaweed (order Fucales)

Usage notes edit

  • Prior to a 2019 revision, it was also considered grammatically neuter.[1] With this change, definite singular tanget was made non-standard.

References edit

  1. ^ Language Council of Norway, Spelling decisions since 2012 (in Norwegian, retrieved 12.21.20)

Phalura edit

Etymology edit

From Urdu تنگ (taṅg), from Persian [Term?].

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

tang (invariable, Perso-Arabic spelling تنگ)

  1. narrow
  2. troubled

References edit

  • Liljegren, Henrik, Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Seychellois Creole edit

Etymology edit

From Malagasy tandraka.

Noun edit

tang

  1. tenrec

References edit

  • Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Tai Do edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Thai ทาง (taang), Lao ທາງ (thāng), Northern Thai ᨴᩤ᩠ᨦ, Lü ᦑᦱᧂ (taang), Shan တၢင်း (táang).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tang

  1. road, path, way

Tok Pisin edit

Etymology 1 edit

From English tongue.

Noun edit

tang

  1. tongue

Etymology 2 edit

From English tank.

Noun edit

tang

  1. tank

Torres Strait Creole edit

Etymology edit

From English tongue.

Noun edit

tang

  1. (anatomy) tongue

Vietnamese edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 喪.

Noun edit

tang

 
Vietnamese funeral flag (cờ tang)
  1. a series of events that encompasses a funeral, a burial or cremation, and a period of mourning spanning up to 3 years after the lunar date of death
    để tang
    to hold a public funeral, then stay in mourning (by watching your clothing choices and avoiding other taboos)
    đại tang
    mourning in 3 years
    (literally, “greater mourning”)
    tiểu tang
    mourning in 1 year or less
    (literally, “lesser mourning”)
    mãn/xả tang
    to officially end mourning
    hết tang
    the mourning (has) ended
    đám tang
    a funeral
    Nhà đang có tang.
    The family is in mourning.
    Chưa hết tang mẹ.
    They haven't officially ended mourning their mother.
    đeo băng tang
    to wear a funeral headband
    đội khăn tang
    to wear a funeral headscarf
Derived terms edit
Derived terms

Etymology 2 edit

From English tangent.

Noun edit

tang

  1. (trigonometry) tangent

See also edit

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

tang

  1. (music) shell (body of a drum)
    Trống thủng còn tang.
    The drum was busted, leaving only the shell.

Etymology 4 edit

Noun edit

tang

  1. (fossil word) evidence of wrongdoing
    Đốt đi cho mất tang.
    Light it on fire to hide the evidence.
Usage notes edit

This sense only occurs in some compound words.

Derived terms edit
Derived terms

Etymology 5 edit

Noun edit

tang

  1. (informal) something or someone insignificant
    Cái tang thuốc này hút nặng lắm.
    Smoking this little thing packs a punch.
    Tang ấy thì biết làm ăn gì.
    That guy hasn't a clue how to make a living.

Etymology 6 edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 桑

Noun edit

tang

  1. (fossil word) mulberry
  2. (fossil word) silkworm
Usage notes edit

This sense only occurs in some compound words.

Derived terms edit
Derived terms

See also edit

References edit

Etymology 7 edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 鐺

Noun edit

tang

  1. Buddhist copper instrument
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
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