tang
(Received Pronunciation) enPR: tăng; IPA(key): /tʰæŋ/
(General American) enPR: tāng; IPA(key): /teɪŋ/
Rhymes: -æŋ, -eɪŋ
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???
tang (plural tangs)
A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
Synonyms: bite, piquancy, spiciness
Antonyms: blandness, dullness
A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself.
(figuratively) A sharp, specific flavor or tinge.
A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.
The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle.
(firearms) The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
(zoology) Any of a group of saltwater fish from the family Acanthuridae, especially the genus Zebrasoma.
Synonym: surgeonfish
(games) A shuffleboard paddle.
Coordinate term: biscuit
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?
(by extension) Anything resembling a tongue in form or position, such as the tongue of a buckle.
Imitative
tang (plural tangs)
A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.
tang (third-person singular simple present tangs, present participle tanging, simple past and past participle tanged)
(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.
To make a ringing sound; to ring.
Probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish tang (“seaweed”), Swedish tång, Icelandic þang
tang (countable and uncountable, plural tangs)
(rare) knotted wrack, Ascophyllum nodosum (coarse blackish seaweed)
Clipping of poontang.
tang (countable and uncountable, plural tangs)
(countable, vulgar slang) The vagina or vulva.
(uncountable, vulgar slang) Sexual intercourse with a woman
Acanthuridae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
“tang”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
“tang”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
tangbao
Gant, Gnat, gnat
From English tongue.
tang
tongue
From English tongue. Cognate with Tok Pisin tang.
IPA(key): /ˈtaŋ/
Hyphenation: tang
tang
tongue
Terry Crowley (2004) Bislama Reference Grammar, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi press, →ISBN, page 12
IPA(key): /taŋ/
tang
sea
A. Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1
The Rosetta Project, Blagar Swadesh List
tang
plural of tage
From Old Norse tǫng.
IPA(key): /tanɡ/, [tˢɑŋˀ]
tang c (singular definite tangen, plural indefinite tænger)
tongs
forceps
From Old Norse þang.
IPA(key): /tanɡ/, [tˢɑŋˀ]
tang c (singular definite tangen, not used in plural form)
seaweed
From Middle Dutch tanghe, from Old Dutch tanga, from Proto-West Germanic *tangu, from Proto-Germanic *tangō.
IPA(key): /tɑŋ/
Rhymes: -ɑŋ
tang f (plural tangen, diminutive tangetje n)
pliers
tongs
(especially the diminutive) pincers, tweezers
(figuratively) shrew, bitch
kniptang
krultang
nijptang
pijptang
waterpomptang
Negerhollands: tang
→ Indonesian: tang
From Proto-Norse *ᛊᛏᚨᚾᚷᚢ (*stangu, “bar, rod, stake”) (compare Old Norse stǫng, German Stange), with the meaning change rod > something prickly > prickly ear (of wheat etc) > grain.
From Finno-Mordovian, in that case cognate to Finnish tankea (“stiff”), Livonian da’nktõ, da’nkti (“strong, healthy”). Original meaning presumably was "something hard, stiff".
tang (genitive tangu, partitive tangu)
groat (hulled grain)
“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
IPA(key): /taəŋ/
Hyphenation: tang
tang
but
IPA(key): [ˈtaŋ]
Hyphenation: tang
Homophone: tank
From Dutch tang, from Middle Dutch tanghe, from Old Dutch tanga, from Proto-Germanic *tangō.
tang (first-person possessive tangku, second-person possessive tangmu, third-person possessive tangnya)
pliers
tang
to use the pliers
Onomatopoeic.
tang (first-person possessive tangku, second-person possessive tangmu, third-person possessive tangnya)
the sound of hit can, a metallic sound.
tang (first-person possessive tangku, second-person possessive tangmu, third-person possessive tangnya)
Nonstandard form of tank.
tang
(colloquial) Clipping of tentang.
“tang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
tang
water
tang
Nonstandard spelling of tāng.
Nonstandard spelling of táng.
Nonstandard spelling of tǎng.
Nonstandard spelling of tàng.
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.
From Malagasy tandraka.
tang
tenrec
Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français
tang
Alternative form of tonge (“tongs”)
tang ?
side
From Old Norse tǫng.
tang f or m (definite singular tanga or tangen, indefinite plural tenger, definite plural tengene)
(a pair of) pliers, pincers
(a pair of) forceps
knipetang
tong (Nynorsk)
From Old Norse þang, compare with German Tang.
tang m or n (definite singular tangen or tanget, uncountable)
kelp, seaweed (order Fucales)
“tang” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
From Old Norse þang n.
tang m (definite singular tangen, uncountable)
kelp, seaweed (order Fucales)
Prior to a 2019 revision, it was also considered grammatically neuter. With this change, definite singular tanget was made non-standard.
“tang” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
From Urdu تنگ (taṅg), from Persian [Term?].
IPA(key): /taŋɡ/, /taŋ/
tang (invariable, Perso-Arabic spelling تنگ)
narrow
troubled
Liljegren, Henrik, Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
From Malagasy tandraka.
tang
tenrec
Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français
Cognate with Thai ทาง (taang), Lao ທາງ (thāng), Northern Thai ᨴᩤ᩠ᨦ, Lü ᦑᦱᧂ (taang), Shan တၢင်း (táang).
IPA(key): /taːŋ⁵⁵/
tang
road, path, way
From English tongue.
tang
tongue
From English tank.
tang
tank
From English tongue.
tang
(anatomy) tongue
(Hà Nội) IPA(key): [taːŋ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA(key): [taːŋ˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA(key): [taːŋ˧˧]
Sino-Vietnamese word from 喪.
tang
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
From English tangent.
tang
(trigonometry) tangent
tan
côtang
tiếp tuyến
tang
(music) shell (body of a drum)
tang
(fossil word) evidence of wrongdoing
This sense only occurs in some compound words.
tang
(informal) something or someone insignificant
Sino-Vietnamese word from 桑
tang
(fossil word) mulberry
(fossil word) silkworm
This sense only occurs in some compound words.
Ca-tang
tang tảng
"tang" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)
Sino-Vietnamese word from 鐺
tang
Buddhist copper instrument