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English
Etymology 1
Clipping of tachometer
Pronunciation
Noun
tach (plural tachs)
- (informal) Clipping of tachometer.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Backslang for hat (with /tʃ/ substituted for the /h/).
Pronunciation
Noun
tach (plural taches)
- (obsolete, costermongers) A hat.
c. 1864, Alfred Peck Stevens, “The Chickaleary Cove”, in Farmer, John Stephen, editor, Musa Pedestris, published 1896, page 161:I have a rorty gal, also a knowing pal, / And merrily together we jog on, / I doesn't care a flatch, as long as I've a tach, / Some pannum for my chest, and a tog on.
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Noun
tach (uncountable)
- (medicine, colloquial) Tachycardia.
wide-complex tach
V-tach
Derived terms
Anagrams
Cimbrian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German dach, from Old High German dah, from Proto-Germanic *þaką (“roof, cover”). Cognate with German Dach, English thack.
Noun
tach f
- (Luserna) roof
Declension
Declension of tach – 2nd declension
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dèchar
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Middle English
Etymology 1
Unknown. Perhaps related to trasch or Modern English tatch (“to set grass on fire”).
Noun
tach (uncountable)
- touchwood, tinder
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Etymology 2
From Old French tache (“stain, spot”), of uncertain origin; perhaps a native derivation, or borrowed from Gothic.
Noun
tach (plural taches)
- characteristic
- disfigurement, blemish
- symbol, sign
Alternative forms
Descendants
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Etymology 3
Verb
tach (third-person singular simple present tacheth, present participle tachinge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle taught)
- Alternative form of techen
Muong
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *dac ~ tac. Cognate with Vietnamese đặt.
Pronunciation
Verb
tach
- (Mường Bi) to place; to put
References
- Nguyễn Văn Khang, Bùi Chỉ, Hoàng Văn Hành (2002) Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary), Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội