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English
Etymology
From tang + -y.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtæŋiː/
- Rhymes: -æŋi
- Hyphenation: tang‧y
Adjective
tangy (comparative tangier, superlative tangiest)
- Having a sharp, pungent flavor.
2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, in Guardian:Christmas queen Mary Berry's aubergine five-nut roast, from her Christmas Collection, is, as the name suggests, rather more focused on the nut side of things. Breadcrumbs play second fiddle to a medley of almonds, Brazils, chestnuts, pine nuts and pistachios which, although tangy with lemon juice and garlic, is outrageously dense. A single slice of this could leave you supine in front of the Queen's speech without even the wherewithal to reach for the remote control.
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Translations
having a sharp, pungent flavor
- Bulgarian: остър (bg) (ostǎr), силен (bg) (silen)
- Czech: štiplavý, palčivý
- Dutch: zurig (nl), zurige (nl), rins (nl)
- Finnish: kirpeä (fi), pistävä (fi)
- French: piquant (fr)
- German: scharf (de), herb (de), streng (de), würzig (de), durchdringend (de), herzhaft (de)
- Greek: αψύς (el) (apsýs), πικάντικος (el) (pikántikos)
- Macedonian: ки́сел (kísel), о́стар (óstar), пика́нтен (pikánten)
- Norwegian: sterk (no)
- Polish: cierpki (pl)
- Russian: о́стрый (ru) (óstryj)
- Serbo-Croatian: rezak (sh) m
- Spanish: agrio (es)
- Swedish: syrlig (sv)
- Turkish: keskin (tr)
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