targa

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See also: targă

Estonian

Adjective

targa

  1. genitive singular of tark

Galician

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *targǭ (“edge”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰorgʰ- (“edge, seam”): compare Old Norse targa (“small round shield”) and Old High German zarga (“edge, rim”).

Pronunciation

Noun

targa f (plural targas)

  1. a wooden ring or a loop in a string, used for fastening it
    Synonyms: fibela, trela

Related terms

References

  • “targa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.

Italian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Frankish *targa (“shield”).

Noun

targa f (plural targhe, diminutive targhétta or targhettìna; targhìno m, augmentative targóna (referring to plaques, license plates, etc.) or targone<pos:large Medieval shield/target, pejorative targàccia)

  1. plate, shingle (metal etc.)
  2. nameplate
  3. number plate/license plate
  4. plaque
  5. signboard
  6. target (a rounded oval or rectangle shield used in medieval times)

Etymology 2

Verb

targa

  1. inflection of targare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • targa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • targa in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

Anagrams

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *targǭ. Cognate with Old Norse targa, Old High German zarga (German Zarge).

Pronunciation

Noun

targa m

  1. a light shield, a targe

Descendants

  • English: targe
  • → Middle Welsh: taryan

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *targǭ. Cognate with Old English targa, Old High German zarga (German Zarge).

Noun

targa f (genitive tǫrgu)

  1. target, small round shield

Declension

  Declension of targa (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative targa targan tǫrgur tǫrgurnar
accusative tǫrgu tǫrguna tǫrgur tǫrgurnar
dative tǫrgu tǫrgunni tǫrgum tǫrgunum
genitive tǫrgu tǫrgunnar targna targnanna

Derived terms

References

  • targa in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

Noun

targa f (plural targhe)

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Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtar.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -arɡa
  • Syllabification: tar‧ga

Verb

targa

  1. third-person singular present of targać
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