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English

Etymology 1

Clipping of tachometer

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tæk/
• Rhymes: -æk

Noun

tach (plural tachs)

1. (informal) Tachometer

Etymology 2

Backslang for hat (with /t?/ substituted for the /h/).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tæt?/
• Rhymes: -æt?

Noun

tach (plural taches)

1. (obsolete, costermongers) A hat.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tæk/
• Rhymes: -æk

Noun

tach (uncountable)

1. (medicine, colloquial) Tachycardia.

Anagrams

• ACTH, CHAT, Cath, cath, cath., chat

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• dach (Sette Comuni)

Etymology

From Middle High German dach, from Old High German dah, from Proto-Germanic *þak? (“roof, cover”). Cognate with German Dach, English thack.

Noun

tach f

1. (Luserna) roof

Declension

References

• “tach” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Middle English

Etymology 1

Unknown. Perhaps related to trasch or Modern English tatch (“to set grass on fire”).

Noun

tach (uncountable)

1. touchwood, tinder

Alternative forms

• tache, tasch, tasche, tasshe

References

• “tach(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Old French tache (“stain, spot”), of uncertain origin; perhaps a native derivation, or borrowed from Gothic.

Noun

tach (plural taches)

1. characteristic
2. disfigurement, blemish
3. symbol, sign

Alternative forms

• tacche, tachche, tatche, tak, tech, teche, tecche, tetche

Descendants

• English: tache, tatch
• Scots: tache
• ?? English: tetchy

References

• “tach(e, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3

Verb

tach (third-person singular simple present tacheth, present participle tachinge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle taught)

1. Alternative form of techen

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tæk/
• Homophones: tach, tack

Etymology 1

Compare tack.

Noun

tac

1. (Britain, law, obsolete) A kind of customary payment by a tenant.

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Etymology 2

Noun

tac (uncountable)

1. (Tyneside, slang) The drug cannabis.

Anagrams

• A. C. T., A.C.T., ACT, ATC, Act., CAT, CTA, Cat, TCA, act, act., cat

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• tacu

Etymology

From Latin tace?. Compare Romanian t?cea, tac.

Verb

tac (third-person singular present indicative tatsi / tatse, past participle tãcutã)

1. I am silent, keep quiet.

Related terms

• tãtseari / tãtseare
• tãcut

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Arabic ????? (t?j), ultimately of Iranian origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t?d??], [t?d?z]

Noun

tac (definite accusative tactac?, plural taclar)

1. crown

Declension

Derived terms

• taxt-tac

Emilian

Alternative forms

• tàc (Modenese)
• tâc (Bolognese, Reggiano, Carpigiano)

Noun

tac m (plural tac) (Mirandola)

1. the back of a shoe
2. heel of a shoe

Synonyms

• arbòt (Bolognese)

French

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ak

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic

Interjection

tac

1. tick, tock

Derived terms

• du tac au tac
• avoir le tac
• tac-tac
• tactactac
• tic-tac
• tacot

Etymology 2

From Middle French tac

Noun

tac m (uncountable)

1. mange

Middle High German

Noun

tac m

1. Alternative form of tag

Declension

References

Old High German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tak/

Noun

tac m

1. Alternative form of tag

References

• Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tat?s/

Noun

tac f

1. genitive plural of taca

Romanian

Etymology 1

From Greek ????? (tákos)

Noun

tac n (plural tacuri)

1. (billiards) cue

Declension

Etymology 2

Verb

tac

1. first-person singular present indicative of t?cea
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of t?cea
3. third-person plural present indicative of t?cea

Spanish

Noun

tac m (plural tacs)

1. CAT
2. knock; clack; tock (sound)