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tach

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

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tech

English

Etymology

Clipping of technology, technician, and technique.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t?k/, [t??k]
  • Rhymes: -?k

Noun

tech (countable and uncountable, plural techs)

  1. (informal) Technology.
    I can't understand all this new tech.
    1. Denotes technology businesses or the technology industry, especially in the field of computing and the Internet.
      Tech giants such as Google and Facebook have too much power.
      Tech stocks are down on NASDAQ.
      Tech workers can earn big money.
  2. (informal) Technician.
    He works as a lab tech.
    • 2014, Jeff Jacobson, Growth (page 23)
      A man dressed as a lab tech, his blue scrubs startlingly pale against the vivid red and black chaos, moved into sight from behind the SUV. He carried an assault rifle.
  3. (informal) Technique.
  4. (informal, used in titles) Technical college.
    Greenville Technical College is informally known as Greenville Tech.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • technology
  • technological

Anagrams

  • Chet, chet, echt, etch, hect-

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • teg

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *tegos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tégos (cover, roof), from *steg- (to cover); cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (tégos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t?ex/

Noun

tech n (genitive tige or taige, nominative plural tige or taige)

  1. house
    Synonyms: attrab, dom, lann, tegdais, treb

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: teach
  • Manx: çhagh, thie
  • Scottish Gaelic: taigh

Mutation

Further reading

  • Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “tech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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