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tag
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English tagge (“small piece hanging from a garment”), probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Norwegian tagg (“point; prong; barb; tag”), Swedish tagg (“thorn; prickle; tine”), Icelandic tág (“a willow-twig”). Compare also tack.
Pronunciation
- enPR: t?g, IPA(key): /tæ?/
- (North American also) IPA(key): /te??/
- Rhymes: -æ?
Noun
tag (plural tags)
- A small label.
- A children's chasing game in which one player (known as "it") attempts to touch another, who then becomes "it".
- A skin tag, an excrescence of skin.
- A type of cardboard.
- Graffiti in the form of a stylized signature particular to the artist.
- 2011, Scape Martinez, Graff 2: Next Level Graffiti Techniques (page 124)
- There is a hierarchy of sorts: a throw-up can go over a tag, a piece over a throw-up, and a burner over a piece.
- 2011, Scape Martinez, Graff 2: Next Level Graffiti Techniques (page 124)
- A dangling lock of sheep's wool, matted with dung; a dung tag.
- (informal, authorship) An attribution in narrated dialogue (eg, "he said") or attributed words (e.g. "he thought").
- Synonyms: dialogue tag, speech tag, tag line
- (Can we date this quote?),
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- (music) The last line (or last two lines) of a song's chorus that is repeated to indicate the end of the song.
- (television) The last scene of a TV program, often focusing on the program's subplot.
- Antonym: cold open
- 2006, Stephen V. Duncan, A Guide to Screenwriting Success (page 300)
- Often, the tag punctuates the "we're all in this together" theme and is topped with a laugh.
- (chiefly US) A vehicle number plate; a medal bearing identification data (animals, soldiers).
- (baseball) An instance of touching the baserunner with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand to rule him "out."
- (computing) A piece of markup representing an element in a markup language.
- (computing) A keyword, term, or phrase associated with or assigned to data, media, and/or information enabling keyword-based classification; often used to categorize content.
- Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely.
- A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.
- The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.
- Something mean and paltry; the rabble.
- A sheep in its first year.
- (biochemistry) Any short peptide sequence artificially attached to proteins mostly in order to help purify, solubilize or visualize these proteins.
- (slang) A person's name.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- tagball
- tagless
- tag question
See also
(children's game to avoid being "it"):
- chasey
- dodgeball
- paintball
Translations
Verb
tag (third-person singular simple present tags, present participle tagging, simple past and past participle tagged)
- (transitive) To label (something).
- (transitive, graffiti) To mark (something) with one’s tag.
- (transitive) To remove dung tags from a sheep.
- Regularly tag the rear ends of your sheep.
- (transitive, baseball, colloquial) To hit the ball hard.
- He really tagged that ball.
- (transitive, vulgar slang, 1990s) to have sex with someone (especially a man of a woman)
- Steve is dying to tag Angie from chemistry class.
- (transitive, baseball) To put a runner out by touching them with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand.
- He tagged the runner for the out.
- (transitive, computing) To mark with a tag (metadata for classification).
- I am tagging my music files by artist and genre.
- To follow closely, accompany, tag along.
- 1906, O. Henry, By Courier
- A tall young man came striding through the park along the path near which she sat. Behind him tagged a boy carrying a suit-case.
- 1906, O. Henry, By Courier
- (transitive) To catch and touch (a player in the game of tag).
- (transitive) To fit with, or as if with, a tag or tags.
- His courteous host […]
Tags every sentence with some fawning word.
- His courteous host […]
- To fasten; to attach.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bolingbroke to this entry?)
Antonyms
- (computing): untag
Translations
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Aramaic ???? (“crown”). Doublet of taj.
Noun
tag (plural tagin)
- A decoration drawn over some Hebrew letters in Jewish scrolls.
References
- tag at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- ATG, GTA, TGA, gat
Cimbrian
Alternative forms
- tage (Luserna)
Etymology
From Middle High German tag, tac, from Old High German tag, tac, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz. Cognate with German Tag, English day.
Noun
tag m (plural taaghe)
- (Sette Comuni) day
Declension
Related terms
- gabüarttag
References
- “tag” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
Crimean Gothic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *d?eg??- (“to burn”).
Noun
tag
- day
- 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:
- Tag. Dies.
- 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:
Derived terms
- knauen tag
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse þak (“thatch, roof”), from Proto-Germanic *þak?, cognate with Swedish tak, English thack, thatch, German Dach, Dutch dak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta???/, [?t?æ?(j)]
Noun
tag n (singular definite taget, plural indefinite tage)
- roof
Inflection
Derived terms
Related terms
- tække
Etymology 2
From Old Norse tak (“hold, grasp”), cognate with Norwegian tak, Swedish tag. Derived from the verb taka (Danish tage).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta(??)?/, [?t?æ?(j)], [?t??w]
Noun
tag n (singular definite taget, plural indefinite tag)
- hold, grasp, grip
- stroke (with an oar or with the armes in the water)
- handling, control
Inflection
Etymology 3
Borrowed from English tag (since 1985).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta?/, [?t?æ??]
Noun
tag n (singular definite tagget, plural indefinite tags)
- tag (signature of a graffiti artist)
- (computing) tag (markup in an electronic file)
Inflection
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta(??)/, [?t?æ(?)]
Verb
tag
- imperative of tage
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English tag.
Pronunciation
Noun
tag n (plural tags, diminutive tagje n)
- tag
Finnish
Noun
tag
- Alternative form of tagi
Declension
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English tag.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta?/
- Rhymes: -a?
Noun
tag m (plural tags)
- tag
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta?k/
- Rhymes: -a?k
Verb
tag
- singular imperative of tagen
Hungarian
Etymology 1
Of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?t??]
- Hyphenation: tag
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
tag (plural tagok)
- member
- Synonym of végtag (“limb”)
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English tag (“piece of markup”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?t??]
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
tag (plural tagek)
- (computing) tag (a piece of markup representing an element in a markup language)
Declension
Etymology 3
Borrowed from English tag (“a piece of graffiti”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?t??]
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
tag (plural tagek)
- tag (graffiti in the form of a stylized signature particular to the artist)
Declension
References
Further reading
- tag in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Meriam
Noun
tag
- arm, hand
Middle High German
Alternative forms
- tac, dach (northern)
Etymology
From Old High German tag, tac, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, whence also Old English dæ? and Old Norse dagr. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *d?eg??- (“to burn”).
Noun
tag m
- day
- age, lifetime
- (politics) convention, congress
- (in a religious context) judgement day
Descendants
- Alemannic German: Tag
- Alsatian: Dàà (north), Dàj (center), Dàg (south)
- Italian Walser: tag, tog, tàg
- Swabian: Dag
- Bavarian: Da, Dåg, Doch
- Cimbrian: tak, ta, tag, tage
- Mòcheno: ta
- Udinese: tach, ti
- Central Franconian: Daach
- Hunsrik: Daagh, taach
- East Central German:
- Upper Saxon: Dag
- German: Tag
- Esperanto: tago
- Luxembourgish: Dag, Do
- Rhine Franconian: Tach
- Pennsylvania German: Daag
- Vilamovian: taog
- Yiddish: ????? (tog)
References
Old High German
Alternative forms
- tac, tak, dac, *dag (northern)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, whence also Old English dæ?, Old Norse dagr, Old Dutch and Old Saxon dag, Old High German tag, Gothic ???????????????? (dags). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *d?eg??- (“to burn”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta?/, /ta?/
Noun
tag m (plural taga)
- day
- tag after tage
- day after day
- tag after tage
Declension
Derived terms
- tagalih
- tagalihhen
- tagalihhes
- tagalihhida
- ziestag
Descendants
- Middle High German: tag, tac, dach
- Alemannic German: Tag
- Alsatian: Dàà (north), Dàj (center), Dàg (south)
- Italian Walser: tag, tog, tàg
- Swabian: Dag
- Bavarian: Da, Dåg, Doch
- Cimbrian: tak, ta, tag, tage
- Mòcheno: ta
- Udinese: tach, ti
- Central Franconian: Daach
- Hunsrik: Daagh, taach
- East Central German:
- Upper Saxon: Dag
- German: Tag
- Esperanto: tago
- Luxembourgish: Dag, Do
- Rhine Franconian: Tach
- Pennsylvania German: Daag
- Vilamovian: taog
- Yiddish: ????? (tog)
- Alemannic German: Tag
References
- Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer
Polish
Etymology
From English tag, from Middle English tagge.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tak/
- Homophone: tak
Noun
tag m inan
- (computing) tag (piece of markup representing an element in a markup language)
- Synonym: znacznik
Declension
Further reading
- tag in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- tag in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse tak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t???/
Noun
tag n
- a grip; a hold (of something)
- Tappa inte taget
- Don’t lose your grip
- Släpp inte taget
- Don’t let go
- Tappa inte taget
- a stroke (with an oar; in swimming)
- Ett tag till med åran
- One more stroke with the oar
- Ett tag till med åran
- a while, a moment, a minute, sec, second, tic
- Ett litet tag
- A little while, a second
- Ett litet tag
Declension
Derived terms
- få tag i
- hårda tag
- i första taget
- vara i tagen
Verb
tag
- imperative of taga.
Alternative forms
- ta
Anagrams
- ATG
Welsh
Etymology
Back-formation from tagu (“to strangle, to choke”).
Noun
tag m (plural tagau or tagion)
- choking, suffocation
Derived terms
- llindag (“suffocation; snare; dodder; thrush”)
- tagaradr (“restharrow”)
- tagell (“gill; jowl”)
- tagfa (“choking, throttling; bottleneck”)
- taglys (“bindweed”)
Mutation
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “tag”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Westrobothnian
Etymology 1
From Old Norse tak, by analogy with taga (“to take”). Also rendered as tak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t?????], [t?á??], [t????]
- Rhymes: -á??
Noun
tag n (definite singular tagjä, dative tagjän)
- Grip, hold.
- Advantage.
Alternative forms
- tak
Etymology 2
From Old Norse taug, tog, from Proto-Germanic *taug?, *tug?.
Noun
tag n (definite singular tagjä, dative tagjän)
- A rope.
Synonyms
- raip
Etymology 3
Verb
tag
- singular present of taga
- singular imperative of taga
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sign
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /sa?n/
- Homophones: sine, syne
- Rhymes: -a?n
Etymology 1
From Middle English signe, sygne, syng, seine, sine, syne, from Old English se?n (“sign; mark; token”) and Old French signe, seing (“sign; mark; signature”); both from Latin signum (“a mark; sign; token”); root uncertain. Doublet of signum. Partially displaced native token.
Noun
sign (countable and uncountable, plural signs)
- (sometimes also used uncountably) A perceptible (e.g. visibile) indication.
- 2000, Geoffrey McGuinness, Carmen McGuinness, How to Increase Your Child's Verbal Intelligence: The Language Wise Method, Yale University Press (?ISBN), page 38:
- The sound of the Orlando dinner train whistle reminds me that it ' s already Friday, an auditory sign. Another auditory sign, a distant thunder clap, warns me of limited computer time before our evening thunderstorm moves in.
- 2000, Geoffrey McGuinness, Carmen McGuinness, How to Increase Your Child's Verbal Intelligence: The Language Wise Method, Yale University Press (?ISBN), page 38:
- (Canada, US, Australia, uncountable) Physical evidence left by an animal.
- A clearly visible object, generally flat, bearing a short message in words or pictures.
- A wonder; miracle; prodigy.
- 1611, King James Version, Exodus 4:17:
- And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.
- 1611, King James Version, Exodus 4:17:
- (astrology) An astrological sign.
- (mathematics) Positive or negative polarity, as denoted by the + or - sign.
- A specific gesture or motion used to communicate by those with speaking or hearing difficulties; now specifically, a linguistic unit in sign language equivalent to word in spoken languages.
- 2007, Marcel Danesi, The Quest for Meaning:
- In American Sign Language (ASL), for instance, the sign for 'catch' is formed with one hand (in the role of agent) moving across the body (an action) to grasp the forefinger of the other hand (the patient).
- 2007, Marcel Danesi, The Quest for Meaning:
- (uncountable) Sign language in general.
- A semantic unit, something that conveys meaning or information (e.g. a word of written language); (linguistics, semiotics) a unit consisting of a signifier and a signified concept. (See sign (semiotics).)
- 1692, Thomas Bennet, Short Introduction of Grammar ... of the Latine Tongue:
- A Noun substantive and a Noun adjective may be thus distinguished, that a substantive may have the sign a or the before it; as, puer, a boy, the boy; but an adjective cannot, as, bonus, good.
- 1753, Charles Davies, Busby's English Introduction to the Latin Tongue Examined, page 11:
- A Pronoun is a Noun implying a Person, but not admitting the Sign a or the before it.
- 2008, Eero Tarasti, Robert S. Hatten, A Sounding of Signs: Modalities and Moments in Music, Culture, and Philosophy : Essays in Honor of Eero Tarasti on His 60th Anniversary:
- And some linguistic signs, like “the”, “and” or “with”, may lack apparent objects, though they are clearly meaningful and interpretable.
- 1692, Thomas Bennet, Short Introduction of Grammar ... of the Latine Tongue:
- An omen.
- (medicine) A property of the body that indicates a disease and, unlike a symptom, is unlikely to be noticed by the patient.
- A military emblem carried on a banner or standard.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English signen, seinen, seinien, partly from Old English se?nian (“to mark; sign”) and partly from Anglo-Norman seigner, seiner et al., Old French signer et al., and their source Latin sign?re (“to mark, seal, indicate, signify”); all from Latin signum (“a mark, sign”); see Etymology 1, above. Compare sain.
Verb
sign (third-person singular simple present signs, present participle signing, simple past and past participle signed)
- To make a mark
- (transitive, now rare) To seal (a document etc.) with an identifying seal or symbol. [from 13th c.]
- The Queen signed her letter with the regal signet.
- (transitive) To mark, to put or leave a mark on. [from 14th c.]
- 1726, Elijah Fenton, The Odyssey of Homer:
- Meantime revolving in his thoughtful mind / The scar, with which his manly knee was sign'd […].
- 1726, Elijah Fenton, The Odyssey of Homer:
- (transitive) To validate or ratify (a document) by writing one's signature on it. [from 15th c.]
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice:
- Enquire the Iewes house out, giue him this deed, / And let him signe it […].
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice:
- (transitive) More generally, to write one's signature on (something) as a means of identification etc. [from 15th c.]
- I forgot to sign that letter to my aunt.
- (transitive or reflexive) To write (one's name) as a signature. [from 16th c.]
- Just sign your name at the bottom there.
- I received a letter from some woman who signs herself ‘Mrs Trellis’.
- (intransitive) To write one's signature. [from 17th c.]
- Please sign on the dotted line.
- (intransitive) To finalise a contractual agreement to work for a given sports team, record label etc. [from 19th c.]
- 2011, The Guardian, (headline), 18 Oct 2011:
- Agents say Wales back Gavin Henson has signed for Cardiff Blues.
- 2011, The Guardian, (headline), 18 Oct 2011:
- (transitive) To engage (a sports player, musician etc.) in a contract. [from 19th c.]
- It was a great month. I managed to sign three major players.
- (transitive, now rare) To seal (a document etc.) with an identifying seal or symbol. [from 13th c.]
- To make the sign of the cross
- (transitive) To bless (someone or something) with the sign of the cross; to mark with the sign of the cross. [from 14th c.]
- We receive this child into the congregation of Christ's flock, and do sign him with the sign of the cross.
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 34:
- At the baptismal ceremony the child was […] signed with the cross in holy water.
- (reflexive) To cross oneself. [from 15th c.]
- 1855, Robert Browning, Men and Women:
- Shaking a fist at him with one fierce arm, / Signing himself with the other because of Christ.
- 1855, Robert Browning, Men and Women:
- (transitive) To bless (someone or something) with the sign of the cross; to mark with the sign of the cross. [from 14th c.]
- To indicate
- (intransitive) To communicate using a gesture or signal. [from 16th c.]
- (transitive) To communicate or make known (a meaning, intention, etc.) by a sign.
- (transitive) To communicate using gestures to (someone). [from 16th c.]
- He signed me that I should follow him through the doorway.
- (intransitive) To use sign language. [from 19th c.]
- (transitive) To furnish (a road etc.) with signs. [from 20th c.]
- (intransitive) To communicate using a gesture or signal. [from 16th c.]
- To determine the sign of
- (transitive) To calculate or derive whether a quantity has a positive or negative sign.
Derived terms
Related terms
- signal
- signature
- signet
- signify
Translations
Further reading
- sign in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- sign in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- IGNs, Ings, NGIs, Sing, Sing., gins, ings, nigs, sing, sing., snig
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