different between tang vs tart

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tæ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

Etymology 1

From Middle English tang (“serpent's tongue; extension of blade”), from Old Norse tangi (“pointed metal tool”), perhaps related to Old Norse tunga (“tongue”). But see also Old Dutch tanger (“sharp, tart, pinching”)

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

tang (plural tangs)

1. A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.

   Synonyms: bite, piquancy, spiciness

   Antonyms: blandness, dullness

   • 1904, O. Henry, "The Missing Chord"

     The miraculous air, heady with ozone and made memorably sweet by leagues of wild flowerets, gave tang and savour to the breath.

2. A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself.

3. (figuratively) A sharp, specific flavor or tinge.

   • Such proceedings had a strong tang of tyranny.

   • 1806, Francis Jeffrey, Memoirs of Dr. Priestley in The Edinburgh Review

     a cant of philosophism, and a tang of party politics

   • 1913, Paul Laurence Dunbar, "At Sunset Time"

     What, was it I who bared my heart / Through unrelenting years, / And knew the sting of misery's dart, / The tang of sorrow's tears?

4. A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.
5. The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle.
6. (firearms) The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
   • 1985, Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, chapter IV

     The rifle carried a vernier sight on the tang...

7. The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
8. (zoology) A group of saltwater fish from the Acanthuridae family, especially the Zebrasoma genus.

   Synonym: surgeonfish

9. (games) A shuffleboard paddle.

   Coordinate term: biscuit

10. (obsolete) tongue
    • 1667, John Lacy, Sauny the Scot: Or, the Taming of the Shrew, Act V,

      Sauny Hear ye, sir; could not ye mistake, and pull her tang out instead of her teeth?

11. (by extension) Anything resembling a tongue in form or position such as the tongue of a buckle.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Imitative

Noun

tang (plural tangs)

1. A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.

Verb

tang (third-person singular simple present tangs, present participle tanging, simple past and past participle tanged)

1. (dated, beekeeping) To strike two metal objects together loudly in order to persuade a swarm of honeybees to land so it may be captured by the beekeeper.
2. To make a ringing sound; to ring.

Etymology 3

Probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish tang (“seaweed”), Swedish tång, Icelandic þang

Noun

tang (plural tangs)

1. (rare) knotted wrack, Ascophyllum nodosum (coarse blackish seaweed)

Translations

Etymology 4

Clipping of poontang.

Noun

tang (plural tangs)

1. (vulgar slang) The vagina.
   • 2002, Lynn Breedlove, Godspeed, St. Martin's Griffin, ?ISBN, page 9,

     The guys like to look at her tang, because that's how they are […]

2. (vulgar slang) intercourse with a woman

Further reading

• Acanthuridae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• tang at OneLook Dictionary Search
• tang in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

References

Anagrams

• Gant, Gnat, gnat

Blagar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta?/

Noun

tang

1. sea

References

• A. Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1
• The Rosetta Project, Blagar Swadesh List

Cimbrian

Noun

tang

1. plural of tage

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse t?ng.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tan?/, [t????]

Noun

tang c (singular definite tangen, plural indefinite tænger)

1. tongs
2. forceps

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Old Norse þang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tan?/, [t????]

Noun

tang c (singular definite tangen, not used in plural form)

1. seaweed

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch tanghe, from Old Dutch tanga, from Proto-Germanic *tang?, *tangiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

tang f (plural tangen, diminutive tangetje n)

1. pliers
2. tongs
3. (especially the diminutive) pincers, tweezers
4. (figuratively) shrew, bitch

Derived terms

• kniptang
• krultang
• nijptang
• pijptang
• waterpomptang

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: tang

Estonian

Noun

tang (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. groat

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• tang in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ta?]
• Hyphenation: tang
• Homophone: tank

Etymology 1

From Dutch tang, from Middle Dutch tanghe, from Old Dutch tanga, from Proto-Germanic *tang?.

Noun

tang (first-person possessive tangku, second-person possessive tangmu, third-person possessive tangnya)

1. pliers

Verb

tang

1. to use the pliers

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

tang (first-person possessive tangku, second-person possessive tangmu, third-person possessive tangnya)

1. the sound of hit can, a metallic sound.

Etymology 3

Noun

tang (first-person possessive tangku, second-person possessive tangmu, third-person possessive tangnya)

1. Nonstandard form of tank.

Etymology 4

Noun

tang

1. (colloquial) Clipping of tentang.

Further reading

• “tang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Kriol

Etymology

From English tongue.

Noun

tang

1. tongue

Kusunda

Noun

tang

1. water

Mandarin

Romanization

tang

1. Nonstandard spelling of t?ng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of táng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of t?ng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of tàng.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Malagasy tandraka

Noun

tang

1. tenrec

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Min Nan

Northern Kurdish

Noun

tang ?

1. side

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse t?ng

Noun

tang f or m (definite singular tanga or tangen, indefinite plural tenger, definite plural tengene)

1. (a pair of) pliers, pincers
2. (a pair of) forceps

Derived terms

• knipetang

See also

• tong (Nynorsk)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse þang, compare with German Tang

Noun

tang m or n (definite singular tangen or tanget, uncountable)

1. kelp, seaweed (order Fucales)

References

• “tang” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þang n.

Noun

tang m (definite singular tangen, uncountable)

1. kelp, seaweed (order Fucales)

Usage notes

• Prior to a 2019 revision, it was also considered grammatically neuter. With this change, definite singular tanget was made non-standard.

References

• “tang” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Phalura

Etymology

From Urdu ???? (ta?g), from Persian [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta??/, /ta?/

Adjective

tang (invariable, Perso-Arabic spelling ???)

1. narrow
2. troubled

References

• Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)?^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, ?ISBN

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From Malagasy tandraka

Noun

tang

1. tenrec

References

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Tai Do

Etymology

Cognate with Thai ??? (taang), Lao ??? (th?ng), Northern Thai ????, Lü ??? (taang), Shan ????? (táang).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta????/

Noun

tang

1. road, path, way

Tok Pisin

Etymology 1

From English tongue.

Noun

tang

1. tongue

Etymology 2

From English tank.

Noun

tang

1. tank

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English tongue.

Noun

tang

1. (anatomy) tongue

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [ta????]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [ta????]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ta????]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from ?.

Noun

tang

1. a series of events that encompasses a funeral, a burial or cremation, and a period of mourning spanning up to 3 years after the lunar date of death

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From English tangent.

Noun

tang

1. (trigonometry) tangent

See also

• tan
• côtang
• ti?p tuy?n

Etymology 3

Noun

tang

1. (music) shell (body of a drum)

Etymology 4

Noun

tang

1. (fossil word) evidence of wrongdoing

Usage notes

This sense only occurs in some compound words.

Derived terms

Etymology 5

Noun

tang

1. (informal) something or someone insignificant

Etymology 6

Sino-Vietnamese word from ?

Noun

tang

1. (fossil word) mulberry
2. (fossil word) silkworm

Usage notes

This sense only occurs in some compound words.

Derived terms

See also

• Ca-tang
• tang t?ng

References

• "tang" in H? Ng?c ??c, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /t??t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??t/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t

Etymology 1

From Middle English tart, from Old English teart (“sharp, rough, severe”), from Proto-Germanic *tartaz (“rough, sharp, tearing”), from Proto-Germanic *teran? (“to tear”), from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to flay, split, cleave”). Related to Dutch tarten (“to defy, challenge, mock”), German trotzen (“to defy, brave, mock”), German zart (“delicate, tender”), perhaps Albanian thartë (“sour, acid, sharp”).

Adjective

tart (comparative tarter, superlative tartest)

1. Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.

   I ate a very tart apple.

2. (of wine) high or too high in acidity.
3. (figuratively) Sharp; keen; severe.

   He gave me a very tart reply.

Synonyms

• (of wine: high in acidity): green

Derived terms

• tarten
• tartness

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English tart, tarte, from Old French tarte, tartre (“flat pastry”) (compare Medieval Latin tarta), of unknown origin. Perhaps an alteration of Old French torte, tourte, from Vulgar Latin *torta, from torta (“twisted”) panis (“bread”), from feminine of Latin tortus (“twisted, folded over”). Cognate to torta.

Noun

tart (plural tarts)

1. A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.

Derived terms

• Bakewell tart
• egg tart
• pineapple tart
• treacle tart

Related terms

• tort
• torta
• torte
• torture

Translations

Etymology 3

From sweetheart or jam tart (“attractive woman”) by shortening

Noun

tart (plural tarts)

1. (Britain, slang) A prostitute.
2. (Britain, slang, derogatory) By extension, any woman with loose sexual morals.
   • 1950, Roy E. Blick (police inspector), testimony before the United States Congress:

     We know the majority of the places that these tarts will hang out at.

Synonyms

• (prostitute): See also Thesaurus:prostitute
• (prostitute): See also Thesaurus:promiscuous woman

Derived terms

• tartlet

Translations

Verb

tart (third-person singular simple present tarts, present participle tarting, simple past and past participle tarted)

1. To practice prostitution
2. To practice promiscuous sex
3. To dress garishly, ostentatiously, whorishly, or sluttily

Derived terms

• pop tart (slang)
• tart up

Anagrams

• Trat, attr

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?rt

Verb

tart

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of tarten
2. imperative of tarten

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t?rt]
• Rhymes: -?rt

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

tart

1. (transitive) to keep (many different senses overlapping with English, see examples)

   Synonyms: ?riz, meg?riz

2. (transitive) to hold

   Synonym: fog

3. (transitive) to support (keep in the same place, withstanding its weight)

   Synonyms: támaszt, megtámaszt

   Antonym: elenged (to let go)

4. (intransitive) to take up space or time, extend, to last (-tól/-t?l … -ig)

   Antonyms: végz?dik, véget ér (to end)

5. (intransitive) momentarily describing whether a process is still in progress, and if yes how far it has gone

6. (intransitive) to esteem, deem, regard, think highly or poorly of (with -ra/-re)
7. (intransitive) to head into a direction

   Synonym: megy

8. (intransitive) to fear (of someone or something -tól/-t?l)

   Synonym: fél
9. (intransitive, used with attól) to be afraid, to be regretful, to be sorry

   Synonym: sajnál

10. (mathematics) to converge, have limit at (-hoz/-hez/-höz or -ba/-be)

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

Etymology 2

tar (“bald”) +? -t (accusative suffix)

Adjective

tart

1. accusative singular of tar

Further reading

• tart 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

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tart, from Proto-Celtic *tartus, from Proto-Indo-European *térstus, from *ters- (“dry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??a??t??/

Noun

tart m (genitive singular tarta)

1. thirst

Declension

Mutation

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “tart”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “tart” in Foclóir Gae?ilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "tart" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English teart, from Proto-Germanic *tartaz.

Alternative forms

• (Early ME) teart
• tarte, terte

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tart/
• (dialectal) IPA^(key): /t??rt/

Adjective

tart (rare)

1. Sour, tart; having much acidity.
2. (Early Middle English) Acute, keen; showing sharpness.

Descendants

• English: tart, teart
• Scots: tairt

References

• “tart, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-25.

Etymology 2

Noun

tart

1. Alternative form of tarte

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse tartr. Doublet of tert.

Noun

tart m (definite singular tarten, indefinite plural tarter, definite plural tartene)

1. (zoology) a small salmon

   Synonym: svele

References

• “tart” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Anagrams

• ratt

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse tartr. Doublet of tert.

Noun

tart m (definite singular tarten, indefinite plural tartar, definite plural tartane)

1. (zoology) a small salmon

   Synonyms: silung, svelung, svele

References

• “tart” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• ratt

Old French

Adjective

tart m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tarde)

1. late (after the end of a given period)

Adverb

tart

1. late (after the end of a given period)

Related terms

• tarder

Descendants

• French: tard

Old Irish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *tartus, from Proto-Indo-European *térstus, from *ters- (“dry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tar?t/

Noun

tart m (genitive tarta)

1. thirst

Inflection

Descendants

• Irish: tart

Mutation

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tar?d/

Verb

·tart

1. first-person singular present subjunctive perfective prototonic of do·beir

Mutation

References

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

Old Norse

Noun

tart

1. accusative singular indefinite of tartr m

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tart/

Noun

tart

1. genitive plural of tarta