thong

Significat (Anglès)

1. A narrow strip of material, typically leather, used to fasten, bind, or secure objects.
2. (Australia, plural-normally) An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which join to pass between the big toe and its neighbour.
3. (UK, US) An item of clothing, usually an undergarment or swimwear consisting of very narrow strips designed to cover just the genitals and nothing more.
4. The largest section of a bullwhip constructed of many straps of braided leather.

Conceptes

corretja

tanga

fuet

tralla

xancleta

Sinònims

strap

belt

flip-flop

G-string

lash

tanga

leash

band

whip

latchet

ribbon

🎀

g-string

strip

gee-string

cord

thongs

slipper

girdle

string

🪢

whang

G string

wristlet

flip flop

leather strap

zori

small strap

leather strip

tawse

gee string

halter

lashing

lunge

pusher

rope

🪢

sandal

👡

sash

sling

Traduccions

string

lanière

correa

courroie

Riemen

cinghia

riem

tira de couro

tanga

chancla

tong

tanga

perizoma

infradito

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/θɒŋ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: thong

Heretat de anglès antic: þwong

Cognat amb escocès: thwang

Cognat amb Middle Low German: dwenge

Cognat amb alemany: Zwinge

Cognat amb danès: tvinge

Cognat amb noruec: tveng

Cognat amb islandès: þvengur

In summary

From Middle English thong, thwong, thwang, from Old English þwong, þwang (“thong, band, strap, cord, strip of leather; phylactery”), from Proto-West Germanic *þwangi, from Proto-Germanic *þwangiz, *þwanguz (“coercion, constraint, band, clamp, strap”), from Proto-Indo-European *twenk- (“to squeeze, press, pressure”). Cognate with Scots thwang, thwayng, thang (“thong”), Middle Low German dwenge (“clamp, jaws, steel-trap”), German Zwinge (“vise, clamp”), Danish tvinge (“clamp”), dialectal Norwegian tveng (“shoestrap, shoelace”), Icelandic þvengur (“strap, thong, latchet”).