tong

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To use tongs.
2. (transitive) To grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs.

Concepts

pinces

Synonymes

tongs

forceps

fork over

grip

clamp

🗜️

pincer

pinch

plier

nip

Traductions

atazanar

atanazar

usar tenaza

atenazar

tenaza

tenazas

تونج

aile

👪

Zange

κινέζικη μυστική εταιρία

tenaz

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/tɒŋ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: tonge

Hérité de ancien anglais: tange

Appartenant à vieux norrois: tǫng

Appartenant à islandais: töng

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: zanga

Appartenant à allemand: Zange

Appartenant à sanskrit: दशति

Appartenant à albanais: dang

In summary

From Middle English tonge (“tongs, fang”), tange, from Old English tange, from Proto-West Germanic *tangu, from Proto-Germanic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”). Cognate with Old Norse tǫng (modern Icelandic töng), Old High German zanga (modern German Zange). Other cognates include Sanskrit दशति (dáśati, “to bite”) and Albanian dang (“bite, nip”).