tan

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A light, brown-like colour.
2. A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources.
3. The bark of an oak or other tree from which tannic acid is obtained.

Adj

1. Yellowish-brown.
2. Having dark skin as a result of exposure to the sun or an artificial process intended to mimic this effect.

Verb

1. (intransitive, transitive) To change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun.
2. (stative, transitive) To change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid. To work as a tanner.
3. (informal, transitive) To spank or beat.

Num

The second cardinal number two, formerly used in Celtic areas, especially Cumbria and parts of Yorkshire, for counting sheep, and stitches in knitting.

Verb

To kill by gun, to shoot.

Concepts

tanner

bronzer

bronzage

hâle

teint

hâler

bronzé

fauve

tan

basaner

brun clair

corroyer

🍛

cure

hâlé

se hâler

taniser

tang

airain

tg

bronze

brûler

coup de soleil

kaki

mat

tangente

teindre

topaze

Synonymes

suntan

sunburn

brown

bronze

burn

light brown

tangent

cure

embrown

bark

rumple

bronzed

topaz

soften

sunbathe

become brown

process

reddish

rub

russet

slug

sun-tan

sun-tanned

swarthy

tanbark

tanned

tawny

thwack

wallop

whack

whomp

yellow

get a tan

get sunburnt

tan leather

tawny-brown

yellow-brown

picul

light-brown

reddish black

golden-brown

barken

become sunburnt

dan,picul

amber

tg

assault

attack

👊

auburn

bash

Traductions

gerben

looien

abbronzatura

conciare

curtir

bruinen

tanen

tostado

leerlooien

bronceado

tintarella

Sonnenbräune

μαύρισμα

curtir

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/tæn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à breton: tann

Appartenant à Old Cornish: tannen

Appartenant à latin: femur

Appartenant à allemand: Tann

Appartenant à albanais: thanë

Appartenant à grec ancien: θάμνος

Appartenant à avestique: 𐬚𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆

Appartenant à sanskrit: धनु

Hérité de moyen anglais: tannen

Hérité de ancien anglais: tannian

Hérité de moyen anglais: *tan

Hérité de ancien anglais: tān

In summary

From Middle English tan, from Old French tan (“tanbark”), from Gaulish *tannos (“green oak”) – compare Breton tann (“red oak”), Old Cornish tannen –, from Proto-Celtic *tannos (“green oak”), of uncertain origin, but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)dʰonu (“fir”). Per this hypothesis, related to Hittite [script needed] (tanau, “fir”), Latin femur, genitive feminis (“thigh”), German Tann (“woods”), Tanne (“fir”), Albanian thanë (“cranberry bush”), Ancient Greek θάμνος (thámnos, “thicket”), Avestan 𐬚𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆 (θanuuar^ə), Sanskrit धनु (dhánu).

Phrases

The office paint was a dull , sad tan .