tangle

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (transitive) To mix together or intertwine.
2. (intransitive) To become mixed together or intertwined.
3. (figuratively, intransitive) To enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.
4. (transitive) To catch and hold.

Noun

1. A tangled twisted mass.
2. A complicated or confused state or condition.
3. An argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.
4. A region of the projection of a knot such that the knot crosses its perimeter exactly four times.
5. A paired helical fragment of tau protein found in a nerve cell and associated with Alzheimer's disease.
6. A form of art which consists of sections filled with repetitive patterns.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Any large type of seaweed, especially a species of Laminaria.
2. (countable, in-plural, uncountable) An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea.
3. (Scotland, countable, uncountable) Any long hanging thing, even a lanky person.

Concepts

enchevêtre

enchevêtrer

emmêler

embrouille

confusion

enchevêtrement

ébouriffer

chaos

compliquer

fouillis

dispute

imbroglio

embrouiller

trouble

embourber

ennuis

s’embrouiller

s’emmêler

s’enchevêtrer

embrouilles

être en tas

fatras

brouille

complication

dédale

désordre

empêtrer

être

balayer

hérisser

labyrinthe

mêler

nœud

🪢

tirer

Opposé de

untangle, unsnarl

Synonymes

snarl

chaos

muddle

knot

🪢

entanglement

entangle

confusion

mess

confuse

dishevel

tousle

mat

complication

ravel

embroil

involve

complicate

jumble

get twisted

tangle up

maze

thicket

disarrange

difficulties

become tangled

twist

get tangled up

agitate

trouble

sweep

clutter

sweep up

snare

drag in

drag

mix up

disrupt

muss

kink

complicated

obfuscate

disorder

complexify

disarray

commix

blend

derange

commingle

fox

🦊

conspiracy

Traductions

warboel

verwikkeling

warnet

maraña

emaranhar

groviglio

aggrovigliare

enredo

Wirrwarr

enredar

Gewirr

μπερδεύω

imbrogliare

warwinkel

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈtæŋ.ɡl̩/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: tanglen

Appartenant à suédois: taggla

Appartenant à vieux norrois: þǫngull

Appartenant à norvégien: tongul

Appartenant à féroïen: tongul

Appartenant à islandais: þöngull

In summary

From Middle English tanglen, probably of North Germanic origin, compare Swedish taggla (“to disorder”), Old Norse þǫngull, þang (“tangle; seaweed”), see Etymology 2 below.