tong

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Synoniemen

tongs

forceps

fork over

grip

clamp

🗜️

pincer

pinch

plier

nip

Vertalingen

atazanar

atanazar

usar tenaza

atenazar

tenaz

tenaza

tenazas

تونج

aile

👪

Zange

κινέζικη μυστική εταιρία

pinces

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/tɒŋ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: tonge

Overgenomen van Oudengels: tange

Verwant aan Oudnoors: tǫng

Verwant aan IJslands: töng

Verwant aan Oudhoogduits: zanga

Verwant aan Duits: Zange

Verwant aan Sanskriet: दशति

Verwant aan Albanees: 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”).