tangle

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

warboel

verwikkeling

warnet

warwinkel

wirwar

verstrikken

🪤

chaos

rommel

verwarring

verwarren

baaierd

verwikkelen

wanorde

omarmen

knoop

Tegenovergesteld aan

untangle, unsnarl

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

emaranhar

aggrovigliare

maraña

groviglio

Gewirr

Wirrwarr

enchevêtre

enredar

enredo

imbrogliare

emaranhado

μπερδεύω

Durcheinander

ingarbugliare

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈtæŋ.ɡl̩/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: tanglen

Verwant aan Zweeds: taggla

Verwant aan Oudnoors: þǫngull

Verwant aan Noors: tongul

Verwant aan Faeröers: tongul

Verwant aan IJslands: 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.