thong

Oznaczający (Angielski)

1. A narrow strip of material, typically leather, used to fasten, bind, or secure objects.
2. (Australia, plural-normally) An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which join to pass between the big toe and its neighbour.
3. (UK, US) An item of clothing, usually an undergarment or swimwear consisting of very narrow strips designed to cover just the genitals and nothing more.
4. The largest section of a bullwhip constructed of many straps of braided leather.

Koncepcje

rzemień

japonki

stringi

pas

japonka

Synonimy

strap

belt

flip-flop

G-string

lash

tanga

leash

band

whip

latchet

ribbon

🎀

g-string

strip

gee-string

cord

thongs

slipper

girdle

string

🪢

whang

G string

wristlet

flip flop

leather strap

zori

small strap

leather strip

tawse

gee string

halter

lashing

lunge

pusher

rope

🪢

sandal

👡

sash

sling

Tłumaczenia

string

lanière

correa

Riemen

courroie

cinghia

tira de couro

riem

tanga

tong

chancla

tanga

correggia

infradito

perizoma

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/θɒŋ/

Etymologia (Angielski)

Dziedziczone z średnioangielski: thong

Dziedziczone z staroangielski: þwong

Pokrewny z scots: thwang

Pokrewny z Middle Low German: dwenge

Pokrewny z niemiecki: Zwinge

Pokrewny z duński: tvinge

Pokrewny z norweski: tveng

Pokrewny z islandzki: þvengur

In summary

From Middle English thong, thwong, thwang, from Old English þwong, þwang (“thong, band, strap, cord, strip of leather; phylactery”), from Proto-West Germanic *þwangi, from Proto-Germanic *þwangiz, *þwanguz (“coercion, constraint, band, clamp, strap”), from Proto-Indo-European *twenk- (“to squeeze, press, pressure”). Cognate with Scots thwang, thwayng, thang (“thong”), Middle Low German dwenge (“clamp, jaws, steel-trap”), German Zwinge (“vise, clamp”), Danish tvinge (“clamp”), dialectal Norwegian tveng (“shoestrap, shoelace”), Icelandic þvengur (“strap, thong, latchet”).