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Definition tan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French tan (“tanbark”), from Gaulish tanno- (“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)d?onu (“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 ?????? (thámnos, “thicket”), Avestan ????????‎ (?anuuar?), Sanskrit ??? (dhánu).

Noun

tan (plural tans)

  1. A yellowish-brown 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.
Adjective

tan (comparative tanner, superlative tannest)

  1. Of a yellowish-brown.
  2. Having dark skin as a result of exposure to the sun.

Etymology 2

As a verb, from Middle English tannen, from late Old English tannian (“to tan a hide”), from Latin tannare.

Verb

tan (third-person singular simple present tans, present participle tanning, simple past and past participle tanned)

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

Etymology 3

From a Brythonic language; influenced in form by yan (“one”) in the same series.

Numeral

tan

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

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Armenian ??? (t?an).

Noun

tan

  1. An Armenian drink made of yoghurt and water similar to airan and doogh

Etymology 5

From the Cantonese pronunciation of ?

Noun

tan (usually uncountable, plural tans)

  1. Synonym of picul, particularly in Cantonese contexts.

Etymology 6

From Old English t?n (“twig, switch”), from Proto-Germanic *tainaz (“rod, twig, straw, lot”).

Noun

tan (plural tans)

  1. (dialectal) A twig or small switch.

Results 154 Words with the letters TAN

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5 letter words with the letters TAN ↑
ACTIN 9
AGENT 8
ALANT 7
AMENT 9
ANENT 7
ANGST 8
ANTAE 6
ANTAS 6
ANTED 7
ANTES 6
ANTIC 9
ANTIS 6
ANTRA 6
ANTRE 6
ANTSY 8
ATMAN 9
ATONE 6
ATONY 8
AUNTS 7
AUNTY 9
AVANT 10
BANTY 11
BATON 9
BRANT 9
CANST 9
CANTO 9
CANTS 9
CANTY 11
CHANT 11
COTAN 9
DAUNT 8
EATEN 6
ENACT 9
ENATE 6
ENTIA 6
ETNAS 6
FAINT 9
GAUNT 9
GIANT 8
GNATS 8
GRANT 8
HANTS 8
HAUNT 9
INAPT 9
JANTY 17
JAUNT 16
JUNTA 16
LATEN 7
LEANT 7
MANTA 9
MATIN 9
MEANT 9
MENTA 9
NASTY 8
NATAL 7
NATCH 11
NATES 6
NATTY 8
NEATH 8
NEATS 6
NOTAL 7
OATEN 6
OCTAN 9
PAINT 9
PANTO 9
PANTS 9
PANTY 11
PATEN 9
PATIN 9
PINTA 9
PLANT 10
QANAT 15
QUANT 16
RANTS 6
RATAN 6
RIANT 6
SAINT 6
SANTO 6
SATIN 6
SCANT 9
SLANT 7
SNATH 8
STAIN 6
STAND 7
STANE 6
STANG 8
STANK 10
TABUN 10
TAINS 6
TAINT 6
TAKEN 10
TAKIN 10
TALON 7
TANGO 8
TANGS 8
TANGY 10
TANKA 10
TANKS 10
TANSY 8
TANTO 6
TARNS 6
TAUNT 7
TAWNY 11
TAXON 13
TENIA 6
THANE 8
THANK 12
TINEA 6
TITAN 6
TOLAN 7
TOMAN 9
TONAL 7
TONGA 8
TRAIN 6
TRANK 10
TRANQ 15
TRANS 6
TRONA 6
TUNAS 7
TWAIN 9
TWANG 11
UNAPT 10
UNHAT 9
VAUNT 11
WANTS 9
WITAN 9
YENTA 8
4 letter words with the letters TAN ↑
ANTA 5
ANTE 5
ANTI 5
ANTS 5
AUNT 6
CANT 8
ETNA 5
GNAT 7
HANT 7
NEAT 5
NOTA 5
PANT 8
RANT 5
TAIN 5
TANG 7
TANK 9
TANS 5
TARN 5
THAN 7
TUNA 6
WANT 8
3 letter words with the letters TAN ↑
ANT 4
TAN 4
2 letter words with the letters TAN ↑
AN 3
AT 2
NA 3
TA 2

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