Tan

Symbol
tan


 * 1)  A symbol of the trigonometric function tangent.

Noun

 * 1) A yellowish-brown colour.
 * 2) A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources.
 * She still has a tan from her vacation in Mexico.
 * 1) The bark of an oak or other tree from which tannic acid is obtained.
 * 2) * 1848, John Hannett, Bibliopegia, or, The Art of Bookbinding in all its branches, page 65:
 * In two pints of water boil one ounce of tan, and a like portion of nutgall till reduced to a pint.
 * In two pints of water boil one ounce of tan, and a like portion of nutgall till reduced to a pint.

Derived terms

 * catch a tan
 * tan line

Adjective

 * 1) Of a yellowish-brown.
 * Mine is the white car parked next to the tan pickup truck.
 * 1) Having dark skin as a result of exposure to the sun.
 * You’re looking very tan this week.

Verb

 * 1)  To change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun.
 * No matter how long I stay out in the sun, I never tan. though I do burn.
 * 1)  To change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid. To work as a tanner.
 * 2)  To spank or beat.
 * 3) * 1876, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, ch. 3:
 * "Well, go 'long and play; but mind you get back some time in a week, or I'll tan you."

Cardinal number

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

Thesaurus
arrange, beige, bronze, brown, brownish, brownish-yellow, brunet, burn, chocolate, cinnamon, clear for action, clear the decks, cocoa, cocoa-brown, coffee, coffee-brown, cure, deploy, drab, dress, dress down, dun, dun-brown, dun-drab, ecru, embrown, fawn, fawn-colored, fix, fix up, flax, fuscous, get ready, give a dressing-down, grege, hazel, hide, infuscate, khaki, larrup, lather, leather, lick, lurid, make arrangements, make preparations, make ready, marshal, mobilize, nut-brown, olive-brown, olive-drab, paddle, plan, prearrange, prep, prepare, pretreat, process, provide, put in shape, ready, ready up, rust, seal, seal-brown, sepia, settle preliminaries, snuff-colored, sorrel, sunburn, suntan, taupe, tawny, toast, toast-brown, treat, trim, try out, umber, umber-colored, wallop, walnut, walnut-brown, welt, whale, yellowish-brown

Etymology 1
tan: 'tanbark', from tanno 'live oak' (compare  tann 'red oak',  tannen), from  'fir' (compare  tanau: 'fir',  femur:, gen. feminis 'thigh',  Tann 'woods', Tanne 'fir', Ancient Greek thámnos 'thicket',  θanwarə, gen. θanwanō 'bow', Sanskrit dhánus, gen. dhánvanus 'bow').

Etymology 2
tannen:, from late tannian: 'to tan a hide', from  tanner, from tan. See above.

Etymology 3
From a Brythonic language; influenced in form by yan: in the same series.

Noun

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 棕黄色, 棕褐色
 * Dutch: gebruinde kleur
 * Indonesian:


 * Korean: 갈색 (褐色, galsaeg, -k)
 * Russian: бежевый (цвет) (béževyj tsvet)
 * Spanish: ,


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 曬成褐色, 晒成褐色, 曬黑, 晒黑
 * Czech: opálení
 * Finnish:
 * French: bronzage, hâle (aspirated h)
 * German: Bräune, Sonnenbräune
 * Hungarian: lebarnulás


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 日に焼ける (ひにやける, hiniyakeru)
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: bronzeado
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Ukrainian: засмага (zasmága ), смага (smága, smagá), загар (zagár)


 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:


 * Spanish: corteza de roble; corteza tánica


 * : тен (ten)


 * : bronz

Adjective

 * Spanish: ,


 * Dutch: gebruind, gebruinde
 * Finnish: ruskettunut
 * French: ,
 * German: braun, sonnengebräunt


 * Korean: 탄 (tan)
 * Russian: загорелый (zagorélyj)
 * Spanish: bronceado (por el sol) ,


 * : жълтокафяв (žâltokafjav) (1), жълтокафява (žâltokafjava)  (1), жълтокафяво (žâltokafjavo)  (3)

Verb

 * Czech: zhnědnout, opálit se
 * Danish: blive brun
 * Dutch: bruinen
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: bräunen; in der Sonne baden
 * Greek: μαυρίζω
 * Hungarian: lebarnul


 * Italian:
 * Korean: 타다 (tada), 그을다 (geueulda)
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: загорать (zagorát’), загореть (zagorét’)
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * Czech:, , vydělávat,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,


 * Italian:
 * Korean: 무두질하다 (mudujil-hada)
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * : загарям (zagarjam) (1), щавя (štavja) (2)
 * : zonnebaden
 * : a se bronza (1)

Derived terms

 * Black and Tan
 * tan oak
 * tan someone's hide
 * tanbark
 * tanner
 * tannery

Related terms

 * tannin
 * tannic acid

Anagrams

 * ANT, Ant, an't, ant, NAT, Nat, Nat., nat, NTA

Noun

 * 1) fire

Etymology
From (compare Old Irish teine:, Welsh tân:).

Adverb

 * 1) so, such
 * 2)  as ... as

Noun

 * 1) fire

Etymology
From (compare Old Irish teine:, Welsh tân:).

Adverb

 * 1) so, as (in comparisons)

Noun

 * 1) time
 * 2) weather

Etymology
From temps:

Noun

 * 1) doctrine
 * 2) science of, theory, branch of instruction
 * 3) -logy, -graphy (in compound words)
 * 4) Something education-related (in compounds)

Etymology
, tanul, etc.

Derived terms

 * alaktan
 * állattan
 * ásványtan
 * barlangtan
 * elektromosságtan
 * élettan
 * embertan


 * fénytan
 * földtan
 * hittan
 * hőtan
 * közgazdaságtan
 * mértan


 * mozgástan
 * névtan
 * növénytan
 * nyelvtan
 * orvostan
 * rendszertan
 * számtan


 * tanfolyam
 * tankönyv
 * tanóra
 * tanszék
 * tantárgy
 * tanterem
 * tanterv

Verb

 * 1) talk

Derived terms

 * tandao

Pinyin syllable
tan



Adverb

 * 1) so, as
 * Eres tan rico como te sientes. - "You are as rich as you feel."

Etymology
From tanto

Preposition
tan


 * 1) until
 * 2) under
 * 3) while