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Definition: Tan |
TanAdjective1. Of a light yellowish-brown color. Noun1. A browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun. 2. A light brown. 3. Ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side. Verb1. Treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather. 2. Get a tan, from wind or sun. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "tan" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Etymology: Tan \Tan\, noun. [French tan, perhaps from Armor. tann an oak, oak bar; or of Teutonic origin; compare to German tanne a fir, Old High German tanna a fir, oak, MHG. tan a forest. Compare to Tawny.]. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Tan can mean several things:
- tan is shorthand for the tangent trigonometric function.
- Tanning is the process of making leather from skin.
- Sun tanning is the browning of light-colored skin by exposure of the bare skin to sunshine.
- Tan is a Chinese family name 譚,谭,覃,談,郯,檀 (in Mandarin) or 陳 (in Taisan).
- Tan is a character in the Fusion comic book.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Tan."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In mathematics, the trigonometric functions are functions of an angle important when studying triangles and modeling periodic phenomena. They may be defined as ratios of two sides of a right triangle containing the angle, or, more generally, as ratios of coordinates of points on the unit circle, or, more generally still, as infinite series. All three approaches will be presented below.
There are six basic trigonometric functions.
Sine, cosine and tangent are by far the most important. Several relations between these functions are listed on the page about trigonometric identities.
- Sine (sin)
- Cosine (cos)
- Tangent (tan - equivalent to sin / cos)
- Secant (sec - equivalent to 1 / cos)
- Cosecant (csc - equivalent to 1 / sin)
- Cotangent (cot - equivalent to cos / sin)
Right Triangle Definitions
In order to define the trigonometric functions for the angle A, start with an arbitrary right triangle that contains the angle A:
We use the following names for the sides of the triangle:
Then,
- The hypotenuse is the side opposite the right angle, in this case c.
- The opposite side is the side opposite to the angle we are interested in, in this case a.
- The adjacent side is the side that is a leg of the angle, but not the hypotenuse, in this case b.
1). The sine of an angle is the ratio of the length of the opposite side to the length of the hypotenuse. In our case
Note that this ratio does not depend on the particular right triangle chosen, as long as it contains the angle A, since all those triangles are similar.
- sin(A) = opp/hyp = a/c.
A mnemonic commonly used in the UK is "OHMS". This is memorable because it might mean "On Her Majesty's Service", which is stamped on the front of mail sent by the government, or "Opposite over Hypotenuse Means Sine".
2). The cosine of an angle is the ratio of the length of the adjacent side to the length of the hypotenuse. In our case
3). The tangent of an angle is the ratio of the length of the opposite side to the length of the adjacent side. In our case
- cos(A) = adj/hyp = b/c.
One familiar mnemonic to remember these definitions is SOHCAHTOA. It reminds one that "SOH", sin = opposite/hypotenuse,"CAH", cos = adjacent/hypotenuse, and "TOA", tan = opposite/adjacent.
- tan(A) = opp/adj = a/b.
The remaining three functions are best defined using the above three functions.
4). The cosecant csc(A) is the inverse of sin(A), i.e. the ratio of the length of the hypotenuse to the length of the adjacent side:
5). The secant sec(A) is the inverse of cos(A), i.e. the ratio of the length of the hypotenuse to the length of the opposite side:
- csc(A) = hyp/opp = c/a.
6). The cotangent cot(A) is the inverse of tan(A), i.e. the ratio of the length of the adjacent side to the length of the opposite side:
- sec(A) = hyp/adj = c/b.
- cot(A) = adj/opp = b/a.
Computing
The values of the trigonometric functions have been tabulated and can also be computed by calculator. For some simple angles, the values can be computed by hand, as in the following examples:
Suppose we have a right triangle where the two other angles are equal, and therefore = 45 degrees (π/4 radians). Then the length of side b and the length of side a are equal; we can choose a = b= 1. Now, one can determine the sin, cos and tan of an angle of 45 degrees. Using the Pythagorean Theorem, c = √(a2 + b2) = √2. This is illustrated in the following figure:
Therefore,
To determine the trigonometric functions for angles of 60 degrees (π/3 radians) and 30 degrees (π/6 radians), we start with an equilateral triangle of side length 1. All its angles are 60 degrees. By dividing it into two, we obtain a right triangle with 30 and 60 degree angles. For this triangle, the shortest side = 1/2, the next largest side =(√3)/2 and the hypotenuse = 1. This yields
and
Unit Circle Definitions
The six trig functions can also be defined in terms of the unit circle, the circle of radius one centered at the origin. The unit circle definition provides little in the way of practical calculation; indeed it relies on right triangles for most angles. The unit circle definition does, however, permit the definition of the trig functions for all positive and negative arguments, not just for angles between 0 and π/2 radians.
The equation for the unit circle is:
and it looks like this:
In the picture, some common angles, measured in radians, are given. Note that we measure angles positive in the counter clockwise direction and angles negative in the clockwise direction. The coordinates of where a line that makes an angle θ with the positive half of the x-axis intersects the circle are equal to cosθ and sinθ, respectively. The triangle in the graphic reveals the reason: the radius is equal to the hypotenuse and has length 1, sinθ = y/1 and cosθ = x/1. The unit circle can be thought of as a way of looking at an infinite number of triangles by varying the lengths of their legs but keeping the length of their hypotenuses equal to 1.
For angles greater than 2π or less than -2π simply continue to rotate around the circle. In this way, sine and cosine become periodic functions with period 2π:
for any angle θ and any integer k.
Though only sine and cosine were defined directly by the unit circle, the other four trig functions can be defined by
Here is a plot of sine and cosine:
Series definitions
Here, and generally in calculus, it is of utmost importance that all angles are measured in radians. One may then define
These definitions are equivalent to the above given ones because of the theory of Taylor series, and because of the fact that the derivative of sine is cosine and the derivative of cosine is -sine. These definitions are often used as the starting point in a rigorous treatment of analysis since the theory of such infinite series is well known. The differentiability and continuity is then easily established, as is Euler's formula relating the trigonometric functions to the exponential function as well as the most remarkable formula in the world. The series definitions have the additional advantage that they allow to extend the sine and cosine functions for all complex arguments.
Inverse Functions
The trigonometric functions are not monotonic, so their inverses are not unique. The principle inverses are usually defined as:
These functions are each equivalent to an integral:
Note: arcsec also means arcsecond.
Properties and applications
The trigonometric functions, as the name suggests, are of crucial importance in trigonometry, mainly because of the following two results:
The law of sines for an arbitrary triangle states:
It can be proven by dividing the triangle into two right ones and using the above definition of sine. The common number sin(A)/a occurring in the theorem is the reciprocal of the diameter of the circle through the three points A, B and C. The law of sines is useful for computing the lengths of the unknown sides in a triangle if two angles and one side are known. This is a common situation occurring in triangulation, a technique to determine unknown distances by measuring two angles and an accessible enclosed distance.
- sin(A)/a = sin(B)/b = sin(C)/c
If the angle is not contained between the two sides, the triangle may not be unique. Be aware of this ambiguous case of the Sine Law.
The law of cosines is an extension to the Pythagorean Theorem:
Again, this theorem can be proven by dividing the triangle into two right ones. The law of cosines is useful to determine the unknown data of a triangle if two sides and an angle are known.
- c2 = a2 + b2 - 2ab cos(C)
There is also a law of tangents:
The trigonometric functions are also important outside of the study of triangles. They are periodic functions with characteristic wave patterns as graphs, useful for modelling recurring phenomena such as sound or light waves. Every signal can be written as a (typically infinite) sum of sine and cosine functions of different frequencies; this is the basic idea of Fourier analysis.
{x, y} = Σ_n=1→∞
(1/F(n+1)){sin(θF(n)),cos(θF(n))}For a compilation of many relations between the trigonometric functions, see trigonometric identities.
An alternative use for trigonometric functions is to make pretty patterns.
See also:
- Generating trigonometric tables
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Trigonometric function."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
tan | English | Total ammonia nitrogen | Chemistry |
TAN | French | Tanzanie | Geography |
TAN | German | Tansania | Geography |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: TanSynonyms: burn (n), sunburn (n), suntan (n), tangent (n), topaz (n), bronze (v). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Miss Tan, I loved The Joy Luck Club (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) I have a fat, white body, and I don't have a tan, But when I put on leather pants, I am a Macho Man (Whose Line Is It Anyway?; writing credit: Dan Patterson; Mark Leveson) I'm working on a tan. (The Monkees; writing credit: Dee Caruso; Gerald Gardner) Either way, your pale ass is getting a tan. (Requiem for a Dream; writing credit: Hubert Selby Jr.) His Kyrptonian biological makeup is enhanced by earth's yellow sun. If Lois gets a tan the kid could kick right through her stomach (Mallrats; writing credit: Kevin Smith) | |
Lyrics | It's a day for catching tan (All That She Wants; performing artist: Ace Of Base) Ran from san fran to manhat tan to newburg (Life Story; performing artist: Black Rob) It's kind of like nashville with a tan (Lullaby; performing artist: Shawn Mullins) Tall and tan and young and lovely ("The Girl From Ipanema"; performing artist: Stan Getz/Astrud Gilberto) Big snoop dogg mr tan tyrese baby boy (Just A Baby Boy; performing artist: Tyrese) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Zhong tai quan tan sheng si zhan (1974) Yan ku shen tan (1974) Xianggang ye tan (1973) Zhan shen tan (1973) Dang kou tan (1972) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Seen is melanoma, with coloring of different shades of brown, black, or tan. Part of the ABCDs for detection of melanoma. See artwork: WYNTK-15b. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Seen is a normal mole, with no difference in shades of brown, black, or tan. Part of the ABCDs for detection of melanoma. See artwork: WYNTK-15b. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | The delicate, hazy, tan macular rim of this lesion, although not clinically dramatic, represents persistent melanocytic proliferation beyond the lateral limits of the common mole at its center. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Natural history of common acquired nevi. Ordinary moles begin as uniformly tan or brown macules, 1 to 2 mm in diameter (a), expand to a larger macule (b), progress to a pigmented papule that may be minimally (c) or obviously (d) elevated above the surface of the skin, and terminate as a pink or flesh-colored papule (e). These lesions are junctional (a,b), compound (c,d), and dermal (e) nevi, respectively. Note their smooth borders and clear demarcation from the surrounding skin. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve A Harbor Seal, Phoca vitulina, is a small phocid with a stubby, compact body and short limbs. Colors range from silver-gray to tan and all are spotted. They occur in almost all nearshore environments from Baja,California to the Bering Sea. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | A typical invertebrate grouping found on the interior roof of the pipes consisting primarily of bryozoa, tunicates and sponges over the top of oyster shells. Oysters could not survive long once the other fouling organisms covered them over. You can see the tan colonies of erect bryozoa, Reteporellina sp. These colonies disappeared after strong storm surges. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |
 | Intermediate age community of upright bryozoa, reteporellina sp., oysters ( mostly covered), and tunicates. The large, tan, upright bryozoa usually breakaway from the surface once they become too big. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |  | 10/23/00 - TAN SON NHAT, Vietnam (AFPN) -- Master Sgt. Robert Parris (left), Tech. Sgt. M.F. Deatcher and Staff Sgt. David Bivens (right), from the 517th Airlift Squadron, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, unload humanitarian relief supplies here. |
 | Señora, su conejito ya no le gusta el zacate, solo quiere chocolate. Qué animal tan picudito!. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Tristísimas lamentaciones, triste y muy triste es noticiar hechos tan dolorosos. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Rod Iron" by Brad David Commentary: "Rod Iron structure with a tan wall." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He was dressed in loose grey clothes and had tan boots |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | And distance, toward the horizon, was tan to invisibility |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Their color is variegated, ranging from tan to dark brown often on a pink background. (references) | |
Color variegation refers to a lesion with shades of brown, tan, red, white, or blue/black, or combinations thereof. (references) | ||
Variations in manufacturing and the presence of contaminants can produce LSD in colors ranging from clear or white, in its purest form, to tan or even black. (references) | ||
Business | Thanks to an improving economy and lower costs, the HDB will accelerate its upgrade programs this year. The head of the Minister for National Development, Mr. Mah Bow Tan, announced in Parliament that 12 precincts are slated to receive a Main Upgrading Program (MUP), and 20 precincts are to receive an Interim Upgrading Program (IUP). (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Vietnam | On September 2, Ho Tan Anh, described as a UBCV lay supporter, committed suicide by self-immolation in Danang to protest the Government's actions toward the UBCV. (references) |
Economic History | Vietnam | Four--Phan Van Khai, Nguyen Tan Dung, Le Minh Huong, and Pham Van Tra--of the Politburo members concurrently hold high positions in the government. (references) |
Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Thuan Zone is Vietnam's largest EPZ, while others are planned or in operation in Danang, Can Tho, Hanoi, and Ho Chi Minh City. (references) | |
Human Rights | Vietnam | Among those persons detained for political or religious activities during the year and still awaiting trial at the end of the year are: Vo Tan Sau, Phan Thi Tiem, and Tran Thi Duyen. (references) |
Malaysia | The Commission's chairman, Tan Sri Musa Hitam, enjoys broad nonpartisan credibility, and the other Commissioners generally are perceived to be serious and committed to the objectives of the Commission. (references) | |
Malaysia | However, many observers believe judicial independence has improved since Tan Sri Mohamed Dzaiddin Abdullah was appointed Chief Justice in December 2000. Immediately following his appointment, Chief Justice Dzaiddin spoke publicly about the importance of restoring public trust in the judiciary and instituted a rotational case-assignment system to ensure the impartiality of judges hearing any given case. (references) | |
Political Rights | Malaysia | In May 2000, Tan Sri Doctor Zeti assumed the post of Central Bank Governor. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Tan" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 68.78% of the time. "Tan" is used about 394 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 68.78% | 271 | 17,854 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 16.75% | 66 | 41,290 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 7.36% | 29 | 64,444 |
| Noun (proper) | 4.31% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 2.79% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Total | 100.00% | 394 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "tan" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Tan | Last name | 5,000 | 2,588 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Malaysia | Tan & Tan Developments Berhad | Singapore | Tan Chong International Limited |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "tan": acquire a tan ♦ Black and tan ♦ get a tan ♦ Gyle tan ♦ sun tan ♦ tan alt ♦ tan bark ♦ Tan bed ♦ tan liquor ♦ tan ooze ♦ tan pickle ♦ tan smb.'s hide ♦ Tan spud ♦ Tan stove ♦ Tan Tien Breathing ♦ Tan Tien Chi Kung ♦ Tan vat ♦ tan wave ♦ tan yard ♦ the tan. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "tan": tan-and-silver, tan-coloured, tan-pit, tan-pits, tan-yard. | |
Ending with "tan": sun-tan. | |
Containing "tan": black-and-tan coonhound, black-and-tan terrier, ok-tan-dra. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
sun tan | 6,704 | mist on tan | 137 |
sun tan lotion | 3,535 | tomas tan perfect | 120 |
tan | 2,756 | palm beach tan | 120 |
mystic tan | 1,754 | magic tan | 116 |
tan line | 1,319 | tan secret | 114 |
tan thru swimsuit | 1,144 | no tan line | 104 |
perfect tan | 543 | planet tan | 100 |
spray on tan | 479 | darque tan | 98 |
hollywood tan | 473 | tan tara | 87 |
mika tan | 406 | resort tan tara | 85 |
sunless tan | 285 | tan through swimsuit | 84 |
california tan | 277 | stocking tan | 76 |
amy tan | 231 | tan girl | 73 |
tan towel | 224 | tan through bathing suit | 71 |
tan thru swim wear | 206 | tan through | 70 |
airbrush tan | 203 | tan thru | 69 |
tan tar a | 202 | black and tan coonhound | 68 |
fantasy tan | 181 | mistic tan | 68 |
resort tan tar | 160 | tan through swim wear | 68 |
fake tan | 154 | line pic tan | 67 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "tan"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | tanin (tannin), nxirje nga dielli (sunburn), nxij (blacken, bronze, bruise, denigrate, make black, tarnish), ngjyrë e kuqërreme (ginger), cirk (circus). (various references) | |
Arabic | جلد أسمر ناعم, دبغ, أصبح أسمر, أسمر (brown, roan), أحمر (red, ruddy, scarlet), إندبغ, اون الدبغ, دباغة (tanning), جلد (belabour, belt, birch, curry, cut, drub, drubbing, endurance, flagellation, flog, flogging, fortitude, gladiatorial, hide, integument, lacing, lambaste, lash, lashing, leather, licking, pasting, patience, scourge, self control, skin, slash, slashing, stamina, sting, sufferance, switch, thrash, thump, toleration, trounce, whip, whipping), مدبوغ (leathery, tanned), صناعة الجلود, ضرب (batter, battery, beat, beat off, belabour, biff, buffet, chastise, connect, curry, description, drub, drubbing, fib, flap, flapping, form, galvanize, genre, go getter, grain, hit, hitting, impact, jabbing, kidney, kind, lace, lace into smb., lam, larrup, let out, lock out, manner, multiplication, multiply, order, overtake, paddle, paste, pasting, patter, poke, pommel, pound, pummel, slash, slosh, sock, sort, stamp, strike, stripe, tanning, thrash, thrashing, thresh, variety, wallop, whip), سمر (brown, nail, pin, spike, stud), سفع (burn, singe, suntan), تسفع (sun bathe, sun bathing, sun tanning, tanning), لون امغر, لفح الشمس, اللون الأسمر الضارب للصفرة من الشمس. (various references) | |
Aymara | ch'umpi. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | светлокафяв (fallow, tawny), щавя (bark, curry), щава, тен (complexion, suntan), тангента (tangent), танин (tannin), ощавям, жълтокафяв цвят, жълтеникавокафяв (fulvous, khaki, lurid, tawny), бронзово кафяв, пердаша (baste, drub, leather, pelt, thrash, towel), дъбилно вещество, добивам тен, добивам загар. (various references) | |
Chinese | 黃褐色 (tawny). (various references) | |
Czech | teèna (tangent), tříslo (groin), tangenta (tangent), tangens, vydìlávat kùži, valchovat, svìtlohnìdý, snìdost, seřezat (slate), opálit se (catch a sun), opálit, opálení (sun tan, sunburn, suntan), bronz (bronze), žlutohnìdá barva. (various references) | |
Danish | Epioblasma torulosa rangiana (tan blossom pearly mussel), Dysnomia torulosa rangiana (tan blossom pearly mussel). (various references) | |
Dutch | tanen (abate, decrease, diminish, drop, fade, fall), looien (leathering, tanning), leerlooien. (various references) | |
Esperanto | tani. (various references) | |
Faeroese | garva, barka. (various references) | |
Farsi | پوست مازو, مازوی دباغی , مازوءی , قهوه ای مایل به زرد, دباغی کردن , باحمام افتاب پوست بدن راقهوه ای کردن , برنگ قهوه ای وسبزه دراوردن , برنزه . (various references) | |
Finnish | rusketus, parkita, kellanruskea. (various references) | |
French | bronzer. (various references) | |
German | gerben (weather), bräunen (bronze, brown, go brown, tanning, turn brown), gelbbraun (buff, fallow, tawniness, tawny), bräune (angina, brownness, quinsy, sunburn, suntan). (various references) | |
Greek | καφετί, βυρσοδέψω, βυρσοδεψώ, βυρσοδεψικόσ φλοιόσ, μαύρισμα από ήλιο (suntan), μαύρισμα (blackening, suntan), μαυρίζω (char), ηλιοκαμένοσ, ηλιοκαίω (sunburn), "ταμπά". (various references) | |
Hebrew | לשזף, להלקות (beat, belabour, flagellate, flog, horsewhip, lash, scourge, trounce, whip), להשתזף (sun bathe), להשחים, להצליף (flail, flog, horsewhip, lash, lashing, slash, swat, swish, switch, whip), לברסק, שזוף (bronzed, caramelization, sun burning, sun tan, suntan, tanned, tanning), שחום (dark brown, swarthy), שזפון (sunburn, sunstroke), שזף (sunburn), חום זהוב (auburn). (various references) | |
Hungarian | napbarnított (sun-tanned, swarthy, tanned, tawny), cserszínû, cserez (curry, to curry), cser. (various references) | |
Indonesian | warna coklat (brown). (various references) | |
Italian | tintarella, tannino (tannin), marrone rossiccio (russet), conciare (beat up, cure, curry, dirty, get dirty, get oneself up), concia (tanning), colore marrone chiaro, avana, abbrunire, abbronzatura (suntan, tanning), abbronzarsi (bronze, Brown), abbronzare (get brown, sear). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 渋色 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しぶいろ. (various references) | |
Manx | ruyid (brownness, reddishness, redness), ruy (copper-complexioned, foxy, ginger, red, red-haired, sandy), daah ny greiney (sunburn), buigh (fair headed, jaundiced, sallow, yellow). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | antay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tostar-se, tostar (parch, roast, toast), tanino (tannin), tangente (tangent, tangential), queimar (bake, burn, burn out, fire, flame, fuse, scathe, scorch), curtume (tannery), curtir peles, curtir (curry, endure, enjoy, suffer), cor morena, castanho-amarelado, bronzear (braze, brown, burn), bronzeado (bronze, brown, suntan). (various references) | |
Romanian | tanin (tannin), tãbãci (bark, dress, hide, leather, Taw), se bronza, scoarţã de stejar mãcinat, prãji la soare, pârli (burn, scorch, singe), culoare cafenie-roşiaticã, circ (basin, circus, monkey business), burduşi (lay in, pommel, sandbag, shrink, stuff, warp), bronza (bronze), bronz al pielii, bate (bark, baste, bastinado, bay, beat, beat up, beetle, belabour, best, blow, box, bruise, buffet, burst, chastise, chime, clap, club, cob, contend, cuff, curry, dash, defeat, drive, drub, flail, flicker, flog, go, hit, horse, knock, knock in, lace, larrup, lash, lash into, lick, mint, paddle, palpitate, Pat, patter, peal, pound, pulsate, pulse, range, rap, rattle, ring, shake up, shine, slap, smite, sound, spank, strike, swinge, switch, tap, tew, thrash, throb, thwack, tick, tinkle, toll, wallop, whip, worst), argãsi, arde (bake, be on fire, bite, blister, burn, burn away, burn out, burn up, calcine, cauterize, consume, cook, cremate, diddle, glare, glow, grill, heat, ignite, inflame, overdo, parch, roast, scald, scorch, sear, shrivel, smart, smoke, strike, you are getting hot). (various references) | |
Russian | смуглость (duskiness, swarthiness), гелиоксантоз, загорать загар (tanning), загорание, загар (sunburn, suntan, suntans). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | uštaviti, preplanuti, preplanuo (tanned, weather beaten, weatherbeaten), preplanulost (suntan), pocrneti (turn black), žutomrka boja (khaki, snuff-color, snuff-colour), žutomrk (khaki, snuff, tawny), štaviti (bark, curry). (various references) | |
Spanish | tostado (adust, parched, roast, toasted), bronceado (brazen, bronze, bronzed, sun tanned, sunburn, sunburnt, suntan, tanned). (various references) | |
Swazi | -mphôfu. (various references) | |
Swedish | solbränna (sunburn, suntan), garva (bark, barken, curry, dress, guffaw, laugh). (various references) | |
Thai | ฟอกหนัง, สีน้ำตาลไหม้, ที่มีผิวสีแทน, ที่มีสีน้ำตาลแดง, มีผิวสีน้ำตาลไหม้. (various references) | |
Turkish | tabaklamak (curry), tabaklama ile ilgili, tabaklama (tanning), taba rengi (ginger, snuff-colored, snuff-coloured), yanmak (be hot, broil, burn, burn out, fire, fuse, fuze, glow, go on, inflame, kindle, light, light up, scorch, smart, sting, swelter, take, toast), yanık ten (suntan), sepilemek, sepileme, meşe kabuğu, kamçılamak (flagellate, flog, hop up, horsewhip, lash, leather, scourge, sjambok, slash, swinge, welt, whip, whip up), güneşlenmek (bask, sun, sunbathe), dövmek (bash up, baste, batter, beat, beat out, beat up, belabor, belabour, Bray, bruise, cane, castigate, chastise, club, cudgel, drub, dust smb.'s jacket, flail, flog, forge, give a beating, give smb. a thrashing, give the stick, hammer, hide, knock about, knock around, Lam, lam into, lambaste, larrup, lather, lay in, lay into, lick, Mall, maul, pelt, pound, punish, scutch, slog, sock, spifflicate, spiflicate, swage, swinge, thrash, thwack, trounce, wallop, whale, whip, whop), bronzlaşmak (become bronze, suntan), bronzlaşmış cilt. (various references) | |
Turkmen | eяlemek (knead). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | рудувато-брунатний (orange-tawny, tawny), робити загорілим, танін (tannin), загоряти (blacken, burn, sun, sun oneself, sunburn), жовтувато-коричневий, дубити (bark, barken), дубильна кора (bark). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vỏ thuộc da màu nâu màu da rám nắng, vỏ dà, màu vỏ dà, màu nâu màu rám nắng. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | colorem, multicoloria, tangens. (various references) |
| Medieval Latin | 700-1500 | tannare. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "tan": tanager, tanagers, tanbark, tanbarks, tandem, tandems, tandoor, tandoori, tandooris, tandoors, tang, tanged, tangelo, tangelos, tangence, tangences, tangencies, tangency, tangent, tangential, tangentially, tangents, tangerine, tangerines, tangibilities, tangibility, tangible, tangibleness, tangiblenesses, tangibles, tangibly, tangier, tangiest, tanging, tangle, tangled, tanglement, tanglements, tangler, tanglers, tangles, tanglier, tangliest, tangling, tangly, tango, tangoed, tangoing, tangos, tangram, tangrams. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "tan": caftan, capstan, captan, charlatan, constantan, cosmopolitan, cotan, habitan, harmattan, insectan, kaftan, manhattan, megalopolitan, mercaptan, metropolitan, nonmetropolitan, octan, orangutan, partan, platan, protistan, puritan, quartan, quintan, rambutan, ratan, rattan, sacristan, samaritan, sextan, shaitan, sheitan, spartan, sultan, suntan, tarlatan, tarletan, tartan, titan, witan. (additional references) | |
Words containing "tan": absorptance, absorptances, acceptance, acceptances, acceptant, accountancies, accountancy, accountant, accountants, accountantship, accountantships, acetanilid, acetanilide, acetanilides, acetanilids, acquaintance, acquaintances, acquaintanceship, acquaintanceships, acquittance, acquittances, acutance, acutances, adjutancies, adjutancy, adjutant, adjutants, admittance, admittances, annuitant, annuitants, antitank, arctangent, arctangents, arrestant, arrestants, assistance, assistances, assistant, assistants, assistantship, assistantships, attractance, attractances, attractancies, attractancy, attractant, attractants, bandstand, bandstands, bedstand. (additional references) | |
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"Tan" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: atan, atnt, ctan, etan, ftan, htan, itan, otani, tah, tahn, taino, taj, tand, tane, tanh, tani, tann, tano, tanq, tanr, tany, tanz, taon, taq, taun, tauno, tauny, tav, tawn, tean, tegn, tenn, tenv, teun, tian, Tiano, tinn, tjan, tlan, tmn, tn, Toan, tpn, traan, tran, tranq, trn, tuan, tumn, tvan, twan, tyan, tyn, tzand, tzane. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "tan" (pronounced ta"n) |
| 3 | t a" n | harmattan, rattan. |
| 2 | -a" n | fan, an, ban, began, bran, can, catamaran, clan, cyan, divan, flan, Gan, gran, Harpin, Japan, liane, man, minivan, Moulin, nan, overran, pan, plan, ran, Saran, scan, sedan, span, than, Van. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: ant. | |
| Words within the letters "a-n-t" | |
-1 letter: an, at, na, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-n-t" | |
+1 letter: anta, ante, anti, ants, aunt, cant, etna, gnat, hant, neat, nota, pant, rant, tain, tang, tank, tans, tarn, than, tuna, want. | |
+2 letters: actin, agent, alant, ament, anent, angst, antae, antas, anted, antes, antic, antis, antra, antre, antsy, atman, atone, atony, aunts, aunty, avant, banty, baton, brant, canst, canto, cants, canty, chant, cotan, daunt, eaten, enact, enate, entia, etnas, faint, gaunt, giant, gnats, grant, hants, haunt, inapt, janty, jaunt, junta, laten, leant, manat, manta, matin, meant, menta, nasty, natal, natch, nates, natty, neath, neats, notal, oaten, octan, paint, panto, pants, panty, paten, patin, pinta, plant, qanat, quant, rants, ratan, riant, saint, santo, satin, scant, slant, snath, stain, stand, stane, stang, stank, tabun, tains, taint, taken, takin, talon, tango, tangs, tangy, tanka, tanks, tansy, tanto, tarns, taunt, tawny, taxon, tenia, thane, thank, tinea, titan, tolan, toman, tonal, tonga, train, trank, tranq, trans, trona, tunas, twain, twang, unapt, unhat, vaunt, wants, witan, yenta. | |
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