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Definition: Tansy |
TansyNoun1. Common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinally. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Tansy" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "immortal", "death". |
Date "tansy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1909. (references) |
Etymology: Tansy \Tan"sy\, noun. [from Old English expression tansaye, French tanaise; compare to Italian expression Spanish tanaceto, New Latin tanacetum, Portuguese atanasia, athanasia, Greek 'aqanasi`a immortality, from 'aqa`natos immortal; 'a priv. qa`natos death.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: TansySynonyms: golden buttons (n), scented fern (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Tansy |
| English words defined with "tansy": camphor dune tansy ♦ Descurainia pinnata, Discoid flower, Double tansy ♦ northern dune tansy ♦ tansy leaf aster, tansy mustard, tansy ragwort. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Tansy (1921) | |
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| "Tansy" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 65.63% of the time. "Tansy" is used about 32 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 (proper) | 65.63% | 21 | 76,261 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 18.75% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (singular) | 15.63% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 32 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| "Tansy" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "immortal", "death". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Tansy." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Athanasia | Female | Ancient Greek (Latinized) | Athanasius |
| Athanasius | Male | Ancient Greek (Latinized) | N/A |
| Tansy | Female | English | Athanasia |
| Tanzi | Female | English | Tansy |
| Athanasia | Female | Greek | Athanasius |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "tansy": camphor dune tansy ♦ Double tansy ♦ northern dune tansy ♦ tansy leaf aster ♦ tansy mustard ♦ tansy ragwort. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "tansy": tansy-leaved rocket. | |
Ending with "tansy": goose-tansy. | |
| 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 |
tansy | 71 |
ragwort tansy | 8 |
tansy herb | 5 |
plant tansy | 4 |
common tansy | 4 |
picture tansy | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "tansy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | вратига. (various references) | |
Danish | sankt-jakobsurt (common ragwort, ragwort, tansy ragwort), rejnfanbladbille (tansy leaf beetle), Phacelia tanacetifolia (California bluebell, scorpion weed, tansy phacelia, valley vervenia), engbrandbaeger (common ragwort, ragwort, tansy ragwort), californisk blaaklokke (California bluebell, scorpion weed, tansy phacelia, valley vervenia). (various references) | |
Dutch | phacelia (California bluebell, scorpion weed, tansy phacelia, valley vervenia), jacobskruiskruid (common ragwort, ragwort, tansy ragwort). (various references) | |
Finnish | pietaryrtti (panicum-like grasses). (various references) | |
French | tanaisie vulgaire, tanaisie commune, arquebuse. (various references) | |
German | Rainfarnblattkaefer (tansy leaf beetle), rainfarnblättrige Phazelie (California bluebell, scorpion weed, tansy phacelia, valley vervenia), Jakobskreuzkraut (common ragwort, ragwort, tansy ragwort), Jakobskraut (common ragwort, ragwort, tansy ragwort), Bienenpflanze (California bluebell, scorpion weed, tansy phacelia, valley vervenia), Büschelschön (California bluebell, scorpion weed, tansy phacelia, valley vervenia). (various references) | |
Greek | τανάκητο, θηρανθεμίσ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | varádics. (various references) | |
Italian | galeruca nera (tansy leaf beetle), facelia tenace (California bluebell, scorpion weed, tansy phacelia, valley vervenia), erba di San Giacomo (common ragwort, ragwort, tansy ragwort), erba chitarra (common ragwort, ragwort, tansy ragwort). (various references) | |
Manx | lus ny Frank, duillag argid (silverweed). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ansytay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tanaceto, tanásia. (various references) | |
Russian | пижма (tansies). (various references) | |
Scottish | frangalus. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | buhač. (various references) | |
Spanish | galeruca del tanaceto (tansy leaf beetle), facelia tanacetifolia (California bluebell, scorpion weed, tansy phacelia, valley vervenia). (various references) | |
Swedish | renfana (panicum-like grasses). (various references) | |
Turkish | solucan out. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | athanasia. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Tarracetum vulgare. (various references) |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | tanacetum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Tansy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ansy, dansy, hansy, Stransky, tandy, taney, tanney, tanny, tanry, Tansu, tanti, tanty, tany, tanz, Tanzi, tasi, tauny, tesy, tincy, tinys, tisy, tonzi, Transy, utans. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "tansy" (pronounced ta"nzē) |
| 4 | -a" n z ē | chimpanzee, pansy. |
| 3 | -n z ē | frenzy, Guernsey, Linsey. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: antsy, nasty. | |
| Words within the letters "a-n-s-t-y" | |
-1 letter: ants, nays, stay, tans. | |
-2 letters: ant, any, ays, nay, sat, say, sty, syn, tan, tas. | |
-3 letters: an, as, at, ay, na, ta, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-n-s-t-y" | |
+1 letter: astony, dynast, sanity, satiny, scanty, shanty, slanty, syntax, yentas. | |
+2 letters: amnesty, analyst, aroynts, astheny, byzants, dynasts, dynasty, fantasy, gymnast, nastily, saintly, scantly, shantey, snatchy, standby, staying, stygian, tawneys, tympans, tyrants, unhasty, yantras. | |
+3 letters: absently, analysts, ancestry, andesyte, anolytes, antonyms, asyndeta, athanasy, bayonets, chanteys, cyanates, cyanites, dynamist, dynastic, dystonia, epinasty, gymnasts, hydrants, insanity, instancy, kyanites, lanosity, mainstay, mesnalty, nasality, nystatin, payments, phantasy, phytanes, ptyalins, salinity, sanctify, sanctity, sanitary, scantily, secantly, shanteys, sovranty, stanchly, standbys, stannary, sternway, stingray, stramony, straying, synaptic, syncytia, syntagma, syntaxes, tachyons, tanistry, tanyards, tardyons, unsafety, unstably, unstayed, unsteady, yatagans, yeasting. | |
+4 letters: analytics, andesytes, animosity, antetypes, antipyics, antistory, antitypes, anythings, asininity, astonying, astronomy, asyndetic, asyndeton, attorneys, autodynes, barytones, bystander, caryotins, constancy, contrasty, corybants, crayonist, distantly, dynamists, dynamites, dynasties, dynatrons, dystonias, dystopian, earnestly, egyptians, entryways, estraying, eyestrain, gymnastic, gyrations, hesitancy, hyacinths, hydranths, insectary, instantly, interlays, intestacy, karyotins, lastingly, mainstays, mateyness, monastery, myotonias, naphthyls, nonsteady, nystagmic, nystagmus, nystatins, obstinacy, oysterman, pantyhose, pattypans, peasantry, ponytails, safetying, safetyman, safetymen, saliently, sanctuary, sapiently, sedentary, sensately, sergeanty, serjeanty, shantyman, shantymen, signatory, slantways, stagnancy, standaway, staunchly, steadying, sternways, stingrays, strangely, strangury, sycophant, sylvanite, sympathin, syncopate, syncytial, syndicate, syntactic, syntagmas, tautonyms, teasingly, trainways, tympanies, tympanist, tympanums, tyramines, tyrannies, tyrannise, tyrannous, vestryman, yachtings, yachtsman, yachtsmen, yataghans. | |
+5 letters: acetylenes, actomyosin, acylations, amnestying, amyotonias, anhydrites, anisotropy, anthocyans, antimycins, antonymies, antonymous, arytenoids, asyndetons, autolysing, autopsying, bystanders, candytufts, chatoyants, constantly, copayments, corybantes, crayonists, cysteamine, cystinuria, dynamistic, dynamiters, dynamotors, embayments, eyestrains, fantasying, gastronomy, gymnastics, gyniatries, hesitantly, hydrations, hyphenates, hypotonias, insanitary, insatiably, insularity, interplays, isocyanate, labyrinths, laryngitis, lengthways, manifestly, mistakenly, myasthenia, myasthenic, nematocyst, obeisantly, outstaying, oxygenates, pachytenes, panegyrist, pantywaist, partisanly, personalty, playthings, pleasantly, pleasantry, polyanthas, polyanthus, postulancy, repayments, resonantly, sanctimony, sanguinity, sanitarily, satisfying, scathingly, segmentary, sensuality, shantytown, sibilantly, slantingly, slatternly, stagnantly, standardly, stationary, stationery, subtenancy, suzerainty, sycophants, sylvanites, sympathins, syncopated, syncopates, syncopator, syndactyly, syndicated, syndicates, syndicator, synoptical, syntactics, syntagmata, synthetase, thylacines, thyratrons, thysanuran, transiency, transitory, tympanists, tympanites, tyrannised, tyrannises, tyrannizes, tyrosinase, unchastely, unchastity, unsanitary, unsteadily, unsuitably, wyandottes, yeastiness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 61 6E 73 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- .- -. ... -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100001 01101110 01110011 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T a n s y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0061 006E 0073 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5467808591 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Usage Frequency 8. Names: Derived from | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Translations: Ancient | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Orthography | 17. Bibliography |
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