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Tatu

Definition: Tatu

Tatu

Noun

1. About three feet long exclusive of tail.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Tatu" is a common misspelling or typo for: Tat, Tate, Tattoo, Tatum, Taut, Tutu.

Synonyms: Tatu

Synonyms: giant armadillo (n), tatou (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Tatu

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

tatu is a Tahitian term which means, "to mark." In this meaning the term is the basis for the word tattoo.

The word is also in common use as the name of Russian pop group t.A.T.u

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Tatu."

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Crosswords: Tatu

Etymologies containing "tatu": tatouay. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Tatu" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Hungarian (armadillo, armadillo, armadillos, armadillos, tatu), Kongo (three), Portuguese (armadillo, tattoo), Swahili (three), Turkish (armadillo).

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Modern Usage: Tatu

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Jeca Tatu (1960)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Tatu

DomainTitle

Books

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Tatu

The following table summarizes the usage of "tatu" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
TatuLast name13067,253
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Tatu

Language Translations for "tatu"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

tatu (armadillo, armadillos). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

atutay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Tatu

Derivations

Words containing "tatu": statuaries, statuary, statue, statued, statues, statuesque, statuesquely, statuette, statuettes, stature, statures, status, statuses, statusy, statutable, statute, statutes, statutorily, statutory. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Tatu

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: taut.

Words within the letters "a-t-t-u"

-1 letter: att, tat, tau, tut, uta.

-2 letters: at, ta, ut.

 Words containing the letters "a-t-t-u"
 

+1 letter: battu, gutta, sutta, taunt, tauts.

 

+2 letters: astute, attune, battue, catgut, guttae, kaputt, mutant, mutate, nutant, nutate, outact, outate, outeat, outsat, statue, status, suttas, taught, taunts, tauted, tauten, tauter, tautly, tautog, truant, tubate.

 

+3 letters: abuttal, abutted, abutter, actuate, acutest, attuned, attunes, bathtub, batteau, battues, buttals, catguts, curtate, cuttage, fatuity, guttate, mulatto, mutants, mutated, mutates, nutated, nutates, nutmeat, outacts, outcast, outdate, outeats, outfast, outlast, outrate, outstay, outtake, outtalk, outtask, outwait, quartet, scutate, situate, squatty, startup, statued, statues, stature, statusy, statute, stratum, stratus, tactful, tactual, takeout, tantrum, tapetum, tartufe, tatouay, taunted, taunter, tautaug, tautens, tautest, tauting, tautogs, tetanus, textual, titular, toluate, truants, tuatara, tuatera, tubaist, tugboat, turista, tutelar, unstate, upstart, upstate.

 

+4 letters: abutment, abuttals, abutters, abutting, actuated, actuates, actuator, adjutant, aflutter, altitude, altruist, amputate, anticult, antirust, antismut, aptitude, aquatint, astutely, attitude, attuning, autistic, autocrat, automata, automate, autotomy, autotype, autotypy, autunite, baguette, bathtubs, batteaux, butylate, butyrate, catapult, cultrate, cuttable, cuttages, cutwater, debutant, earthnut, equitant, eructate, eustatic, extubate, exultant, factotum, flautist, gauntest, gauntlet, gratuity, guttated, guttural, intubate, latitude, lustrate, lutanist, maquette, maturate, maturest, maturity, mulattos, mutating, mutation, mutative, mutilate, naturist, nutating, nutation, nuthatch, nutmeats, obturate, outacted, outbleat, outboast, outcaste, outcasts, outcatch, outcheat, outdated, outdates, outeaten, outfasts, outfeast, outlasts, outleapt, outmatch, outpaint, outrated, outrates, outskate, outsmart, outstand, outstare, outstart, outstate, outstays, outtakes, outtalks, outtasks, outthank, outtrade, outvaunt, outwaits, outwaste, outwatch, pantsuit, patulent, petulant, punctate, putative, quantity, quartets, rebuttal, retaught, rutilant, saturant, saturate, situated, situates, squatted, squatter, stakeout, standout, stardust, startups, statuary, statures, statuses, statutes, stratous, stratums, stuntman, substate, subtotal, subtract, tabouret, tabulate, taciturn, takeouts, tantalum, tantalus, tantrums, tartufes, tartuffe, tasteful, tatouays, taunters, taunting, tautaugs, tautened, tautness, tautomer, tautonym, textuary, textural, titanium, titanous, titulars, titulary, toluates, torquate, trapunto, traumata, truanted, truantry, truncate, tuataras, tuateras, tubaists, tubulate, tugboats, tunicate, turistas, turncoat, tutelage, tutelars, tutelary, tutorage, tutorial, uintaite, ultimata, ultimate, ultrahot, ultraist, unhatted, unmatted, unstated, unstates, untasted, untaught, upstarts, upstater, upstates, urticant, urticate, ustulate, watchout, watthour.

 

+5 letters: abruptest, abutments, acquittal, acquitted, acquitter, actuality, actuating, actuation, actuators, adjutants, altitudes, altruists, amputated, amputates, annuitant, antiquate, antiquity, antirusts, antitrust, antitumor, aptitudes, aquatints, astronaut, attenuate, attitudes, attribute, augustest, auntliest, austenite, austerest, austerity, auteurist, authentic, authority, autistics, autocrats, autograft, autolytic, automated, automates, automatic, automaton, autopilot, autoroute, autotelic, autotroph, autotypes, autunites, baguettes, banquette, barquette, beatitude, bratwurst, brutality, butterfat, butylated, butylates, butyrates, candytuft, catamount, catapults, commutate, cultivate, culturati, curettage, cutthroat, cutwaters, debutante, debutants, deuterate, disputant, earthnuts, elutriate, epaulette, eructated, eructates, eventuate, executant, extenuate, extubated, extubates, factotums, fatuities, faultiest, flatulent, flautists, fluctuant, fluctuate, footfault, fortunate, frustrate, fustigate, gauntlets, glutamate, gratitude, gratulate, guitarist, gustation, gustatory, guttation, gutturals, habituate, humectant, infatuate, intubated, intubates, jauntiest, latitudes, literatus, lustrated, lustrates, lutanists, maquettes, maturated, maturates, matutinal, micturate, mistaught, mouthpart, mulattoes, multiatom, multipart, multipath, multitask, mutations, mutilated, mutilates, mutilator, mutualist, mutuality, naturists, nonmutant, nurturant, nutations, obturated, obturates, obturator, outacting, outbleats, outboasts, outcastes, outcaught, outcheats, outdating, outdebate, outdreamt, outeating, outercoat, outfasted, outfeasts, outlasted, outlearnt, outpaints, outrating, outskated, outskates, outsmarts, outstands, outstared, outstares, outstarts, outstated, outstates, outstayed, outtalked, outtasked, outthanks, outtraded, outtrades, outvaunts, outwaited, outwasted, outwastes, pantsuits, paupiette, pituitary, platitude, plutocrat, pollutant, postfault, postulant, postulate, punctuate, pustulant, quaintest, quartette, quartzite, quittance, quotation, rebuttals, reductant, reluctant, reluctate, resultant, ritualist, rusticate, saturants, saturated, saturates, saturator, situating, situation, southeast, spatulate, squatters, squattest, squattier, squatting, stakeouts, standouts, starburst, stardusts, starfruit, statuette, statutory, stimulant, stimulate, stipulate, stirabout, submittal, substates, substrata, substrate, subtenant, subtotals, subtracts, sultanate, tablature, tabourets, tabulated, tabulates, tabulator, tactfully, tactually, tantalums, tarantula, tartuffes, tautening, tautology, tautomers, tautonyms, tautonymy, tessitura, tetanuses, textually, thumbtack, titaniums, titularly, tracksuit, transmute, trapuntos, traumatic, tremulant, tribulate, tribunate, tributary, triturate, truanting, truncated, truncates, trustable, tubulated, tubulates, tuitional, tungstate, tunicated, tunicates, turbinate, turnabout, turncoats, turntable, tutelages, tutorages, tutorials, uintahite, uintaites, ultimated, ultimates, ultimatum, ultrafast, ultraheat, ultraists, ultraleft, ultrasoft, ultrathin, unattuned, unhatting, unstating, untactful, untainted, untreated, upstarted, upstaters, urticants, urticated, urticates, utterable, utterance, vastitude, vaultiest, watchouts, watthours.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Tatu


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 61 74 75

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-    .-    -    ..-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01100001 01110100 01110101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#97 &#116 &#117

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0061 0074 0075

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

54678687

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Names: Frequency
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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