tail
The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to their posterior and near the…The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to their posterior and near the anus or cloaca.
» The boy caught the cat by the tail.
Der Junge fasste die Katze beim Schwanz.
Мальчик поймал кота за хвост.
Мальчик поймал кошку за хвост.
Хлопчик схопив кота за хвіст.
Meaning
32 sensesThe caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to their posterior and near the anus or cloaca.
Most primates have a tail and fangs.
Schwanz, Schweif, Sterz
хвостxvost
хвістxvist
An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails; a strand of material hanging from something.
The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything.
the time of the last part of something
The feathers attached to the pygostyle of a bird.
The tail-end of any object.
any projection that resembles the tail of an animal
The rear structure of an aircraft, the empennage.
хвостxvost
хвістxvist
the rear part of an aircraft
The visible stream of dust and gases blown from a comet by the solar wind.
Schweif
хвостxvost
The latter part of a time period or event, or (collectively) persons or objects represented in this part.
The part of a distribution most distant from the mode.
long tail
the rear part of a ship
One who surreptitiously follows another.
The lower order of batsmen in the batting order, usually specialist bowlers.
The lower loop of the letters in the Roman alphabet, as in g, q or y.
Examples
401 sentencesThe boy caught the cat by the tail.
Хлопчик схопив кота за хвіст.
ruМальчик поймал кота за хвост.
deDer Junge fasste die Katze beim Schwanz.
This kind of cat doesn't have a tail.
Такі коти не мають хвостів.
ruУ кошек этой породы нет хвоста.
deDiese Katzenart hat keinen Schwanz.
A cat has a tail and four legs.
Кіт має хвіст та чотири лапи.
ruУ кошки есть хвост и четыре лапы.
deEine Katze hat einen Schwanz und vier Beine.
The dog was wagging his tail.
Собака виляв хвостом.
ruСобака виляла хвостом.
deDer Hund wedelte mit dem Schwanz.
Rabbits have long ears and short tails.
У кролів довгі вуха та короткі хвости.
ruУ кроликов длинные уши и короткий хвост.
deKaninchen haben lange Ohren und kurze Schwänze.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English tail, taile, taille, tayil, tayl, tayle, tayll, teil, tæȝel, from OldFrom Middle English tail, taile, taille, tayil, tayl, tayle, tayll, teil, tæȝel, from Old English tæġel, tæġl (“tail”), from Proto-West Germanic *tagl, from Proto-Germanic *taglą (“hair, fiber; hair of a tail”), from Proto-Indo-European *doḱ- (“hair of the tail”), from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- (“to tear, fray, shred”).
From Anglo-Norman, probably from a shortened form of entail.
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Forms
plural: tails| Singular | tail |
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uncountable
Synonyms
135 synonyms- the rear part of an aircraft:tail assemblyempennage
- a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements:shadowshadower
- any projection that resembles the tail of an animal:tail end
- the time of the last part of something:fag endtail end
- the rear part of a ship:sternafter partquarterpoop
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on:buttocksnatesarsebuttbacksidebumbunscan
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
295 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
3 patterns- wagging its tail
- the dog's tail
- dog's tail