B2noun · common

tan

tan · tans

смага, загар, тан, засмага

светло-коричневый, загар, тан

Bräune, Sonnenbräune

A light, brown-like colourA light, brown-like colour.

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UK/tan/US/tæn/

» Where did Tom get that tan?

Де Том так засмаг?

Meaning

7 senses

A light, brown-like colour.
све́тло-кори́чневый
a light brown the color of topaz
A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources.
She still has a tan from her vacation in Mexico.
I'm hoping to get a tan this weekend at the beach.
Bräune, Sonnenbräune
зага́рzagár
засма́гаzasmáha, сма́гаsmáha, смага́smahá
a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
The bark of an oak or other tree from which tannic acid is obtained.
Synonym of wall ball.
An Armenian drink made of yoghurt and water similar to airan and doogh
танtan
танtan
(uncountable, usually)Synonym of picul, particularly in Cantonese contexts.
(dialectal)A twig or small switch.

Examples

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Where did Tom get that tan?
Де Том так засмаг?
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I'm trying to get a tan.
Я намагаюсь засмагнути.
ruЯ пытаюсь загореть.
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Tom is very tan.
Том дуже загорілий.
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I tanned myself on the beach.
ruЯ загорел на пляже.
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Tom was wearing baggy tan pants.
ruТом носил мешковатые бежевые штаны.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

darkening of the skin:

Armenian drink:

Русский

By meaning 3

colour:

darkening of the skin:

Armenian drink:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

darkening of the skin:

Origin

From Middle English tan, from Old French tan (“tanbark”), from Gaulish *tannos (“green oak

From Middle English tan, from Old French tan (“tanbark”), from Gaulish *tannos (“green oak”) – compare Breton tann (“red oak”), Old Cornish tannen –, from Proto-Celtic *tannos (“green oak”), of uncertain origin, but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)dʰonu (“fir”). Per this hypothesis, related to Hittite [script needed] (tanau, “fir”), Latin femur, genitive feminis (“thigh”), German Tann (“woods”), Tanne (“fir”), Albanian thanë (“cranberry bush”), Ancient Greek θάμνος (thámnos, “thicket”), Avestan 𐬚𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆 (θanuuar^ə), Sanskrit धनु (dhánu).

Borrowed from Armenian թան (tʻan).

Borrowed from Cantonese 擔／担 (daam3).

From Middle English *tan, from Old English tān (“twig, shoot, switch”), from Proto-West Germanic *tain, from Proto-Germanic *tainaz (“rod, twig, straw, lot”).

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