tattoo
An image made on a body part, usually the skin with ink and a needleAn image made on a body part, usually the skin with ink and a needle.
» Tom wanted to be a tattoo artist.
Том хотів бути майстром татуювання.
Meaning
7 sensesAn image made on a body part, usually the skin with ink and a needle.
Tätowierung, Tattoo
татуиро́вкаtatuiróvka, нако́лкаnakólka, тату́tatú
татуюва́нняtatujuvánnja, тату́tatú
a design on the skin made by tattooing
A method of decorating a body part, usually the skin, by inserting colored substances under the surface with a sharp instrument (usually a solenoid-driven needle).
Tätowieren
татуи́рованиеtatuírovanije
татуюва́нняtatujuvánnja
(countable, uncountable)A signal played five minutes before taps (lights out).
Zapfenstreich, Zapfenstreich
вечірня зоряvečirnja zorja, барабанний дрібbarabannyj drib
(countable, uncountable)A signal by drum or bugle ordering soldiers to return to their quarters.
a drumbeat or bugle call that signals the military to return to their quarters
(countable, uncountable)A military display or pageant.
Großer Zapfenstreich
військовий парадvijsʹkovyj parad
(countable, uncountable)A rhythmic tapping.
A pony of a certain breed from India.
Examples
419 sentencesTom wanted to be a tattoo artist.
Том хотів бути майстром татуювання.
Tom has a tattoo on his arm.
У Тома на руці татуювання.
I don't want Tom to get a tattoo.
Я не хочу, аби Том робив татуювання.
ruЯ не хочу, чтобы Том делал татуировку.
Everyone on the swim team got a tiny dolphin tattooed on their left shoulder.
Усі в команді з плавання зробили крихітне татуювання дельфіна на лівому плечі.
I have a tattoo.
У мене є татуювання.
ruУ меня есть татуировка.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 2
By meaning 4
Origin
From earlier tattaow, tattow, a borrowing from a Polynesian language, e.g. Samoan tatau (“From earlier tattaow, tattow, a borrowing from a Polynesian language, e.g. Samoan tatau (“tattoo; to tap, to strike”).
From earlier tap-to, borrowed from Dutch taptoe, from tap (“tap; faucet on a cask”) + toe (“to; shut”). More at tap, to.
From Hindi टट्टू (ṭaṭṭū).
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Forms
plural: tattoos / tattooesWord family
21 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- get a tattoo
- tattoo on his
- a tattoo on
- has a tattoo
- tattoo on my
- name tattooed on
- a tattoo artist
- tattoo of a
- a tattoo of
- tattoo artist
- tattoo removed
- name tattooed