täil

tail (English)

Etymology

From - tægel|tæġel|lang=ang. In some senses, apparently by a generalization of the usual opposition between head and tail.

Pronunciation

  • en-us-tail.ogg
  • Homophone: tale
  • Rhymes: eɪl

    • Noun

    The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus.

  • Most primates have a tail, and even early humans did.

    • The tail-end of an object, e.g. the rear of an aircraft's fuselage, containing the tailfin.

  • When a grumpy client of the frat's annual carwash complained the tail of his menure-soiled tractor wasn't completely cleaned, the poor pledges had to drop trou and bend over to get their own tails paddled in public.

    • An object or part thereof resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails or other multi-tail whip.

    The rear structure of an aircraft, the empennage

    Specifically, the visible stream of dust and gases blown from a comet by the solar_wind.

    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; as, a long_tail.

    One who surreptitiously follows another.

    The last four or five batsman|batsmen in the batting_order, usually specialist bowlers.

    The lower loop of the letters in the Roman_alphabet, as in g, q or y.

    in the plural

    The side of a coin not bearing the head; normally the side on which the monetary value of the coin is indicated; the reverse.

    (of a sequence) All the last terms of a sequence, from some term on.

    - _|colloquial The buttocks or backside.

    * 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, I.49:

    *: They were wont to wipe their tailes

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    (this vaine superstition of words must be left unto women) with a sponge, and that's the reason why Spongia in Latine is counted an obscene word ....

    The male_member of a person or animal.

  • ''After the burly macho nudists' polar bear dip, their tails were spectacularly shrunk, so they looked like an immature kid's innocent tail

    • uncountable

    sexual_intercourse|Sexual_intercourse.

  • I'm gonna get me some tail tonight.

    • kayaking

    the stern; the back of the kayak.

    Synonyms

  • slang, uncountable: sexual intercourse

    ass, poontang, poon, tang, pussy, punani

    • Derived terms

    Terms derived from tail

  • cat-o'-nine-tails
  • coattail
  • cocktail
  • rattail
  • shirttail
  • tailback
  • tailcoat
  • tail_covert
  • tail-end
  • tail_feather
  • tail_fin
  • tailgate
  • tail_lamp
  • tail_light
  • tail-off
  • tailpiece
  • tailpipe
  • tailplane
  • tail-race
  • tail-skid
  • tailspin
  • tailstock
  • tailwheel
  • tailwind
  • turn_tail
  • wagtail
  • whitetail
  • yellowtail

    • Translations

    appendage of an animal

  • Arabiska - ذنب
  • Arabiska - ذيل
  • Aragonese: coda
  • Armenian - պոչ|tr=poč|sc=Armn
  • Aromanian - coadã
  • Baluchi - دمب|tr=dumb
  • Vitryska - хвост
  • Bengali - লেজ|tr=lej|sc=Beng
  • Catalan: cua
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin - 尾巴|tr=wěibā|sc=Hani
  • Tjeckiska - ocas
  • Dalmatian - cauda|f
  • Danska - hale
  • Holländska - staart
  • Esperanto - vosto|xs=Esperanto
  • Finnish: häntä (of cats, dogs etc.), pyrstö (of birds and fish), - fi|saparo
  • Franska - queue
  • Friulian - code
  • Galiciska - rabo
  • Tyska - Schwanz
    • , Schweif, Sterz, Stert, Zagel, Bürzel, Rute
  • Grekiska - ουρά
  • Hebrew - זנב|m|tr=zanáv, - זנבת|p|tr=znavót
  • Hindiska - पूंछ
  • Hindiska - पूँछ
    • , दुम
  • Ungerska - farok
  • Isländska - hali
  • Isländska - skott
  • Isländska - rófa
  • Isländska - tagl
  • Isländska - dindill
  • Isländska - stél
  • Isländska - sporður
    • (of fish)
  • Indonesiska - ekor
    • , buntut
  • : Acehnese - iku
  • : Balinese - ikut
  • : Buginese - ikkoʔ
  • : Madurese - buntoʔ
  • : Minangkabau - ikua
  • Italienska - coda
  • Japanska - 尻尾
    • , しっぽ, 尾
  • Koreanska - 꼬리
  • Kuna: bunnu
  • Kurdish:
  • : Sorani - کلک|sc=ku-Arab
  • Latgalian - aste|f
  • Latin - cauda
  • Lettiska - aste
  • Litauiska - uodega
  • Makedonska - опашка
  • Malaysiska - ekor
  • Malayalam: വാല്‍ (vaal)
  • Norska - hale
  • Old Armenian - ագի|tr=agi|sc=Armn, - պոչ|tr=počʿ|sc=Armn, - ձետ|tr=jet|sc=Armn
  • Papiamentu - rabo, rabu
  • Persiska - دم
  • Polska - ogon
  • Portugisiska - rabo
    • , cauda
  • Rumänska - coadă
  • Romansch - cua|xs=Romansch
  • Ryska - хвост
  • Scottish Gaelic: earball - eàrr|m|f|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Serbo-Croatian:
  • : Cyrillic - реп|m|alt=ре̑п
  • : Roman - rep|m|alt=rȇp
  • Sicilian - cuda
  • Slovakiska - chvost
  • Spanska - cola
  • Swahili: mkia (nc 3/4)
  • Svenska - svans
  • Tagalog: buntot
  • Tajik - дум|tr=dum|sc=Cyrl|xs=Tajik
  • Taos: xwę́na
  • Telugu: తోక (tOka)
  • Thailändska - หาง
  • Turkiska - kuyruk
  • Ukrainska - хвіст
  • Urdu - دم|f|tr=dum|sc=ur-Arab, - پونچھ|f|tr=pū̃ch|sc=ur-Arab
  • Vietnamesiska - đuôi
  • Volapük - göb|xs=Volapük
  • West Frisian: sturt
  • Jiddisch - װײדל
    • , װײדלען
  • Jiddisch - שװאַנץ
    • , שװענץ

    tail-end of a creature

  • Katalanska - natja
  • Dutch: achtereinde, achterste, achterwerk, zitvlak
  • Finska - pyrstö
    • , takamus, ahteri, perä
  • Tyska - Hintern
    • , Hinterteil, Gesäß
  • Spanska - nalgas
  • Turkiska - kuyruk

    • rear of an aircraft

  • Katalanska - cua
  • Holländska - staart
    • , staartstuk
  • Finska - pyrstö
  • Grekiska - ουρά
  • Hebrew - זנב|m|tr=zanáv
  • Makedonska - опашка
  • Ryska - хвост

    • object resembling a tail in shape

  • Finska - häntä
    • , pyrstö

    comet tail

  • Arabic - (ðánab)
  • Armenian: պոչ (poč)
  • Katalanska - cua
  • Holländska - staart
  • Finska - pyrstö
  • Franska - queue
  • Tyska - Schweif
  • Grekiska - ουρά
  • Hebrew - שובל|m|tr=shovál
  • Isländska - hali
  • Irländska - eireaball
    • , eireaball cóiméid
  • Italienska - chioma
  • Lettiska - aste
  • Makedonska - опашка
  • Malayalam: വാല്‍ (vaal)
  • Norska - hale
  • Polska - ogon
  • Ryska - хвост
  • Svenska - svans
  • Telugu: తోక (tOka)

    • latter part of a time period

  • Finska - jälkiosa

    • statistics: part of a distribution most distant from the mode

  • Finska - häntä

    • surreptitious follower

  • Arabic - (ðánab)
  • Holländska - achtervolger
  • Finska - varjostaja
    • , varjo
  • Norska - forfølger
  • Ryska - хвост
  • Svenska - förföljare
  • Telugu: తోక (tOka)

    • cricket term

    typography: lower loop of letters

  • Holländska - staart
  • Finska - häntä
  • Grekiska - ουρά
  • Makedonska - опавче

    • reverse side of a coin

  • Armenian - գիր|tr=gir
  • Holländska - munt
  • Finska - klaava
  • Franska - pile
  • Hebrew - פלי|m|tr=páli
  • Kurdish:
  • : Sorani:

    خه‌ت

  • Ryska - решка
  • Svenska - klave

    • math: last terms of a sequence, from some term on

  • Finska - häntä

    • slang for the phallus

  • Finska - häntä
  • Franska - queue
  • Tyska - Schwanz
  • Ungerska - farok

    • io

    : kaudo

    See also

  • caudal

    • Verb

    To surreptitiously follow and observe.

  • Tail that car!

    • Translations

    to tail

  • Tjeckiska - sledovat
  • Holländska - schaduwen
    • , beschatten
  • Esperanto - gvatsekvi
  • Finska - varjostaa
  • Hebrew - זינב|tr=zinév
  • Italienska - pedinare
  • Norska - forfølge
    • , skygge
  • Slovak: sledovať
  • Swahili - mkia

    • Anagrams

  • alit#English|alit, ital#English|ital, lati#English|lati, LIAT#English|LIAT, tali#English|tali
    • zh-min-nan:tail simple:tail

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