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Definition for: tail

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A ring-tailed lemur with a long tail

English

Etymology

From Old English tæġel

Pronunciation

  • Homophone: tale
    Rhymes: -eɪl

Noun

Singular
tail

Plural
tails

tail ( plural tails )

  1. ( anatomy ) The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus.
  2. The visible stream of dust and gases blown from a comet by the solar wind.
  3. One who surreptitiously follows another.
  4. ( cricket ) The last four or five batsmen in the batting order, usually specialist bowlers.
  5. The buttocks.
  6. The rear of an aircraft's fuselage, containing the tailfin
  7. ( typography ) The lower loop of the letters g, q, and y of the roman alphabet.
  8. ( especially in plural ) The side of a coin not bearing the head

Translations

tail of animal

  • Arabic: ذنب (ðánab) m .
  • Aragonese: coda f .
  • Bosnian: rep m .
  • Catalan: cua f .
  • Chinese: 尾巴 (wěibā)
  • Croatian: rep m .
  • Danish: hale c .
  • Dutch: staart m .
  • Finnish: häntä ( hairy ), pyrstö ( of birds and fish )
  • French: queue f .
  • Frisian: sturt
  • German: Schwanz m .
  • Hungarian: farok
  • Indonesian: ekor, buntut
  • Italian: coda f .
  • Japanese: 尻尾 (しっぽ, shippo)
  • Korean: 꼬리 (kkori)
  • Latin: cauda
  • Latvian: aste f .
  • Norwegian: hale m .
  • Portuguese: rabo m . , cauda f .
  • Polish: ogon m .
  • Russian: хвост (χvost) m .
  • Serbian:
Cyrillic: реп m .
Roman: rep m .
  • Slovak: chvost m .
  • Spanish: cola f .
  • Swedish: svans c .
  • Tagalog: buntot n .
  • Telugu: తోక (tOka)

comet tail

  • Arabic: ذنب (ðánab) m .
  • Dutch: staart m .
  • Finnish: pyrstö
  • German: Schweif m .
  • Italian: chioma f .
  • Latvian: aste f .
  • Norwegian: hale m .
  • Polish: ogon m .
  • Russian: хвост (χvost) m .
  • Swedish: svans c .
  • Telugu: తోక (tOka)

surreptitious follower

  • Arabic: ذنب (ðánab) m .
  • Dutch: achtervolger m .
  • Finnish: varjostaja

Norwegian: forfølger m .

  • Russian: хвост (χvost) m .
  • Swedish: förföljare c .
  • Telugu: తోక (tOka)

cricket term

  • Hebrew : זנב (Za'nav) m . , שובל (Sho'val)
  • Ido : kaudo

Derived terms

  • tailpipe
  • tailplane
  • tail-race
  • tail-skid
  • tailspin
  • tailstock
  • tailwheel
  • tailwind
  • yellowtail

Transitive verb

to tail

  1. To surreptitiously follow and observe.

Translations

to tail (tails tailed tailing)

  • Dutch: schaduwen
  • Finnish: varjostaa
  • Norwegian: forfølge, skygge
  • Slovak: sledovať

Other Translations for "tail"

Braille 6 Dot
Braille 8 Dot
Sign Language Spelling
Morse Code- .- .. .-..
Binary 1110100 1100001 1101001 1101100
Hex7461696C
Pig Latinailtay

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