From en.wiktionary.org:
[Tail]
** English
[lang=en]
*** Pronunciation
- [tāl] , [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
From [en], [enm], [enm], from [en], from [en], from [en], from [en], from
[en]. Cognate with [sco], [stq], [fy], [nl], [nds], [de], dialectal [da],
[sv], [no], [is], [got]. In some senses, apparently by a generalization of
the usual opposition between _head_ and _tail_.
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] [en] The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus .
2. An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thong s on a cat-o'-nine-tails .
3. * [en]
4. The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything.
5. The feather s attached to the pygostyle of a bird .
6. The tail-end of any object.
7. * [Deuteronomy]
8. * [en]
9. The rear structure of an aircraft, the empennage .
10. [en] The visible stream of dust and gas es blown from a comet by the solar wind .
11. The latter part of a time period or event, or (collectively) persons or objects represented in this part.
12. [en] The part of a distribution most distant from the mode ; _as_ , a long tail .
13. One who surreptitious ly follow s another.
14. [en] The lower order of batsmen in the batting order , usually specialist bowlers .
15. [en] The lower loop of the letter s in the Roman alphabet , as in _g_ , _q_ or _y_ .
16. [en] The side of a coin not bearing the head ; normally the side on which the monetary value of the coin is indicated; the reverse .
17. [en] All the last terms of a sequence , from some term on.
18. [en] The buttock s or backside .
19. * [en]
20. * [chapter=49]
21. [en] The penis of a person or animal.
22. [en] Sexual intercourse .
23. * [chapter=13]
24. * [en]
25. [en] The stern ; the back of the kayak.
26. A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
27. * [en]
28. [en] The distal tendon of a muscle .
29. [en] A filamentous projection on the tornal section of each hind wing of certain butterflies.
30. A downy or feathery appendage of certain achen s, [en] formed of the permanent elongated style .
31. [en] A portion of an incision , at its beginning or end, which does not go through the whole thickness of the skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; called also tailing .
32. One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more times.
33. [en] A rope splice d to the strap of a block , by which it may be lash ed to anything.
34. [en] The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem . [1]
35. [en] A tailing .
36. [en] The bottom or lower portion of a member or part such as a slate or tile.
37. [en] A tailcoat . < !--W1913 supplement-->
38. [en] [en] .
39. [en] The final fraction of a distillation run, typically containing impurities and fusel oil s.
***** Hyponyms
{{col4|en|coattail |cocktail |magnetotail |pigtail |rattail |shirttail }}
***** Derived terms
{{col|en|antitail |astrotail |at the tail |bang tail,bang-tail
|bangtail|wag-tail dance |barbtail |beaver tail,beavertail |betail |bigtail
|blue rat's tail |bluetail |boattail |bobtail|flat-tail sea snake|tail
club|trendle-tail|trindle-tail |bonytail |box tail |bristletail |bristle-tail
|broadtail |broken tail |broomtail |brown-tail moth |bucktail |burro's tail
|Cameroon scaly-tail |cat-o'-nine-tails |catstail |cattail |cat-tail sedge
|chase one's own tail |chase tail |cold tail |comet tail |cottontail |cowtail
|cross-tail |culvertail |dead tail |de-tail |dogstail |dog's-tail grass
|dovetail |drabble-tail |draggle-tail |dragon's tail |ducktail |emutail
|e-tail |fantail |fat tail |fat-tail |feathertail |fee tail |filetail
|firetail |fishtail |fish-tail |fish tail |flagtail |flangetail |flickertail
|flufftail |forcepstail |forktail |foxtail |freetail |frozen tail |fuzztail
|goldentail |goldtail |grow a tail |hairtail |hangtail |hardtail |hare's-tail
|haul tail |have a tiger by the tail |have one's tail up |have the tiger by
the tail |have the world by the tail on a downhill pull |heads or tails |head
to tail |heavy tail |heliotail |high-tail |hightail |high-tail it |hooktail
|horntail |horse tail |horsetail |in two shakes of a cow's tail |in two shakes
of a dog's tail |in two shakes of a duck's tail |in two shakes of a lamb's
tail |jollytail |kick some tail |kicktail |kick tail |lashtail |lay salt on
someone's tail |lemur-tail seahorse |like a dog with two tails |limber tail
|limber tail syndrome |lion's tail |lizard's tail |lizard tail |lobster-tail
pot |longtail |long-tail boat |long-tail Covid |looptail |lyretail |mackerel
sky and mare's-tails make lofty ships carry low sails |mackerel sky and
mare's-tails make tall ships carry low sails |make head nor tail of |make head
or tail of |make neither head nor tail of |mare's-tail |mare's tail |mares'
tails |metaltail |mill tail |monkey tail |monkey tail tree |mousetail
|nail-tail wallaby |needletail |nose to tail |on one's tail |oxtail |peacock's
tail |pentail |petaltail |petticoat tail |piece of tail |pigtail |pincertail
|pintail |pin the tail on the donkey |ploughtail |plowtail |plume tail |pony
tail |ponytail |pseudotail |pull the devil by the tail |put salt on someone's
tail |quaketail |quilltail |raccoon tail |racket-tail |racquet-tail |rat-tail
|rat-tail file |rat-tail radish |rat-tail splice |redtail |red tail disease
|ribbontail |ringtail |ring-tailed |roostertail |rooster-tail |roughtail
|rubytail |scaletail |scissorstail |scissortail |sharptail |shavetail
|sheartail |sheath-tail bat |shieldtail |shirt-tail |shorttail |silktail
|silvertail |singletail |skunk tail |snake tail |Softail |softtail |spadetail
|spatuletail |spiketail |spindletail |spinetail |split-tail |spread tail
|sprigtail |springtail |squaretail |squirreltail |stifftail |sting in the tail
|streamertail |stripetail |stubtail |swallowtail |swallow-tail |swimmer's tail
|swingletail |swingtail |swordtail |tagtail |tailable |tailache |tail away
|tailback |tailband |tail-bay |tail-beam |tailbeat |tail between one's legs
|tailblock |tail block |tailboard |tailbone |tail bone |tail boom |tailbud
|tail-buzzer |tail call |tailcoat |tail cone |tailcord |tailcuff |tailcup
|tail down |taildragger |tail dragger |tailend |tail end |tail-end |tail-ender
|tailer |taileron |tail event |tailfan |tailfeather |tailfin |tail flap
|tailflip |tailflipping |tailgate |Tailgate |tail grape |tailgroup |tail
gunner |tail-gut |tailgut |tail gut |tailhead |tailhole |tailhook |tail in
|tailism |taillamp,tail lamp |tailless |tail lift |taillight |taillike |tail
merging |tailmost |tail-napkin |tail number |tailnumber |tail-off |tail off
|tail packing |tail pad |tailpiece |tailpin |tailpipe |tailplane |tail plug
|tail-pod radish |tail-pole |tail pole |tail question |tailrace |tail
recursion |tail recursive |tail rhyme |tailride |tail risk |tail rotor
|tail-shedding |tailshield |tailsitter |tailskid,tail-skid |tail slate
|tailslide |tail slide |tailspin |tailspot |tail stall |tailstand |tailstock
|tailstrike |tailswing |tail swing |tail valve |tail vein |tail-wagger
|tailward |tailwards |tailwater |tailwheel |tailwhip |tailwind |tail wind
|tailwise |tapertail |tapetail |teeter-tail |teeth-to-tail ratio |the cow
knows not the worth of its tail till it loses it |thistletail |thorntail
|threadtail |tickle the dragon's tail |tigertail |tiger tail |tiger tail
seahorse |top and tail |top to tail |tripletail |triple-tail |trundletail
|trust someone as far as one could fling a bull by the tail |T-tail |turkey
tail |turntail |twintail |undertail |veiltail |wagtail |wax someone's tail
|wedgetail |whale's tail |whale tail |whiptail |whitetail |white-tailed hawk
|wholetail |wiretail |with one's tail up |work one's tail off |work someone's
tail off |wrentail |wrytail |yellowtail }}
***** Related terms
{{col4|en|cat-o'-nine-tails |chase one's tail |have the world by the tail
|Otter Tail County |tail covert |tail feather |tail fin |tail light |tail
wagging the dog |turn tail }}
***** Descendants
- [srn]
***** Translations
[appendage of an animal]{{multitrans|data=
- Abaga: [abg]
- Abkhaz: [ab]
- Acehnese: [ace]
- Afar: [aa]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Ahom: [aho]
- Akan: [ak]
- Aklanon: [akl]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Alviri-Vidari: [avd] [Vidari]
- Amharic: [am]
- Apinayé: [apn]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar]
- Aragonese: [an]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Aromanian: [rup]
- Assamese: [as] , [as]
- Asturian: [ast]
- Avar: [av] , [av]
- Avestan: [ae]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Balinese: [ban] , [ban]
- Baluchi: [bal]
- Banjarese: [bjn] , [bjn]
- Bashkir: [ba]
- Basque: [eu]
- Bau Bidayuh: [sne]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bengali: [bn]
- Big Nambas: [nmb]
- Bikol Central: [bcl]
- Brunei Malay: [kxd]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Burmese: [my]
- Buryat: [bua]
- Canela: [ram]
- Carpathian Rusyn: [rue]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Cebuano: [ceb]
- Central Melanau: [mel]
- Chakma: [ccp]
- Chechen: [ce]
- Chepang: [cdm]
- Chichewa: [ny]
- Chinese:
- Chuvash: [cv]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs] [dated] , [cs]
- Dalmatian: [dlm]
- Danish: [da]
- Dolgan: [dlg]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Eastern Cham: [cjm]
- Egyptian: [sd]
- Enga: [enq]
- Erzya: [myv]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Evenki: [evn]
- Finnish: [fi] [of cats, dogs etc.] , [fi] [of birds and fish] , [of a pig] [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Friulian: [fur]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl]
- Ge'ez: [gez]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] [diminutive] , [de] [diminutive]
- Greek: [el]
- Guaraní: [gn]
- Gujarati: [gu]
- Gurindji: [gue]
- Haitian Creole: [ht] , [ht]
- Hausa: [ha]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Higaonon: [mba]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi] , [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is] (of cattle, in addition to reptiles, amphibians, and basically all animals that do not fall into the other categories; also used for inanimate objects and figuratively), [is] or [is] (of a cat, dog, monkey, etc.), [is] (of a horse), [is] (the small fluffy tail of sheep, rabbits, etc.), [is] (of birds), [is] (of fish)
- Ido: [io]
- Indonesian: [id] , [id]
- Ingush: [inh]
- Iranun: [ill]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Iu Mien: [ium]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja] , [ja] , [ja]
- Javanese: [jv]
- Jeju: [jje]
- Kaingang: [kgp]
- Kaitag: [xdq]
- Kalmyk: [xal]
- Kapampangan: [pam]
- Kashubian: [csb]
- Kayapó: [txu] , [txu] [of a bird]
- Kazakh: [kk]
- Kelabit: [kzi]
- Khakas: [kjh]
- Khmer: [km]
- Kikuyu: [ki]
- Kimaragang: [kqr]
- Kimbundu: [kmb]
- Komi-Permyak: [koi]
- Korean: [ko]
- Krahô: [xra]
- Kriol: [rop]
- Kuna: [cuk]
- Kurdish:
- Kyrgyz: [ky] , [ky] [South]
- Laboya: [lmy]
- Lao: [lo]
- Latgalian: [ltg]
- Latin: [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Livonian: [liv] , [liv] [of fish]
- Lombard: [lmo] , [lmo]
- Low German: [nds]
- Lü: [khb]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Malagasy: [mg]
- Malay: [ms] , [ms]
- Malayalam: [ml]
- Maltese: [mt]
- Manchu: [mnc]
- Manx: [gv] , [gv]
- Maori: [mi] [of animals only] , [mi] [of animals only] , [mi] [of animals only] , [mi] [of fish and reptiles] , [mi] [of crayfish and prawns]
- Maranao: [mrw] , [mrw]
- Mari:
- Megleno-Romanian: [ruq]
- Middle English: [enm]
- Minangkabau: [min]
- Moksha: [mdf]
- Mongolian:
- Muong: [mtq]
- Nanai: [gld]
- Navajo: [nv]
- Nepali: [ne]
- Nganasan: [nio]
- Ngazidja Comorian: [zdj]
- Norman: [nrf]
- Northern Ohlone: [cst]
- Northern Thai: [nod]
- Norwegian:
- Nuosu: [ii] , [ii]
- Occitan: [oc]
- Odia: [or]
- Ojibwe: [its tail] [oj]
- Old Armenian: [xcl] , [xcl] , [xcl]
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Czech: [zlw-ocs]
- Old East Slavic: [orv]
- Old English: [ang] , [ang]
- Old Turkic: [otk]
- Oromo: [om]
- Oroqen: [orh]
- Ossetian: [os] , [os] , [os]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota] , [ota]
- Paiwan: [pwn]
- Panará: [kre]
- Pangasinan: [pag]
- Pannonian Rusyn: [rsk]
- Papiamentu: [pap] , [pap]
- Pará Gavião: [gvp]
- Pela: [bxd]
- Persian:
- Plautdietsch: [pdt]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl] [dated]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Punjabi:
- Pykobjê: [sai-pyk]
- Quechua: [qu]
- Rohingya: [rhg]
- Romagnol: [rgn]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Romansch: [rm]
- Russian: [ru]
- Sambali: [xsb]
- Samoan: [sm]
- Sanskrit: [sa]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd] , [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Shan: [shn]
- Shor: [cjs]
- Sicilian: [scn]
- Sidamo: [sid]
- Silesian: [szl]
- Sinhalese: [si]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Somali: [so]
- Sorbian:
- Southern Kam: [kmc]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] [hairy]
- Sranan Tongo: [srn]
- Sundanese: [su]
- Suyá: [suy]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Swedish: [sv] , [of bird or fish] [sv]
- Sylheti: [syl]
- Tabasaran: [tab]
- Tagal Murut: [mvv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Tajik: [tg]
- Talysh: [tly]
- Tamil: [ta]
- Taos: [twf]
- Tapayuna: [sai-tap]
- Tat: [ttt]
- Tatar: [tt]
- Tausug: [tsg]
- Telugu: [te]
- Tetum: [tet]
- Thai: [th]
- Tibetan: [bo] , [bo]
- Tigrinya: [ti]
- Tiwi: [tiw] , [tiw] [of reptile, dugong or fish] , [tiw] [of crocodile or fish]
- Tocharian B: [txb]
- Tongan: [to]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Turkmen: [tk]
- Tuvan: [tyv]
- Udihe: [ude]
- Udmurt: [udm]
- Ugaritic: [uga]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Ulch: [ulc]
- Urdu: [ur] , [ur]
- Uyghur: [ug]
- Uzbek: [uz] , [uz] , [uz]
- Venetan: [vec]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Volapük: [vo] , [vo] [diminutive]
- Waigali: [wbk]
- Walloon: [wa]
- Waray-Waray: [war]
- Wardaman: [wrr]
- Warlpiri: [wbp] , [wbp]
- Welsh: [cy]
- West Coast Bajau: [bdr]
- West Flemish: [vls]
- West Frisian: [fy]
- White Hmong: [mww]
- Xavante: [xav]
- Xerénte: [xer]
- Xokleng: [xok]
- Yaghnobi: [yai]
- Yakan: [yka]
- Yakut: [sah]
- Yiddish: [yi] , [yi]
- Yoruba: [yo]
- Yurok: [yur]
- Zazaki: [zza]
- Zealandic: [zea]
- Zhuang: [za]
- Zulu: [zu]
[trans-bottom]
[tail-end of a creature]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl] , [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Middle English: [enm]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota] , [ota]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romagnol: [rgn]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] [disused] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es]
- Turkish: [tr]
[trans-bottom]
[rear of an aircraft]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[object resembling a tail in shape]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Galician: [gl]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota] , [ota]
[trans-bottom]
[comet tail]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Irish: [ga] , [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Malayalam: [ml]
- Norwegian:
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Telugu: [te]
[trans-bottom]
[latter part of a time period]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
[statistics: part of a distribution most distant from the mode]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
[surreptitious follower]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Norwegian:
- Russian: [ru]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Telugu: [te]
[trans-bottom]
[cricket term] [trans-bottom]
[typography: lower loop of letters]
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Greek: [el]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Portuguese: [pt]
[trans-bottom]
[reverse side of a coin]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Kurdish:
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Thai: [th]
- Turkish: [tr]
[trans-bottom]
[math: last terms of a sequence, from some term on]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Maori: [mi]
[trans-bottom]
[slang for the phallus]<!-- Only slang terms derived rom "tail" or equivalent
-->
- Czech: [cs] [slang]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Middle English: [enm]
- Spanish: [es] [coll.]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Ido: [io]
- Woiwurrung: [wyi]
}}<!-- close [multitrans] --> [trans-bottom]
***** See also
- [en]
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To follow and observe surreptitiously .
2. [en] To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with _in_ or _into_
3. [en] To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor.
4. To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.
5. * {{ RQ:Fuller Church History
|passage=Nevertheless his bond of two thousand pounds, wherewith he was
TAILED, continued uncancelled.}}
1. To pull or draw by the tail.
2. * [year=1905]
***** Translations
[to tail]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Norwegian: [no] , [no]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
[trans-bottom]
*** Etymology 2
From [en], probably from a shortened form of _entail_.
**** Adjective
[?]
1. [en] Limited ; abridged; reduced; curtailed.
**** Noun
[?]
1. [en] Limitation of inheritance to certain heir s.
**** Related terms
- [en]
*** References
References:
[1]. 1852 , John Weeks Moore, _Complete Encyclopædia of Music_
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Middle English
*** Noun
[enm]
1. [enm]
** Sundanese
*** Pronunciation
- [su]
*** Noun
[su]
1. tael [A unit of weight correspond ing to about 40 gram s]
*** References
- [R:Coolsma]
- [R:KSun1985]
[su]
** Welsh
*** Etymology
[cy]
*** Pronunciation
- [cy]
- [cy]
*** Noun
[m]
1. manure , dung
**** Derived terms
- [cy]
- [cy]
*** Mutation
[cy-mut]
*** Further reading
- [R:cy:Gweiadur]
- [R:cy:GPC]