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Etymology
OE. tam

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-tame.ogg|Audio (US)

Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪm|-eɪm

Adjective
en-adj-er-e|tam|e

1. not wild; domestic, mild, well-behaved

#* 2005, w:Plato|Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. w:Stephanus pagination|222b.
#*: Is there really such a thing as hunting tame animals?

Translations

Arabic: ARchar|ا��� unicode|(�alí:f)
Chinese: 馴��, 驯�� (xúnfúde)
Czech: krotký m
Dutch: tam#Dutch|tam
Filipino: maamo
Finnish: kesy
French: domestique
German: zahm
Hungarian: szelíd
mid
Italian: addomesticato
Japanese: ��� (nareta)
Korean: 길�� (gildeurin)
Portuguese: domesticado
Russian: п�и����нн�й (priru�ónnyj)
Spanish: domesticado
Swedish: tam#Swedish|tam
Telugu: మ���ి� (maccika)

Antonyms
wild

Verb
en-verb|tames|taming|tamed|tamed

1. transitive to make something tame
2. intransitive to become tame

Translations
trans-top|to make something tame
Czech: krotit
Finnish: kesyttää
German: zähmen
Italian: addomesticare
Portuguese: domar
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|to become tame
Finnish: kesyyntyä
German: zahm werden
Portuguese: ser domado, domar-se
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Anagrams
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meat
meta
team

Related terms
tamely
tamer

Category:English ergative verbs

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• 2007-12-06 09:33 - Daniel Polansky - /* Translations */ +Czech

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