English
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Etymology
From :w:Polynesian languages|Polynesian languages tatau (:w:Samoan|Samoan and :w:Tahitian|Tahitian) "to tap".
Pronunciation
IPA|/tæ'tu/
Noun
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en-noun
- An image made in the skin with ink and a needle
- A method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface. The skin is punctured with a sharp instrument, which now is usually a solenoid-driven needle, that carries the inks to lower layers of the skin.
Translations
trans-top|an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
Arabic: t|ar|�ش�|sc=Arab
Bulgarian: t|bg|�а��и�овка|f|scCyrl|trtatuirovka
Catalan: t|ca|tatuatge|m
Chinese: italbrac|formal �身 (wénsh�n), zh-ts|�身|纹身 (wénsh�n)
Croatian: tetovaža f
Dutch: tatoeage m
Esperanto: tatuo
Finnish: tatuointi
French: tatouage m
Galician: t|gl|tatuaxe|f
German: Tätowierung f
Hebrew: t|he|קעקע|
Hungarian: tetoválás, tetkó
Italian: tatuaggio m
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Japanese: ��, ��墨, �身 (����, irezumi)
Korean: 문ì� munshin
Kurdish: t|ku|deq f
Lithuanian: tatuiruot�
Maori: moko
Marquesan: tatu
Norwegian: tatovering m
Polish: t|pl|tatuaż
Portuguese: tatuagem
Romanian: t|ro|tatuaj|n
Romansch: t|rm|tetovaziun|f, t|rm|tatuaziun|f
Russian: �а��и�овка
Samoan: tatau
Slovak: t|sk|tetovanie
Slovene: t|sl|tetoviranje
Spanish: tatuaje m
Swedish: tatuering c
Tahitian: tatau
Thai: t|th|�ารสั�|sc=Thai
Turkish: dövme
trans-bot
trans-top|method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface
Croatian: tetoviranje n
Finnish: tatuointi
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Verb
en-verb|tattoos|tattooing|tattooed|tattoed
- To apply a tattoo to (someone or something)
- baseball To hit the ball hard, as if to figuratively leave a tattoo on the ball of the reverse image of the label of the bat
#: Jones tattoos one into the gap in left; that will clear the bases.
Translations
trans-top|to apply a tattoo
Arabic: ARchar|�ش� (wášama)
Catalan: t|ca|tatuar
Chinese: � (cì)
Croatian: tetovirati
Dutch: tatoeëren
Finnish: tatuoida
French: tatouer
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Hungarian: tetoválni
Italian: tatuare
Norwegian: tatovere
Romanian: tatua
Swedish: tatuera
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Related terms
tatt
tattoo artist
tattoo parlour
Noun
en-noun
- (nautical) From taptoe, the time to close the taps.1
- (nautical) A signal played five minutes before taps (lights out)2
Translations
trans-top|time to close the taps
Finnish: hiljaisuus
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trans-top|signal
Finnish: iltasoitto, tattoo
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