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Acronym of tight-aggressive.

From Middle English tagge (“small piece hanging from a garment”), probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Norwegian tagg (“point; prong; barb; tag”), Swedish tagg (“thorn; prickle; tine”), Icelandic tág (“a willow-twig”). Compare also tack.

Borrowed from Aramaic תגא (taga, “crown”). Doublet of taj.

188 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: етикет (etiket) — small label
• Catalan: etiqueta — small label
• Chinese Mandarin: 標簽 /标签 (biāoqiān) — small label
• Czech: visačka — small label
• Czech: etiketa — small label
• Czech: cedulka — small label
• Czech: štítek — small label
• Dutch: etiket — small label
• Esperanto: etikedo — small label
• Finnish: lappu — small label
• Finnish: lappunen — small label
• Finnish: merkki — small label
• French: étiquette — small label
• Georgian: იარლიყი (iarliq̇i) — small label
• German: Etikett — small label
• German: Marke — small label
• German: Anhänger — small label
• German: Schildchen — small label
• Greek: ετικέτα (etikéta) — small label
• Hungarian: címke — small label
• Hungarian: cédula — small label
• Italian: etichetta — small label
• Lithuanian: etiketė — small label
• Lithuanian: gairė — small label
• Macedonian: етике́та (etikéta) — small label
• Macedonian: ознака (oznaka) — small label
• Malay: tanda — small label
• Māori: tapanga — small label
• Norwegian: etikett — small label
• Norwegian: merkelapp — small label
• Persian: برچسب (bar-časb) — small label
• Persian: اتیکت (etiket) — small label
• Plautdietsch: Zadel — small label
• Polish: metka — small label
• Polish: etykieta — small label
• Portuguese: etiqueta — small label
• Romanian: etichetă — small label
• Russian: ярлы́к (jarlýk) — small label
• Russian: би́рка (bírka) — small label
• Russian: этике́тка (etikétka) — small label
• Russian: номеро́к (nomerók) — small label
• Serbo-Croatian: етикета — small label
• Serbo-Croatian: etiketa — small label
• Spanish: etiqueta — small label
• Spanish: marbete — small label
• Spanish: rótulo — small label
• Spanish: rotulata — small label
• Spanish: marchamo — small label
• Swedish: etikett — small label
• Turkish: etiket — small label
• Arabic: زَقِيطَة (zaqīṭa) — game
• Armenian: բռնոցի (bṙnocʻi) — game
• Azerbaijani: qaçdı-tutdu — game
• Bulgarian: го́неница (gónenica) — game
• Catalan: tocar i parar — game
• Czech: honěná — game
• Czech: hra na babu — game
• Danish: fangeleg — game
• Danish: tagfat — game
• Dutch: tikkertje — game
• Esperanto: tuŝludo — game
• Estonian: kull — game
• Estonian: kullimäng — game
• Estonian: läts — game
• Finnish: hippa — game
• Finnish: naatta — game
• French: chat — game
• French: loup — game
• Galician: pillapilla — game
• Galician: pillada — game
• German: Fangen — game
• German: Fangspiel — game
• German: Hast'se — game
• Hebrew: תופסת (tofeset) — game
• Hungarian: fogócska — game
• Italian: acchiapparello — game
• Japanese: 鬼ごっこ (onigokko) — game
• Japanese: 鬼事 (onigoto) — game
• Japanese: 鬼遊び (oniasobi) — game
• Japanese: おにごっこ — game
• Korean: 술래잡기 (sullaejapgi) — game
• Māori: tauwhaiwhai — game
• Māori: wi — game
• Norwegian: sisten — game
• Polish: berek — game
• Portuguese: pega-pega — game
• Portuguese: apanhada — game
• Romanian: leapșa — game
• Russian: са́лки (sálki) — game
• Russian: пятна́шки (pjatnáški) — game
• Russian: догоня́лки (dogonjálki) — game
• Serbo-Croatian: игра шуге — game
• Serbo-Croatian: игра ловице — game
• Serbo-Croatian: шуга — game
• Serbo-Croatian: ловица — game
• Serbo-Croatian: igra šuge — game
• Serbo-Croatian: igra lovice — game
• Serbo-Croatian: šuga — game
• Serbo-Croatian: lovica — game
• Spanish: pilla pilla — game
• Spanish: pillarse — game
• Spanish: mbopa — game
• Spanish: chapadas — game
• Sundanese: ucing-ucingan — game
• Swedish: tafatt — game
• Swedish: datten — game
• Swedish: kull — game
• Turkish: elim sende — game
• Finnish: korttikartonki — type of cardboard
• Danish: tag — type of graffiti
• Finnish: tagi — type of graffiti
• Finnish: tägi — type of graffiti
• Finnish: tag — type of graffiti
• German: Tag — type of graffiti
• Hungarian: graffitis névjegy — type of graffiti
• Italian: tag — type of graffiti
• Norwegian: tagg — type of graffiti
• Portuguese: tag — type of graffiti
• Russian: тег (teg) — type of graffiti
• Spanish: chapa — type of graffiti
• Swedish: tagg — type of graffiti
• Bulgarian: припев (pripev) — music: last line or lines of a song's chorus that is repeated
• Finnish: kertosäe — music: last line or lines of a song's chorus that is repeated
• Finnish: rekisterikilpi — vehicle number plate; a medal bearing identification data
• Finnish: tuntolevy — vehicle number plate; a medal bearing identification data
• Finnish: polttaminen — baseball: instance of touching the baserunner with the ball to rule him "out"
• Bulgarian: таг (tag) — computing: element in a markup language
• Chinese Mandarin: 標記 /标记 (biāojì) — computing: element in a markup language
• Czech: značka — computing: element in a markup language
• Esperanto: kradvorto — computing: element in a markup language
• Finnish: tagi — computing: element in a markup language
• Finnish: tunniste — computing: element in a markup language
• French: balise — computing: element in a markup language
• German: Tag — computing: element in a markup language
• Hebrew: תָּגִית (tagít) — computing: element in a markup language
• Japanese: タグ (tagu) — computing: element in a markup language
• Macedonian: ознака (oznaka) — computing: element in a markup language
• Māori: tūtohu — computing: element in a markup language
• Norwegian: tag — computing: element in a markup language
• Polish: znacznik — computing: element in a markup language
• Polish: tag — computing: element in a markup language
• Russian: тег (teg) — computing: element in a markup language
• Russian: тэг (tɛg) — computing: element in a markup language
• Swedish: tagg — computing: element in a markup language
• Ukrainian: теґ (teg) — computing: element in a markup language
• Ukrainian: тег (teh) — computing: element in a markup language
• Bulgarian: таг (tag) — computing: keyword, term, or phrase associated with or assigned to data, media, and/or information
• Finnish: tagi — computing: keyword, term, or phrase associated with or assigned to data, media, and/or information
• Finnish: tunniste — computing: keyword, term, or phrase associated with or assigned to data, media, and/or information
• French: attribut — computing: keyword, term, or phrase associated with or assigned to data, media, and/or information
• Ukrainian: теґ (teg) — computing: keyword, term, or phrase associated with or assigned to data, media, and/or information
• Ukrainian: тег (teh) — computing: keyword, term, or phrase associated with or assigned to data, media, and/or information
• Finnish: killutin — slight appendage
• Bulgarian: накрайник (nakrajnik) — stiffening at the end of a string, or lace
• Finnish: holkki — stiffening at the end of a string, or lace
• Bulgarian: шиле (šile) — sheep in its first year
• Finnish: vuona — sheep in its first year
• Finnish: merkkipeptidi — biochemistry: short peptide sequence artificially attached to proteins
• Russian: кличка (klička) — slang: person's name
• Russian: погоняло (pogonjalo) — slang: person's name
• Bulgarian: етикетирам (etiketiram) — to label
• Catalan: etiquetar — to label
• Czech: označit — to label
• Czech: označkovat — to label
• Finnish: merkitä — to label
• French: étiqueter — to label
• Hebrew: טייג (tiyég) — to label
• Italian: etichettare — to label
• Italian: marcare — to label
• Macedonian: означува (označuva) — to label
• Polish: oznaczyć — to label
• Spanish: etiquetar — to label
• Spanish: rotular — to label
• Spanish: etiquetear — to label
• Swedish: märka — to label
• Swedish: etikettera — to label
• Czech: tagovat — to mark with one’s tag (graffiti)
• Finnish: tagata — to mark with one’s tag (graffiti)
• Finnish: tägätä — to mark with one’s tag (graffiti)
• French: taguer — to mark with one’s tag (graffiti)
• Italian: taggare — to mark with one’s tag (graffiti)
• Māori: tūtohu — to mark with one’s tag (graffiti)
• Navajo: yikʼi naʼaghaz — to mark with one’s tag (graffiti)
• Swedish: tagga — to mark with one’s tag (graffiti)
• Bulgarian: тагвам (tagvam) — to attach the name of a user so that they are linked from the post
• Bulgarian: тагна (tagna) — to attach the name of a user so that they are linked from the post
• Italian: taggare — to attach the name of a user so that they are linked from the post
• Portuguese: marcar — to attach the name of a user so that they are linked from the post