tame

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• homophone: Thame
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From Middle English tame, tome, weak inflection forms of Middle English tam, tom, from Old English tam, tom (“domesticated, tame”), from Proto-West Germanic *tam (“tame”), from Proto-Germanic *tamaz (“brought into the home, tame”), from Proto-Indo-European *demh2- (“to tame, dominate”). Cognate with Scots tam, tame (“tame”), Saterland Frisian tom (“tame”), West Frisian tam (“tame”), Dutch tam (“tame”), Low German Low German tamm, tahm (“tame”), German zahm (“tame”), Danish tam (“tame”), Swedish tam (“tame”), Icelandic tamur (“tame”). The verb is from Middle English tamen, temen, temien, from Old English temian (“to tame”), from Proto-West Germanic *tammjan, from Proto-Germanic *tamjaną (“to tame”).

English surname, from the adjective Middle English tame as a nickname, and in some cases a habitational surname from Thame in Oxfordshire.

From Middle English tamen (“to cut into, broach”). Compare French entamer.

171 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أَلِيف (ʔalīf) — not wild
• Armenian: ընտանի (əntani) — not wild
• Asturian: mansu — not wild
• Azerbaijani: əhli — not wild
• Azerbaijani: əhliləşmiş — not wild
• Central Bikol: magaro — not wild
• Bulgarian: питомен (pitomen) — not wild
• Catalan: mans — not wild
• Chinese Mandarin: 馴服的 /驯服的 (xúnfú de) — not wild
• Czech: krotký — not wild
• Danish: tam — not wild
• Dutch: tam — not wild
• Esperanto: malsovaĝa — not wild
• Estonian: taltsas — not wild
• Faroese: tamur — not wild
• Finnish: kesy — not wild
• French: apprivoisé — not wild
• Galician: dócil — not wild
• Galician: manso — not wild
• Georgian: მორჩილი (morčili) — not wild
• Georgian: მოთვინიერებული (motvinierebuli) — not wild
• Georgian: მოშინაურებული (mošinaurebuli) — not wild
• Georgian: გამგონი (gamgoni) — not wild
• Georgian: თვინიერი (tvinieri) — not wild
• Georgian: შეჩვეული (šečveuli) — not wild
• German: zahm — not wild
• German: zam — not wild
• Greek: ήμερος (ímeros) — not wild
• Ancient Greek: ἥμερος (hḗmeros) — not wild
• Ancient Greek: κτίλος (ktílos) — not wild
• Hawaiian: laka — not wild
• Hebrew: מאולף — not wild
• Hebrew: מְאֻלָּף (meuláf) — not wild
• Hindi: कोमल (komal) — not wild
• Hindi: नम्र (namra) — not wild
• Hindi: दयालु (dayālu) — not wild
• Hungarian: szelíd — not wild
• Icelandic: taminn — not wild
• Icelandic: gæfur — not wild
• Icelandic: spakur — not wild
• Indonesian: jinak — not wild
• Ingrian: jurma — not wild
• Italian: addomesticato — not wild
• Italian: domato — not wild
• Japanese: 飼いならされた (kainarasareta) — not wild
• Khmer: ផ្សាំង (psaŋ) — not wild
• Korean: 길들인 (gildeurin) — not wild
• Latin: mānsuēs — not wild
• Latin: mānsuētus — not wild
• Latin: cicur — not wild
• Low German: tamm — not wild
• Low German: tahm — not wild
• Luxembourgish: zam — not wild
• Malay: jinak — not wild
• Meänkieli: alju — not wild
• Norwegian: tam — not wild
• Old English: tam — not wild
• Persian: رام (rām) — not wild
• Persian: دام (dām) — not wild
• Polish: oswojony — not wild
• Portuguese: domesticado — not wild
• Romanian: blând — not wild
• Russian: приручённый (priručónnyj) — not wild
• Russian: ручно́й (ručnój) — not wild
• Scottish Gaelic: ceannsaichte — not wild
• Serbo-Croatian: пѝтом — not wild
• Serbo-Croatian: pìtom — not wild
• Slovene: krotek — not wild
• Spanish: manso — not wild
• Swedish: tam — not wild
• Tagalog: maamo — not wild
• Telugu: మచ్చిక (maccika) — not wild
• Thai: เชื่อง (chʉ̂ʉang) — not wild
• Turkish: adamcıl — not wild
• Turkish: evcil — not wild
• Turkish: ehlî — not wild
• Unami: tkawsi — not wild
• Vietnamese: đã thuần hoá — not wild
• Vietnamese: đã dạy thuần — not wild
• Welsh: swci — not wild
• Welsh: dofi — not wild
• Spanish: insulso — not exciting
• Spanish: soso — not exciting
• Arabic: رَوَّضَ (rawwaḍa) — to make something tame
• Arabic: آلَفَ (ʔālafa) — to make something tame
• Armenian: ընտելացնել (əntelacʻnel) — to make something tame
• Bulgarian: опитомявам (opitomjavam) — to make something tame
• Catalan: domar — to make something tame
• Catalan: amansir — to make something tame
• Catalan: ensinistrar — to make something tame
• Chinese Mandarin: 馴服 /驯服 (xúnfú) — to make something tame
• Chinese Mandarin: 馴化 /驯化 (xùnhuà) — to make something tame
• Czech: krotit — to make something tame
• Czech: zkrotit — to make something tame
• Danish: tæmme — to make something tame
• Dutch: temmen — to make something tame
• Esperanto: dresi — to make something tame
• Esperanto: malsovaĝigi — to make something tame
• Faroese: temja — to make something tame
• Finnish: kesyttää — to make something tame
• French: apprivoiser — to make something tame
• French: domestiquer — to make something tame
• French: dompter — to make something tame
• Georgian: მოთვინიერება (motviniereba) — to make something tame
• Georgian: მოშინაურება (mošinaureba) — to make something tame
• German: zähmen — to make something tame
• Greek: εξημερώνω (eximeróno) — to make something tame
• Greek: δαμάζω (damázo) — to make something tame
• Greek: τιθασεύω (tithasévo) — to make something tame
• Ancient Greek: δαμάζω (damázō) — to make something tame
• Ancient Greek: ἡμερόω (hēmeróō) — to make something tame
• Haitian Creole: donte — to make something tame
• Hungarian: szelídít — to make something tame
• Hungarian: megszelídít — to make something tame
• Hungarian: idomít — to make something tame
• Indonesian: menjinakkan — to make something tame
• Irish: ceansaigh — to make something tame
• Italian: addomesticare — to make something tame
• Italian: domare — to make something tame
• Italian: ammansire — to make something tame
• Japanese: 飼いならす (kainarasu) — to make something tame
• Korean: 길들이다 (gildeurida) — to make something tame
• Latin: domō — to make something tame
• Latin: mansuēscō — to make something tame
• Latin: mansuēfaciō — to make something tame
• Low German: tähmen — to make something tame
• Low German: temmen — to make something tame
• Middle English: daunten — to make something tame
• Khiamniungan Naga: tāimīe — to make something tame
• Norwegian: temme — to make something tame
• Old English: temian — to make something tame
• Polish: oswajać — to make something tame
• Polish: oswoić — to make something tame
• Portuguese: domar — to make something tame
• Romanian: îmblânzi — to make something tame
• Russian: прируча́ть (priručátʹ) — to make something tame
• Russian: приручи́ть (priručítʹ) — to make something tame
• Sanskrit: दाम्यति (dāmyati) — to make something tame
• Scottish Gaelic: ceannsaich — to make something tame
• Scottish Gaelic: callaich — to make something tame
• Serbo-Croatian: припито̀мити — to make something tame
• Serbo-Croatian: pripitòmiti — to make something tame
• Spanish: amansar — to make something tame
• Spanish: domar — to make something tame
• Spanish: domeñar — to make something tame
• Swedish: tämja — to make something tame
• Turkish: evcilleştirmek — to make something tame
• Ukrainian: прируча́ти (pryručáty) — to make something tame
• Ukrainian: приручи́ти (pryručýty) — to make something tame
• Vietnamese: dạy cho thuần — to make something tame
• Armenian: ընտելանալ (əntelanal) — to become tame
• Bulgarian: опитомявам се (opitomjavam se) — to become tame
• Chinese Mandarin: 被驯化 — to become tame
• Finnish: kesyyntyä — to become tame
• Georgian: მოთვინიერება (motviniereba) — to become tame
• Georgian: მოშინაურება (mošinaureba) — to become tame
• German: zahm werden — to become tame
• Greek: εξημερώνομαι (eximerónomai) — to become tame
• Italian: ammansirsi — to become tame
• Italian: diventare mansueto — to become tame
• Italian: mansuescere — to become tame
• Korean: 길들다 (gildeulda) — to become tame
• Latin: mansuesco — to become tame
• Low German: tamm warrn — to become tame
• Low German: tahm warrn — to become tame
• Norwegian: temmes — to become tame
• Portuguese: ser domado — to become tame
• Portuguese: domar-se — to become tame
• Russian: прируча́ться (priručátʹsja) — to become tame
• Russian: приручи́ться (priručítʹsja) — to become tame
• Turkish: evcilleşmek — to become tame