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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /tæn/
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• [tɛən] General American, æ-raising
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• British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales: /tan/
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• Australia: /tæːn/
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• [teːn] Australia, æ-raising
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• New-Zealand: /tɛn/
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• Malaysia, Singapore: [t˭än]
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From Middle English tan, from Old French tan (“tanbark”), from Gaulish *tannos (“green oak”) – compare Breton tann (“red oak”), Old Cornish tannen –, from Proto-Celtic *tannos (“green oak”), of uncertain origin, but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)dhonu (“fir”). Per this hypothesis, related to Hittite [script needed] (tanau, “fir”), Latin femur, genitive feminis (“thigh”), German Tann (“woods”), Tanne (“fir”), Albanian thanë (“cranberry bush”), Ancient Greek θάμνος (thámnos, “thicket”), Avestan 𐬚𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆 (θanuuar^ə), Sanskrit धनु (dhánu).

From Mandarin 譚/谭 (Tán).

From Hokkien 陳 /陈 (Tân). Doublet of Chen and Tran.

From Mandarin 丹 (Dān), reinforced by Wade-Giles romanization: Tan1.

Borrowed from Armenian թան (tʻan).

Borrowed from Cantonese 擔/担 (daam3).

From Middle English *tan, from Old English tān (“twig, shoot, switch”), from Proto-West Germanic *tain, from Proto-Germanic *tainaz (“rod, twig, straw, lot”).

From a Brythonic language; influenced in form by yan (“one”) in the same series.

As a verb, from Middle English tannen, from late Old English tannian (“to tan a hide”), from Latin tannare.

It may either be a figurative use of the usual verb tan (“to cause to acquire a brownish colour”) or a Jamaican Creole pronunciation of turn, compare bun (“to kill particularly by gunshot”).

240 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: حِنْطِيّ (ḥinṭiyy) — colour
• Arabic: قَمْحِيُّ اللَّوْن (qamḥiyyu l-lawn) — colour
• Bulgarian: жълтокафяв (žǎltokafjav) — colour
• Catalan: bronze — colour
• Catalan: colrat — colour
• Catalan: torrat — colour
• German: hellbraun — colour
• German: loh — colour
• German: lohfarben — colour
• Hungarian: sárgásbarna — colour
• Indonesian: sawo matang — colour
• Irish: crón — colour
• Irish: buí — colour
• Latvian: dzeltenbrūns — colour
• Persian: خرمائی روشن (xormâ'i-ye rušan) — colour
• Persian: مازویی — colour
• Romanian: cafeniu — colour
• Spanish: bronce — colour
• Spanish: tostado — colour
• Turkish: bronz — colour
• Turkish: taba rengi — colour
• Welsh: melynddu — colour
• Bulgarian: загорял (zagorjal) — dark skin
• Catalan: bru — dark skin
• Catalan: bronzat — dark skin
• Catalan: colrat — dark skin
• Dutch: gebruind — dark skin
• Dutch: gebruinde — dark skin
• Finnish: ruskettunut — dark skin
• French: hâlé — dark skin
• French: bronzé — dark skin
• German: braun — dark skin
• German: sonnengebräunt — dark skin
• Hungarian: barna — dark skin
• Hungarian: lebarnult — dark skin
• Hungarian: bronzszínű — dark skin
• Indonesian: sawo matang — dark skin
• Italian: abbronzato — dark skin
• Korean: 탄 (tan) — dark skin
• Persian: برنزه (bronze) — dark skin
• Polish: opalony — dark skin
• Portuguese: bronzeado — dark skin
• Romanian: bronzat — dark skin
• Russian: загоре́лый (zagorélyj) — dark skin
• Slovak: opálený — dark skin
• Spanish: bronceado (por el sol) — dark skin
• Spanish: tostado — dark skin
• Spanish: moreno — dark skin
• Spanish: trigueño — dark skin
• Spanish: atezado — dark skin
• Swedish: solbränd — dark skin
• Welsh: brown — dark skin
• Bulgarian: жълтокафяв (žǎltokafjav) — colour
• Chinese Mandarin: 棕黄色 (zōnghuángsè) — colour
• Chinese Mandarin: 棕褐色 (zōnghèsè) — colour
• Dutch: gebruinde kleur — colour
• Finnish: kellanruskea — colour
• Galician: torrado — colour
• Irish: crón — colour
• Korean: 갈색 (galsaek) — colour
• Latvian: dzeltenbrūna krāsa — colour
• Lithuanian: gelsvai ruda — colour
• Navajo: dinilgai — colour
• Portuguese: pardo — colour
• Russian: све́тло-кори́чневый — colour
• Sicilian: bronzu — colour
• Spanish: bronce — colour
• Spanish: tostado — colour
• Vietnamese: nâu tanin — colour
• Welsh: melynddu — colour
• Armenian: արեւայրուք (arewayrukʻ) — darkening of the skin
• Bulgarian: загар (zagar) — darkening of the skin
• Bulgarian: тен (ten) — darkening of the skin
• Catalan: bronzat — darkening of the skin
• Catalan: colrament — darkening of the skin
• Catalan: embruniment — darkening of the skin
• Chinese Mandarin: 曬成褐色 /晒成褐色 (shàichénghèsè) — darkening of the skin
• Chinese Mandarin: 曬黑 /晒黑 (shàihēi) — darkening of the skin
• Czech: opálení — darkening of the skin
• Danish: solbrændt — darkening of the skin
• Dutch: bruinen — darkening of the skin
• Dutch: bronzen — darkening of the skin
• Finnish: rusketus — darkening of the skin
• French: bronzage — darkening of the skin
• French: hâle — darkening of the skin
• Galician: bronceado — darkening of the skin
• Galician: bronceada — darkening of the skin
• German: Bräune — darkening of the skin
• German: Sonnenbräune — darkening of the skin
• Hungarian: lebarnulás — darkening of the skin
• Hungarian: lesülés — darkening of the skin
• Hungarian: napbarnítottság — darkening of the skin
• Italian: abbronzatura — darkening of the skin
• Japanese: 日に焼ける (hiniyakeru) — darkening of the skin
• Latvian: iedegums — darkening of the skin
• Lithuanian: įdegti — darkening of the skin
• Polish: opalenizna — darkening of the skin
• Portuguese: bronzeado — darkening of the skin
• Romagnol: abrunẓadùra — darkening of the skin
• Romanian: bronz — darkening of the skin
• Romanian: bronzare — darkening of the skin
• Russian: зага́р (zagár) — darkening of the skin
• Serbo-Croatian: put — darkening of the skin
• Sicilian: abbrunzatura — darkening of the skin
• Slovak: opálenie — darkening of the skin
• Spanish: bronceado — darkening of the skin
• Spanish: tostado — darkening of the skin
• Spanish: moreno — darkening of the skin
• Swedish: solbränna — darkening of the skin
• Swedish: bränna — darkening of the skin
• Ukrainian: засма́га (zasmáha) — darkening of the skin
• Ukrainian: сма́га (smáha) — darkening of the skin
• Ukrainian: смага́ (smahá) — darkening of the skin
• Ukrainian: зага́р (zahár) — darkening of the skin
• Welsh: lliw haul — darkening of the skin
• Bulgarian: танин (tanin) — bark of tree
• Catalan: escorça — bark of tree
• Finnish: parkki — bark of tree
• French: tan — bark of tree
• Hungarian: cser — bark of tree
• Ido: tano — bark of tree
• Italian: corteccia — bark of tree
• Latvian: miecmizas — bark of tree
• Sicilian: scorcia — bark of tree
• Spanish: corteza de roble — bark of tree
• Spanish: corteza tánica — bark of tree
• Welsh: rhisgl mâl — bark of tree
• Welsh: barc — bark of tree
• Armenian: թան (tʻan) — Armenian drink
• Bulgarian: тан (tan) — Armenian drink
• Cappadocian Greek: τάνι (táni) — Armenian drink
• Laz: თანი (tani) — Armenian drink
• Russian: тан (tan) — Armenian drink
• Ukrainian: тан (tan) — Armenian drink
• Arabic: اِسْمَرَّ (ismarra) — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Azerbaijani: qaralmaq — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Azerbaijani: yanmaq — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Bulgarian: загарям (zagarjam) — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Catalan: bronzar — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Catalan: embrunir — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Catalan: colrar — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Catalan: torrar — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Czech: zhnědnout — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Czech: opálit se — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Danish: blive brun — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Dutch: bruinen — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Esperanto: bruniĝi — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Esperanto: sunbruniĝi — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Finnish: ruskettua — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• French: bronzer — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Galician: broncear — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• German: bräunen — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• German: in der Sonne baden — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Greek: μαυρίζω (mavrízo) — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Hungarian: lebarnul — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Hungarian: lesül — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Ido: bruneskar — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Ido: bronzizar — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Italian: abbronzarsi — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Japanese: 日焼けする (hiyake-suru) — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Japanese: 日に焼ける (hiniyakeru) — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Korean: 타다 (tada) — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Korean: 그을다 (geueulda) — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Latvian: iedegt — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Norwegian: sole — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Norwegian: brune — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Polish: opalać się — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Polish: opalić się — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Portuguese: bronzear — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Romanian: se bronza — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Russian: загора́ть (zagorátʹ) — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Russian: загоре́ть (zagorétʹ) — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Slovak: opáliť sa — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Slovak: opaľovať sa — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Spanish: broncearse — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Swedish: sola — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Turkish: yanmak — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Turkish: bronzlaşmak — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Walloon: håler — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Walloon: rayi — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Walloon: bruni — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Walloon: bronzer — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Welsh: cael lliw haul — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Welsh: troi'n frown — to become tan due to exposure to sun
• Arabic: دَبَغَ (dabaḡa) — to turn animal hide into leather
• Basque: larru jo — to turn animal hide into leather
• Bulgarian: щавя (štavja) — to turn animal hide into leather
• Bulgarian: дъбя (dǎbja) — to turn animal hide into leather
• Catalan: assaonar — to turn animal hide into leather
• Catalan: adobar — to turn animal hide into leather
• Chinese Mandarin: 鞣制 (róuzhì) — to turn animal hide into leather
• Chinese Mandarin: 鞣 (róu) — to turn animal hide into leather
• Czech: činit — to turn animal hide into leather
• Czech: vyčinit — to turn animal hide into leather
• Czech: vydělávat — to turn animal hide into leather
• Czech: vydělat — to turn animal hide into leather
• Danish: garve — to turn animal hide into leather
• Dutch: looien — to turn animal hide into leather
• Dutch: leerlooien — to turn animal hide into leather
• Dutch: tanen — to turn animal hide into leather
• Esperanto: tani — to turn animal hide into leather
• Finnish: parkita — to turn animal hide into leather
• French: tanner — to turn animal hide into leather
• Galician: curtir — to turn animal hide into leather
• German: gerben — to turn animal hide into leather
• German: walken — to turn animal hide into leather
• Greek: αργάζω (argázo) — to turn animal hide into leather
• Hungarian: cserez — to turn animal hide into leather
• Icelandic: súta — to turn animal hide into leather
• Icelandic: garfa — to turn animal hide into leather
• Ido: tanagar — to turn animal hide into leather
• Indonesian: menyamak — to turn animal hide into leather
• Irish: cart — to turn animal hide into leather
• Italian: conciare — to turn animal hide into leather
• Japanese: なめす — to turn animal hide into leather
• Japanese: 鞣す — to turn animal hide into leather
• Korean: 무두질하다 (mudujilhada) — to turn animal hide into leather
• Latvian: miecēt — to turn animal hide into leather
• Luxembourgish: gierwen — to turn animal hide into leather
• Malay: samak — to turn animal hide into leather
• Māori: whakarongoā — to turn animal hide into leather
• Persian: دباغی (dabbâġi) — to turn animal hide into leather
• Polish: garbować — to turn animal hide into leather
• Portuguese: curtir — to turn animal hide into leather
• Romanian: tăbăci — to turn animal hide into leather
• Romanian: argăsi — to turn animal hide into leather
• Russian: дуби́ть (dubítʹ) — to turn animal hide into leather
• Russian: вы́дубить (výdubitʹ) — to turn animal hide into leather
• Slovene: strojiti — to turn animal hide into leather
• Spanish: curtir — to turn animal hide into leather
• Swedish: garva — to turn animal hide into leather
• Turkish: tabaklamak — to turn animal hide into leather
• Turkish: sepilemek — to turn animal hide into leather
• Ukrainian: дуби́ти (dubýty) — to turn animal hide into leather
• Vietnamese: thuộc — to turn animal hide into leather
• Walloon: taener — to turn animal hide into leather
• Welsh: trin — to turn animal hide into leather
• Welsh: barcio — to turn animal hide into leather
• Welsh: cyffeithio — to turn animal hide into leather
• Yiddish: גאַרבן (garbn) — to turn animal hide into leather