tattoo

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• US: [thæˈthʉw]
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• US: [thæˈthuː]
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• Received-Pronunciation: [thæˈthuː]
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• Received-Pronunciation: [thæˈthʊw]
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• British, Southern, Standard: [thaˈthʉw]
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• British, Southern, Standard: [thaʔʉw]
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• Australian: [thæˈɾʉw]
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• Australian: [thæˈthʉw]
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• Canada: [t(h)aˈthʉː]
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• Canada: [tɐˈɾ̥uː]
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• Canada: [tətːʉː]
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• India: /ˈʈæː.ʈuː/
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From earlier tattaow, tattow, a borrowing from a Polynesian language, e.g. Samoan tatau (“tattoo; to tap, to strike”).

From earlier tap-to, borrowed from Dutch taptoe, from tap (“tap; faucet on a cask”) + toe (“to; shut”). More at tap, to.

From Hindi टट्टू (ṭaṭṭū).

227 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: ацәанҵа́ (acwancʼá) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Afrikaans: tatoe — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Afrikaans: tatoeëermerk — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Albanian: tatuazh m lulebojë — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Arabic: وَشْم (wašm) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Arabic: وَشِم (wašim) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Armenian: դաջվածք (daǰvackʻ) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Asturian: tatuaxe — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Azerbaijani: döymə — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Azerbaijani: tatuirovka — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Belarusian: татуіро́ўка (tatuirówka) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Belarusian: тату́ (tatú) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Bengali: উল্কি (ulki) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Bulgarian: татуиро́вка (tatuiróvka) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Burmese: ထိုးကွင်း (htui:kwang:) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Catalan: tatuatge — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Chinese Cantonese: 紋身 /纹身 (man4 san1) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Chinese Cantonese: 刺青 (ci3 ceng1) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Chinese Mandarin: 紋身 /纹身 (wénshēn) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Chinese Mandarin: 文身 (wénshēn) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Chinese Mandarin: 刺青 (cìqīng) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Czech: tetování — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Danish: tatovering — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Dutch: tatoeage — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Esperanto: tatuo — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Estonian: tätoveering — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Faroese: litprikan — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Faroese: tatovering — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Finnish: tatuointi — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• French: tatouage — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Fwâi: hahûn — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Galician: tatuaxe — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Georgian: სვირინგი (sviringi) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• German: Tätowierung — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• German: Tattoo — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Greek: τατουάζ (tatouáz) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Greek: κατάστιξη (katástixi) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Ancient Greek: στίγμα (stígma) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Ancient Greek: στίξις (stíxis) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Gujarati: છુંદણું (chundṇũ) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Hawaiian: kākau — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Hebrew: כְּתוֹבֶת קַעֲקַע (któvet qa'qá') — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Hindi: गोदना (godnā) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Hungarian: tetoválás — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Hungarian: tetkó — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Icelandic: húðflúr — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Icelandic: tattú — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Icelandic: tattó — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Ido: tatuo — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Indonesian: tato — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Indonesian: rajah — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Inuktitut: ᑲᑭᓃᑦ (kakiniit) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Inuktitut: kakiniit — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Irish: tatú — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Italian: tatuaggio — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Japanese: 刺青 — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Japanese: 入れ墨 (irezumi) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Japanese: 文身 (irezumi) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Japanese: タトゥー (tatū) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Kazakh: дене әшекейі (dene äşekeiı) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Kazakh: татуировка (tatuirovka) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Khmer: សាក់ (sak) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Korean: 문신 (munsin) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Korean: 타투 (tatu) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Northern Kurdish: deq — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Kyrgyz: татуировка (tatuirovka) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Lakota: oákitȟo — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Latvian: tetovējums — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Lithuanian: tatuiruotė — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Macedonian: тетова́жа (tetováža) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Malay: tatu — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Māori: moko (traditional Māori) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Māori: kiri tuhi — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Marathi: टॅटू (ṭĕṭū) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Mongolian: шивээс (šivees) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Mongolian: ᠰᠢᠪᠡᢉᠡᠰᠦ — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Nemi: haknun — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Nemi: hangun — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Nepali: ट्याटू (ṭyāṭū) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Norman: tatouage — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Norwegian: tatovering — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Omaha-Ponca: qthexé — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Pashto: خالوهنه (xālwahǝ́na) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Persian: خالکوبی (xâl-kubi) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Persian: تتو (tatu) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Persian: وشام (vešâm) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Persian: وشم (vašm) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Pije: hakhûn — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Polish: tatuaż — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Polish: dziara — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Portuguese: tatuagem — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Romanian: tatuaj — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Romansh: tetovaziun — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Romansh: tatuaziun — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Russian: татуиро́вка (tatuiróvka) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Russian: нако́лка (nakólka) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Russian: тату́ (tatú) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Samoan: tatau — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Serbo-Croatian: тетова́жа — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Serbo-Croatian: tetováža — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Slovak: tetovanie — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Slovene: tetovaža — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Slovene: tatu — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Spanish: tatuaje — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Swedish: tatuering — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Tagalog: pika — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Tagalog: tato — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Tagalog: batik — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Tahitian: tatau — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Tajik: вашм (vašm) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Tajik: холкӯбӣ (xolkübi) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Tarifit: tiggest — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Tetum: tatuajen — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Thai: รอยสัก (rɔɔi-sàk) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Tongan: tā-tatau — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Turkish: dövme — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Turkmen: tatuirowka — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Ukrainian: татуюва́ння (tatujuvánnja) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Ukrainian: тату́ (tatú) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Urdu: گودنا (godnā) — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Uzbek: tatuirovka — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Vietnamese: xăm — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• ǃXóõ: ǁáa — an image made in the skin with ink and a needle
• Albanian: tatuazh — method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface
• Armenian: դաջում (daǰum) — method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface
• Belarusian: татуі́раванне (tatuíravannje) — method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface
• Bulgarian: татуиране (tatuirane) — method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface
• Chinese Mandarin: 刺青 (cìqīng) — method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface
• Chinese Mandarin: 文身 (wénshēn) — method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface
• Danish: tatovering — method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface
• Finnish: tatuointi — method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface
• German: Tätowieren — method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface
• Greek: δερματοστιξία (dermatostixía) — method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface
• Gujarati: છુંદણું છુંદાવવું (chundṇũ chundāvvũ) — method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface
• Ido: tatuo — method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface
• Khmer: ការសាក់លើស្បែក (kaa sak ləə sbaek) — method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface
• Latvian: tetovēšana — method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface
• Macedonian: тетовирање (tetoviranje) — method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface
• Nepali: ट्याटू खोप्नु (ṭyāṭū khopnu) — method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface
• Russian: татуи́рование (tatuírovanije) — method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface
• Serbo-Croatian: tetoviranje — method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface
• Slovene: tetoviranje — method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface
• Swedish: tatuering — method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface
• Tajik: вашмкунӣ (vašmkuni) — method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface
• Tajik: холкӯбӣ (xolkübi) — method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface
• Thai: การสัก (gaan-sàk) — method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface
• Ukrainian: татуюва́ння (tatujuvánnja) — method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface
• Dutch: taptoe — time to close the taps
• Finnish: hiljaisuus — time to close the taps
• German: Zapfenstreich — time to close the taps
• Bulgarian: вечерна заря (večerna zarja) — signal
• Danish: tappenstreg — signal
• Dutch: taptoe — signal
• Finnish: iltasoitto — signal
• Finnish: tattoo — signal
• German: Zapfenstreich — signal
• Greek: τυμπανοκρουσία (tympanokrousía) — signal
• Irish: dord na hoíche — signal
• Spanish: retreta — signal
• Swedish: tapto — signal
• Ukrainian: вечірня зоря (večirnja zorja) — signal
• Ukrainian: барабанний дріб (barabannyj drib) — signal
• Bulgarian: парад — military display or pageant
• Dutch: taptoe — military display or pageant
• Finnish: paraati — military display or pageant
• German: Großer Zapfenstreich — military display or pageant
• Irish: tóstal oíche — military display or pageant
• Japanese: タトゥー (tatū) — military display or pageant
• Latvian: paraugdemonstrējumi — military display or pageant
• Māori: ngārahu — military display or pageant
• Spanish: parada — military display or pageant
• Swedish: tapto — military display or pageant
• Ukrainian: військовий парад (vijsʹkovyj parad) — military display or pageant
• Arabic: وَشَمَ (wašama) — to apply a tattoo
• Arabic: وَشَّمَ (waššama) — to apply a tattoo
• Armenian: դաջել (daǰel) — to apply a tattoo
• Armenian: կտածել (ktacel) — to apply a tattoo
• Asturian: tatuar — to apply a tattoo
• Bulgarian: татуирам (tatuiram) — to apply a tattoo
• Catalan: tatuar — to apply a tattoo
• Chinese Mandarin: 刺青 (cìqīng) — to apply a tattoo
• Chinese Mandarin: 刺 (cì) — to apply a tattoo
• Chinese Mandarin: 文身 (wénshēn) — to apply a tattoo
• Czech: tetovat — to apply a tattoo
• Danish: tatovere — to apply a tattoo
• Dutch: tatoeëren — to apply a tattoo
• Faroese: litprika — to apply a tattoo
• Faroese: tatovera — to apply a tattoo
• Finnish: tatuoida — to apply a tattoo
• French: tatouer — to apply a tattoo
• Galician: tatuar — to apply a tattoo
• Georgian: სვირინგი (sviringi) — to apply a tattoo
• German: tätowieren — to apply a tattoo
• Greek: στίζω (stízo) — to apply a tattoo
• Ancient Greek: στίζω (stízō) — to apply a tattoo
• Hawaiian: kākau — to apply a tattoo
• Hungarian: tetovál — to apply a tattoo
• Icelandic: húðflúra — to apply a tattoo
• Icelandic: tattóvera — to apply a tattoo
• Icelandic: tattúera — to apply a tattoo
• Ido: tatuar — to apply a tattoo
• Irish: tatuálaim — to apply a tattoo
• Italian: tatuare — to apply a tattoo
• Khmer: សាក់លើស្បែក (sak ləə sbaek) — to apply a tattoo
• Latvian: tetovēt — to apply a tattoo
• Lithuanian: tatuiruoti — to apply a tattoo
• Macedonian: тетови́ра (tetovíra) — to apply a tattoo
• Malayalam: പച്ചകുത്തുക (paccakuttuka) — to apply a tattoo
• Māori: tā — to apply a tattoo
• Māori: tā moko — to apply a tattoo
• Navajo: akʼeʼełchí — to apply a tattoo
• Norman: tatouer — to apply a tattoo
• Norwegian: tatovere — to apply a tattoo
• Persian: خال کوبیدن — to apply a tattoo
• Polish: robić tatuaż — to apply a tattoo
• Polish: tatuować — to apply a tattoo
• Portuguese: tatuar — to apply a tattoo
• Romanian: tatua — to apply a tattoo
• Russian: татуи́ровать (tatuírovatʹ) — to apply a tattoo
• Russian: вы́татуировать (výtatuirovatʹ) — to apply a tattoo
• Serbo-Croatian: tetovirati — to apply a tattoo
• Slovak: tetovať — to apply a tattoo
• Spanish: tatuar — to apply a tattoo
• Swedish: tatuera — to apply a tattoo
• Thai: สัก (sàk) — to apply a tattoo
• Turkish: dövme yapmak — to apply a tattoo
• Yiddish: טאַטויִרן (tatuirn) — to apply a tattoo