taut

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• Received-Pronunciation: /tɔːt/
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• Australian, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard: /toːt/
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• SSB Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• tôt without the cot–caught merger
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• /tɔt/ without the cot–caught merger
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• cot-caught-merger: tät
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• cot-caught-merger: /tɑt/
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• US: cot-caught Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Scotland: /tɔt/
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• rhymes with -ɔːt
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• homophone: taught
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• homophone: tort (non-rhotic)
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• homophone: tot (cot–caught merger)
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• CMU ARPABET: T AO1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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The adjective is derived from Middle English taught [and other forms], Early Middle English tohte, towehte (“strained, stretched; distended; tight; firm”), probably from tough, touth, touʒth, toʒt (“powerful, strong; fierce, violent; not tender, tough; hardy, resilient; steadfast, stout; difficult to do or endure”) and possibly influenced by togen, towen, past participle of ten (“to extend, stretch out; to drag, haul, pull, tow, tug”) (modern English tee (“(obsolete) to draw, lead; to draw away; to go, proceed”)), or directly from its etymon Old English tēon (“to drag, draw, pull”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to draw, pull”)) The word may be related to thight (“(dialectal) compact, dense; close-fitting, tight”) and tight; and is cognate with Scots tacht, taght (“taut”). The verb is probably derived from the adjective.

89 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: ձիգ (jig) — under tension
• Bashkir: ныҡ тартылған (nıq tartılğan) — under tension
• Bulgarian: напрегнат (napregnat) — under tension
• Catalan: tens — under tension
• Catalan: tibant — under tension
• Czech: napjatý — under tension
• Czech: napnutý — under tension
• Czech: natažený — under tension
• Dutch: gecrispeerd — under tension
• Dutch: gespannen — under tension
• Finnish: jännitetty — under tension
• Finnish: kireä — under tension
• Finnish: tiukka — under tension
• French: tendu — under tension
• French: contracté — under tension
• Galician: tenso — under tension
• Galician: tirante — under tension
• German: gespannt — under tension
• Hungarian: feszes — under tension
• Italian: teso — under tension
• Italian: tirato — under tension
• Japanese: 張っている (hatte iru) — under tension
• Norwegian: spent — under tension
• Polish: napięty — under tension
• Polish: naprężony — under tension
• Portuguese: tenso — under tension
• Portuguese: teso — under tension
• Portuguese: esticado — under tension
• Portuguese: retesado — under tension
• Russian: натя́нутый (natjánutyj) — under tension
• Russian: напряжённый (naprjažónnyj) — under tension
• Russian: туго́й (tugój) — under tension
• Scottish Gaelic: teann — under tension
• Serbo-Croatian: napet — under tension
• Serbo-Croatian: napregnut — under tension
• Spanish: tenso — under tension
• Spanish: tirante — under tension
• Spanish: templado — under tension
• Spanish: tensionado — under tension
• Spanish: tensado — under tension
• Spanish: tiesto — under tension
• Swedish: spänd — under tension
• Swedish: sträckt — under tension
• Turkish: gergin — under tension
• Ottoman Turkish: كركین (gergin) — under tension
• Bulgarian: опънат (opǎnat) — of a body, muscles, etc.: not flabby; firm, toned
• Czech: pevný — of a body, muscles, etc.: not flabby; firm, toned
• Italian: tonico — of a body, muscles, etc.: not flabby; firm, toned
• Bulgarian: стегнат (stegnat) — of a person: having a lean, strong body
• Russian: подтянутый (podtjanutyj) — of a person: having a lean, strong body
• Czech: napínavý — containing only relevant parts; brief and controlled
• Dutch: beknopt — containing only relevant parts; brief and controlled
• Dutch: kernachtig — containing only relevant parts; brief and controlled
• French: concis — containing only relevant parts; brief and controlled
• Italian: conciso — containing only relevant parts; brief and controlled
• Norwegian: fortettet — containing only relevant parts; brief and controlled
• Portuguese: conciso — containing only relevant parts; brief and controlled
• Spanish: conciso — containing only relevant parts; brief and controlled
• Catalan: tens — experiencing anxiety or stress
• Czech: napjatý — experiencing anxiety or stress
• Dutch: gespannen — experiencing anxiety or stress
• Dutch: angstig — experiencing anxiety or stress
• Finnish: pingottunut — experiencing anxiety or stress
• Finnish: jännittynyt — experiencing anxiety or stress
• French: tendu — experiencing anxiety or stress
• French: stressé — experiencing anxiety or stress
• French: anxieux — experiencing anxiety or stress
• German: angespannt — experiencing anxiety or stress
• Hungarian: feszült — experiencing anxiety or stress
• Italian: teso — experiencing anxiety or stress
• Italian: tirato — experiencing anxiety or stress
• Italian: ansioso — experiencing anxiety or stress
• Italian: nervoso — experiencing anxiety or stress
• Italian: agitato — experiencing anxiety or stress
• Japanese: 緊張している (kinchō shite iru) — experiencing anxiety or stress
• Norwegian: anspent — experiencing anxiety or stress
• Norwegian: anstrengt — experiencing anxiety or stress
• Portuguese: tenso — experiencing anxiety or stress
• Russian: напряжённый (naprjažónnyj) — experiencing anxiety or stress
• Serbo-Croatian: napet — experiencing anxiety or stress
• Spanish: tenso — experiencing anxiety or stress
• Vietnamese: căng thẳng — experiencing anxiety or stress
• Bulgarian: акуратен (akuraten) — neat and well-disciplined; efficient and in order
• Spanish: fuerte — (oenology) strong; uncompromising
• Spanish: templar — Translations
• Spanish: tensar — Translations
• Spanish: tensionar — Translations
• Spanish: atirantar — Translations
• Spanish: requintar — Translations