tattoo

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tæˈtuː/, /təˈtuː/ (US) IPA(key): [tʰæˈtʰʉw], [tʰæˈtʰuː] (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [tʰæˈtʰuː], [tʰæˈtʰʊw] (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): [tʰaˈtʰʉw], [tʰaʔʉw] (General Australian) IPA(key): [tʰæˈɾʉw], [tʰæˈtʰʉw] (Canada) IPA(key): [t(ʰ)aˈtʰʉː], [tɐˈɾ̥uː], [tətːʉː] (Indic) IPA(key): /ˈʈaʈu/ Rhymes: -uː === Etymology 1 === From earlier tattaow, tattow, a borrowing from a Polynesian language, e.g. Samoan tatau (“tattoo; to tap, to strike”). ==== Noun ==== tattoo (plural tattoos or (uncommon) tattooes) An image made on a body part, usually the skin with ink and a needle. A method of decorating a body part, usually the skin, by inserting colored substances under the surface with a sharp instrument (usually a solenoid-driven needle). ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== tattoo (third-person singular simple present tattoos, present participle tattooing, simple past and past participle tattooed) To apply a tattoo to (someone or something). (baseball) To hit the ball hard, as if to figuratively leave a tattoo on the ball. ===== Derived terms ===== screwed, blued and tattooed screwed, glued and tattooed ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Further reading ==== tattoo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Etymology 2 === From earlier tap-to, borrowed from Dutch taptoe, from tap (“tap; faucet on a cask”) + toe (“to; shut”). More at tap, to. ==== Noun ==== tattoo (countable and uncountable, plural tattoos) (nautical) A signal played five minutes before taps (lights out). (military) A signal by drum or bugle ordering soldiers to return to their quarters. (military) A military display or pageant. A rhythmic tapping. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== ==== Verb ==== tattoo (third-person singular simple present tattoos, present participle tattooing, simple past and past participle tattooed) To tap rhythmically on, to drum. ==== Further reading ==== military tattoo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Etymology 3 === From Hindi टट्टू (ṭaṭṭū). ==== Alternative forms ==== tattu ==== Noun ==== tattoo (plural tattoos) A pony of a certain breed from India. == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English tattoo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /taːˈtu/, /tɑˈtu/, /ˈtɑ.tu/ Hyphenation: tat‧too === Noun === tattoo m (plural tattoos, diminutive tattootje n) tattoo Synonyms: tatoeage, tatoeëring