taut

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tôt, IPA(key): /tɔːt/ (General American) IPA(key): /tɔt/ (cot–caught merger) enPR: tät, IPA(key): /tɑt/ Rhymes: -ɔːt Homophones: taught; tort (non-rhotic); tot (cot–caught merger) === Adjective === taut (comparative tauter, superlative tautest) (also figuratively) Under tension, like a stretched bowstring, rope, or sail; tight. Synonyms: nonslack, stretched, tense, tensioned; see also Thesaurus:taut Antonyms: untaut; see also Thesaurus:loose (of a body, muscles, etc.) Not flabby; firm, toned; (of a person) having a lean, strong body. (of music, writing, etc.) Containing only relevant parts; brief and controlled. Synonyms: concise, crisp, terse, tight; see also Thesaurus:concise Antonyms: see Thesaurus:verbose (figuratively) Experiencing anxiety or stress. Synonyms: nonrelaxed, strained, tense, unrelaxed (nautical, of a sailor, a ship, etc.) Neat and well-disciplined; (by extension) efficient and in order. (wine) Strong; uncompromising. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== tight ship === Verb === taut (third-person singular simple present tauts, present participle tauting, simple past and past participle tauted) (transitive) To make taut; to tauten, to tighten. ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === Ta Tu, Ta-tu, tatu == Big Nambas == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /taut/, [tautʰ] === Adjective === taut Big Nambas V'ənen taut = The Big Nambas Language === References === Big Nambas Grammar Pacific Linguistics - G.J. Fox == Finnish == === Noun === taut nominative plural of tau === Anagrams === -ttua, Tatu, tuta == German == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aʊ̯t === Verb === taut inflection of tauen: third-person singular present second-person plural present plural imperative == Hungarian == === Etymology === tau +‎ -t === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈtɒut] Hyphenation: ta‧ut === Noun === taut accusative singular of tau == Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʰøyːt/ Rhymes: -øyːt === Noun === taut n (genitive singular tauts, no plural) muttering, mumbling Synonyms: tuldur, muldur, uml ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== tauta (“to mutter”) == Indonesian == === Etymology === Inherited from Malay taut. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtaut/ [ˈt̪a.ʊt̪̚] Rhymes: -aut Syllabification: taut === Verb === taut (base taut, imperative tautkan, active bertaut, ordinary passive ditaut, adversative passive tertaut) to close up to fuse, to join into one, to join up to grow together to link up, to be fixed on to dock, to moor to be related to be connected, to be linked ==== Alternative forms ==== taup ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === taut (plural taut-taut) fishing line Synonyms: tangsi, senar pancing === Further reading === “taut”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Norwegian Bokmål == === Verb === taut (non-standard since 2005) past tense of tyte == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Verb === taut past tense of tyta == Veps == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old East Slavic *долто (*dolto). Cognates include Finnish taltta. === Noun === taut chisel ==== Declension ====