tad

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tad"

English

Etymology

1877, ‘young or small child’, probably a shortened form of tadpole. The extended meaning ‘small amount’ is first recorded 1915.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tæd/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -æd

Noun

tad (plural tads)

  1. (informal) A small amount; a little bit.
    Could you lean the picture to the left just a tad more?
  2. (US, slang, dated) A street boy; an urchin.

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Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *tad, from Proto-Celtic *tatos.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑːt/

Noun

tad m (plural tadoù)

  1. father
    ma zad ― my father
    da dad ― your father

Inflection

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  Mutation of tad  
Breton consonant mutation
unmutatedsoftaspiratehard
singular tad dad zad unchanged
plural tadoù dadoù zadoù unchanged

Derived terms

Cebuano

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: tad

Noun

tad

  1. the cigar wrasse (Cheilio inermis)

Latvian

Adverb

tad

  1. then
  2. at that time
  3. after that
  4. afterwards

Middle English

Noun

tad

  1. toad

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀢𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • तद् (Devanagari script)
  • তদ্ (Bengali script)
  • තද් (Sinhalese script)
  • တဒ် or တၻ် (Burmese script)
  • ตทฺ or ตัท (Thai script)
  • ᨲᨴ᩺ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຕທ຺ or ຕັທ (Lao script)
  • តទ៑ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄖𑄘𑄴 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit तद् (tad).

Adjective

tad

  1. (demonstrative) neuter nominative/accusative singular of ta (“that”)

Pronoun

tad

  1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of ta (“it”)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tâd/

Adverb

tȁd (Cyrillic spelling та̏д)

  1. then, at that time

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *tad, from Proto-Celtic *tatos.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /taːd/
  • Rhymes: -aːd

Noun

tad m (plural tadau)

  1. father

Coordinate terms
  • mab (“son”)
  • mam (“mother”)
  • merch (“daughter”)

Derived terms

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tad dad nhad thad
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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