Tail

Table of contents

1 Pronunciation 1.1 Homophones 2 Noun 2.1 Translations 3 Transitive verb 3.1 Translations

Pronunciation

Homophones

• tale

Noun

tail

1. The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus.
2. The visible stream of dust and gases blown from a comet by the solar wind .
3. One who surreptitiously follows another.
4. The last four or five batsmen in the batting order, usually specialist bowlers .

Translations

• Aragonese: coda f (1)
• Catalan: cua f (1)
• Dutch: staart m (1,2), achtervolger m (3)
• Finnish: häntä (1,2)
• French: queue f (1)
• Frisian: sturt (1)
• German: Schwanz m (1), Schweif m (2)
• Hebrew: זנב (Za'nav) m, שובל (Sho'val)
• Ido: kaudo
• Indonesian: ekor , buntut (1)
• Italian: coda f (1)
• Japanese: 尻尾 (しっぽ , shippo) (1)
• Polish: ogon m (1,2)
• Russian: хвост m (1)
• Slovak: chvost m (1)
• Spanish: cola f (1)
• Swedish: svans c
• Tagalog: buntot n (1)

Transitive verb

to tail

1. To surreptitiously follow and observe.

Translations

• Dutch: schaduwen
• Finnish: jäljittää
• Slovak: sledovať