tach

See also: Tach, tách, and tạch

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of tachometer

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tæk/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -æk

Noun

tach (plural tachs)

(informal) Clipping of tachometer.

Derived terms

tach up

Etymology 2

Backslang for hat (with /tʃ/ substituted for the /h/).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tæt͡ʃ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -ætʃ

Noun

tach (plural taches)

(obsolete, costermongers) A hat.
- c. 1864, Alfred Peck Stevens, “The Chickaleary Cove”, in Farmer, John Stephen, editor, Musa Pedestris‎^[1], published 1896, page 161:
  I have a rorty gal, also a knowing pal, / And merrily together we jog on, / I doesn't care a flatch, as long as I've a tach, / Some pannum for my chest, and a tog on.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tæk/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -æk

Noun

tach (uncountable)

(medicine, colloquial) Tachycardia.
wide-complex tach

V-tach

Derived terms

v-tach

Anagrams

ACTH, CHAT, Cath, cath, cath., chat

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

dach (Sette Comuni)

Etymology

From Middle High German dach, from Old High German dah, from Proto-Germanic *þaką (“roof, cover”). Cognate with German Dach, English thack.

Noun

tach f

(Luserna) roof

Declension

Declension of tach – 2nd declension

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	an	de	tach	de	dèchar
accusative	an	de	tach	de	dèchar
dative	anara	dar	dèchar	in	dècharn

References

Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Middle English

Etymology 1

Unknown. Perhaps related to trasch or Modern English tatch (“to set grass on fire”).

Noun

tach (uncountable)

touchwood, tinder

Alternative forms

tache, tasch, tasche, tasshe

References

“tach(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Old French tache (“stain, spot”), of uncertain origin; perhaps a native derivation, or borrowed from Gothic.

Noun

tach (plural taches)

Alternative forms

tacche, tachche, tatche, tak, tech, teche, tecche, tetche

Descendants

English: tache, tatch (“stain”)
Scots: tache
⇒? English: tetchy

References

“tach(e, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3

Verb

tach (third-person singular simple present tacheth, present participle tachinge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle taught)

Alternative form of techen

Muong

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *dac ~ tac. Cognate with Vietnamese đặt.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tac⁷/

Verb

tach

(Mường Bi) to place; to put

References

Nguyễn Văn Khang, Bùi Chỉ, Hoàng Văn Hành (2002) Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary)‎^[2], Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội