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tog

tog

See also: tóg

English

Pronunciation

Noun

tog (plural togs)

  1. A cloak.
  2. A unit of thermal resistance, being ten times the temperature difference (in °C) between the two surfaces of a material when the flow of heat is equal to one watt per square metre
Derived terms
  • megatog (rare, humorously hyperbolic)

Verb

tog (third-person singular simple present togs, present participle togging, simple past and past participle togged)

  1. (transitive) To dress (often with out).
    • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 7, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
      “[…] if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. It's bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand that 'cause I'm paid for it. […]”

Etymology 2

Adverb

tog (not comparable)

  1. (knitting) Abbreviation of together.
    • 2012, Kay Meadors, Knitting for a Cure (page 34)
      Row 1 (Right side): Slip 1, K1, K2 tog, YO, K 10, (K2 tog, YO) twice, K3.

Anagrams


Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tāga, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg (to cover). Compare Greek τέγη (tégi, roof), Irish tech (house), Lithuanian stiégti (to thatch a roof)[1].

Noun

tog f (indefinite plural togje, definite singular togu, definite plural togjet)

  1. heap, pile

References

  1. A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden 2000, p.458

Danish

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Middle Low German toge, toch, from Old Saxon *tugi, from Proto-Germanic *tugiz. Cognate with Dutch teug, German Zug, Old English tyge. The sense "train" is derived from German Zug.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɔːɡ/, [tˢɔwˀ]

Noun

tog n (singular definite toget, plural indefinite tog or toge)

  1. train
  2. expedition
Inflection

Etymology 2

See tage (to take).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toː/, [tˢoːˀ]

Verb

tog

  1. past of tage

Dutch

Adverb

tog

  1. Misspelling of toch.
    Hij kwam tog? ― He came, didn't he?

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʰoː/

Noun

tog n (genitive singular togs, plural tog)

  1. (hemp) rope
  2. long hair of a sheep skin

Declension

n4 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tog togið tog togini
Accusative tog togið tog togini
Dative tog(i) tognum togum togunum
Genitive togs togsins toga toganna

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʰɔːɣ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːɣ

Noun

tog n (genitive singular togs, nominative plural tog)

  1. the act of pulling
  2. rope

Declension


Lojban

Rafsi

tog

  1. rafsi of tonga.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowing from German Zug (sense 1), and German Low German tog, toch (sense 2)

Noun

tog n (definite singular toget, indefinite plural tog, definite plural toga or togene)

  1. (rail transport) a train (line of connected cars or carriages, often hauled by a locomotive)
  2. a procession or parade
    17. mai-toget ― the 17th of May parade

Derived terms

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Borrowing from German Zug.

Noun

tog n (definite singular toget, indefinite plural tog, definite plural toga)

  1. (rail transport) a train (as above)
  2. a procession or parade
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tog, from Proto-Germanic *taugō.

Alternative forms

  • tau (also Norwegian Bokmål)

Noun

tog n (definite singular toget, indefinite plural tog, definite plural toga)

  1. a rope
    Kutt toget!
    Cut the rope!

References


Old Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtoɣ/

Verb

tog

  1. second-person singular imperative of do·goa

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
tog thog tog
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish tócbáil, verbal noun of do·fócaib (lifts up, raises; takes, takes up; brings; takes away, lifts off, removes; raises, sets up (of stones, buildings, etc.); exalts, uplifts, elevates, extols; rears, brings up, fosters; exacts, levies, raises (a tribute or tax); awakens, rouses, excites).

Verb

tog (past thog, future togaidh, verbal noun togail, past participle togta)

  1. lift, raise, rear, haul, pick up, hoist
  2. build, erect
  3. brew, distil
  4. carry
  5. take away
  6. excite, stir, cheer up, rouse
  7. exact (as tribute)
  8. rear, educate, rear, bring up (a child)
  9. hoist, weigh
  10. extol
  11. (agriculture) make sheaves of corn

Derived terms

References

  • do·fócaib” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • tócbáil” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tǫgъ. Cognate with Czech tuhý

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtóːk/
  • Tonal orthography: tọ̑g

Adjective

tóg (comparative bòlj tóg, superlative nàjbolj tóg)

  1. rigid, stiff

Declension


Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): tuːg

Verb

tog

  1. past tense of ta.
  2. past tense of taga.