tab

English Online Dictionary. What means tab‎? What does tab mean?

Translingual

Symbol

tab

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Tabasaran.

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Tabasaran terms

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tæb/, [tʰæb̥]
• Rhymes: -æb

Etymology 1

First attested 1607, of uncertain origin.

Noun

tab (plural tabs)

1. A small flap or strip of material attached to or inserted into something, for holding, manipulation, identification, opening etc.

   Antonym: slot

   Coordinate term: tang
2. (slang) An ear.
4. (by extension, graphical user interface) A navigational widget, resembling a physical tab, for switching between documents or sets of controls.
5. (graphical user interface) The page or form associated with such a navigational widget.

6. (British Army, military slang) A fast march or run with full kit.

Translations

Verb

tab (third-person singular simple present tabs, present participle tabbing, simple past and past participle tabbed)

1. (transitive) To affix with tabs; to label.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Apocopation (shortening) of (variously) tabulate, tabulator, or tabulation.

Noun

tab (plural tabs)

2. (informal, chiefly Canada, US) A restaurant bill.
3. (informal, chiefly Canada, US) Credit account, e.g., in a shop or bar; slate

4. (by extension) The cost or bill for anything.
5. (computing) A space character that extends to the next aligned column, traditionally used for tabulation.

   Synonyms: tabulator, \t

Verb

tab (third-person singular simple present tabs, present participle tabbing, simple past and past participle tabbed)

1. (computing) To use the Tab key on a computer to advance the cursor or move the input focus, or on a typewriter to advance the carriage.

Derived terms

• pick up the tab
• tabability
• tabable
• tabbed

Translations

Etymology 3

Likely to have been formed by clipping the Geordie pronunciation of the word tobacco or alternatively from the brand name Ogden's Tabs.

Noun

tab (plural tabs)

1. (Geordie and Mackem) A cigarette.

Translations

References

• Frank Graham, editor (1987), “TAB”, in The New Geordie Dictionary, Rothbury, Northumberland: Butler Publishing, →ISBN.

Etymology 4

Clipping of tablature

Noun

tab (plural tabs)

1. A form of musical notation indicating fingering rather than the pitch of notes, commonly used for stringed instruments.

Translations

Etymology 5

Clipping of Cantab, from Cantabrigian, from Latin Cantabrigia (“Cambridge”).

Alternative forms

• Tab

Noun

tab (plural tabs)

1. (Oxbridge slang) A student of Cambridge University.

Etymology 6

Clipping of tabloid.

Noun

tab (plural tabs)

1. (colloquial) A tabloid newspaper.

Etymology 7

Clipping of tablet.

Noun

tab (plural tabs)

1. (informal) A tablet, especially one containing illicit drugs.

Translations

Etymology 8

Noun

tab (plural tabs)

1. (informal, theater) A tableau curtain.

Derived terms

• tabless

See also

• tin tab

Anagrams

• ATB, abt., B.T.A., BTA, TBA, bat, bat-, Bat-, ABT, abt, BAT

Danish

Etymology 1

Derived from the verb tabe (“to lose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtˢæˀb̥]

Noun

tab n (singular definite tabet, plural indefinite tab)

1. loss
2. casualty

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtˢæˀb̥], (colloquial) IPA^(key): [ˈtˢæwˀ]

Verb

tab

1. imperative of tabe

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French table.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tab/

Noun

tab

1. table

Nawdm

Etymology

Cognate with Kabiyé tɔʋ, Gur Lama tʋn, Tem tɔ́ɔ́wʊ, Mbelime ta̰nbù, Gourmanchéma dabanli, Moba talbann, Farefare tãpɔ, Moore tãpo, Dagbani tɔbu, Ntcham butɔbu.

Noun

tab b (plural tawni ɦi)

1. bow

References

• Bakabima, Koulon Stéphane, Nicole, Jacques (2018) Nawdm-French Dictionary‎^[9], SIL International

Sumerian

Romanization

tab

1. Romanization of 𒋰 (tab)

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English table (table → tab; compare French: table, Latin: tabula, Interlingua: tabula, Esperanto: tablo, Ido: tablo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tab]

Noun

tab (nominative plural tabs)

1. table (item of furniture)

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• taib

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English tab.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tab/
• Rhymes: -ab

Noun

tab m (plural tabiau or tabs)

1. tab (numerous senses)

Mutation

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tab”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies