Tong

/tɒŋ/ noun

Definition

A Chinese secret society or gang, or a grasping tool (usually plural as 'tongs').

Etymology

Chinese word meaning 'hall' or 'meeting place', borrowed into English in the 19th century. The tool meaning comes from Old English 'tang' meaning anything that grips or bites.

Kelly Says

The collision of two completely different 'tong' words in English - one from Chinese immigrant communities and one from Anglo-Saxon toolmaking - shows how languages can create accidental twins across cultures.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ምስክር
ARالعربية
ملقط
BNবাংলা
চিমটা
CACatalà
pinça
CSČeština
kleště
DADansk
tang
DEDeutsch
Zange
ELΕλληνικά
λαβίδα
ESEspañol
tenaza
FAفارسی
انبر
FISuomi
pihdit
FRFrançais
pince
GUGU
તોપલ
HAHA
tukunin
HEעברית
צבת
HIहिन्दी
चिमटा
HUMagyar
csipesz
IDBahasa Indonesia
penjepit
IGIG
ngwa ọgụ
ITItaliano
pinza
JA日本語
トング
KKKK
қисқышы
KMKM
ម៉ាក
KO한국어
집게
MRMR
चिमटा
MSBahasa Melayu
cubit
MYမြန်မာ
အိုး
NLNederlands
tang
NONorsk
tang
PAPA
ਚੀਮਟਾ
PLPolski
szczypce
PTPortuguês
pinça
RORomână
cleștele
RUРусский
щипцы
SVSvenska
tång
SWKiswahili
koleo
TAதமிழ்
திணை
TEతెలుగు
పిన్సర్
THไทย
คีม
TLTL
pangako
TRTürkçe
pense
UKУкраїнська
щипці
URاردو
چمٹا
VITiếng Việt
kìm
YOYO
ikarahun
ZH中文
夹子
ZUZU
i-pincers

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