"untangle" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ʌnˈtæŋ.ɡəl/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-untangle.ogg Forms: untangles [present, singular, third-person], untangling [participle, present], untangled [participle, past], untangled [past]
Rhymes: -æŋɡəl Etymology: From un- + tangle. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|un|tangle|id1=reversive}} un- + tangle Head templates: {{en-verb}} untangle (third-person singular simple present untangles, present participle untangling, simple past and past participle untangled)
  1. (transitive) To remove tangles or knots from. Tags: transitive Translations (to remove tangles or knots — see also disentangle): оправям нещо объркано (opravjam nešto obǎrkano) (Bulgarian), desembullar (Catalan), rozmotat (Czech), rozuzlovat [perfective] (Czech), dénatter (French), dénouer (French), escarpear (Galician), entwirren (German), kibogoz (Hungarian), sgrovigliare (Italian), expediō (Latin), ui (Maori), wete (Maori), hiikuu (Oromo), desembaraçar (Portuguese), desenredar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-untangle-en-verb-k1zokB1N Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un- (reversive), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Oromo translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un- (reversive): 49 51 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Oromo translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'to remove tangles or knots — see also disentangle': 65 35
  2. (transitive, by extension, figurative) To remove confusion or mystery from. Tags: broadly, figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-untangle-en-verb-tfhMpST4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un- (reversive), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Oromo translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un- (reversive): 49 51 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Oromo translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: disentangle

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.