"tangy" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈtæŋiː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tangy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: tangier [comparative], tangiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -æŋi Etymology: tang + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tang|y}} tang + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} tangy (comparative tangier, superlative tangiest)
  1. having a sharp, pungent flavor Categories (topical): Taste Derived forms: tangily, tanginess Translations (having a sharp, pungent flavor): остър (ostǎr) (Bulgarian), силен (silen) (Bulgarian), štiplavý (Czech), palčivý (Czech), zurig (Dutch), zurige (Dutch), rins (Dutch), kirpeä (Finnish), pistävä (Finnish), piquant (French), scharf (German), herb (German), streng (German), würzig (German), durchdringend (German), herzhaft (German), αψύς (apsýs) (Greek), πικάντικος (pikántikos) (Greek), ки́сел (kísel) (Macedonian), о́стар (óstar) (Macedonian), пика́нтен (pikánten) (Macedonian), sterk (Norwegian), cierpki (Polish), о́стрый (óstryj) (Russian), rezak [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), agrio (Spanish), syrlig (Swedish), keskin (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "having a sharp, pungent flavor",
          "word": "kirpeä"
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          "sense": "having a sharp, pungent flavor",
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      "sense": "having a sharp, pungent flavor",
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      "sense": "having a sharp, pungent flavor",
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "having a sharp, pungent flavor",
      "word": "zurige"
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      "sense": "having a sharp, pungent flavor",
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      "sense": "having a sharp, pungent flavor",
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      "sense": "having a sharp, pungent flavor",
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      "sense": "having a sharp, pungent flavor",
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      "sense": "having a sharp, pungent flavor",
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having a sharp, pungent flavor",
      "word": "streng"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having a sharp, pungent flavor",
      "word": "würzig"
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      "sense": "having a sharp, pungent flavor",
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      "word": "пика́нтен"
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      "sense": "having a sharp, pungent flavor",
      "word": "sterk"
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      "sense": "having a sharp, pungent flavor",
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      "sense": "having a sharp, pungent flavor",
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      "sense": "having a sharp, pungent flavor",
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