"dog tag" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dog tags [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dog tag (plural dog tags)
  1. A small metal disk, attached to a dog's collar, containing identification information. Coordinate_terms: pet tag Translations (disk attached to a dog's collar): 狗牌 (gǒupái) (Chinese Mandarin), koiramerkki (Finnish), Hundemarke [feminine] (German), clib madra [feminine] (Irish), adresówka [feminine] (Polish), placa de identificación (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-dog_tag-en-noun-fk-9n6y0 Disambiguation of "disk attached to a dog's collar": 97 3
  2. (by extension, informal) The identification tag worn around the neck by military personnel. Tags: broadly, informal Derived forms: dogtagged Translations (identification tag worn around the neck by military personnel): 狗牌 (gǒupái) (Chinese Mandarin), tuntolevy (Finnish), tunnuslevy (Finnish), plaque d'identité militaire (French), Erkennungsmarke [feminine] (German), tanda pengenal militer [masculine] (Indonesian), clib aitheantais [feminine] (Irish), piastrina di riconoscimento [feminine] (Italian), 認識票 (ninshikihyō) (alt: にんしきひょう) (Japanese), 인식표 (insikpyo) (alt: 認識票) (Korean), ceper pengenalan (Malay), nieśmiertelnik [masculine] (Polish), chapa de identificación (Spanish), dödsbricka [neuter] (Swedish), künye (Turkish)
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Inflected forms

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